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# Publications

From climate change to cyber-attacks: incipient financial-stability risks for the euro area

The European Central Bank’s November 2019 Financial Stability Review highlighted the risks to growth in an environment of global uncertainty. On the whole, the ECB report is comprehensive and covers the main risks to eur...

7th February 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1386 views

# Blog, Interviews

Why border carbon adjustment is important for Europe’s green deal

This article was published in Brink News, Kathimerini, Le Monde, Helsingin Sanomat, Handelsblatt, IlSole24 ore and Nikkei Veritas. The European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen is pursuing ambitious enviro...

6th December 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1244 views

# podcast

How to make the European Green Deal work (part 2)

Don’t worry if you missed part one because all of Bruegel’s pillars for a European Green Deal are created equal. This time, Nicholas Barrett and Guntram Wolff discuss industrial policy and the social conseque...

13th November 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1283 views

# podcast

How to make the European Green Deal work (Part One)

The European Green Deal will be a defining feature of Ursula Von der Leyen’s incoming Commission. But will carbon border taxes and single carbon prices be enough to make Europe climate-neutral by 2050? This week, N...

7th November 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1609 views

# Blog

Demystifying carbon border adjustment for Europe’s green deal

European Commission President-Elect Ursula von der Leyen has made a strong plea to accelerate Europe’s transition to a “green” economy with the goal of achieving ambitious targets of reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emi...

4th November 2019 by Guntram Wolff 2401 views

# Blog

G20 climate commitments need to be turned into action

Members can still cooperate on sustainable energy technologies despite US bowing out. China’s approach to the “One-Belt-One-Road” investments is a crucial climate policy focus. This opinion post was als...

1st August 2017 by Guntram Wolff 3189 views

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# Publications

Europe in a new world order

This policy brief was first published on Bruegel. The pdf is available here. The issue The United States is the European Union’s most important trade and bilateral investment partner, which has, until now, supported a mu...

17th February 2017 by Guntram Wolff 3070 views

# Blog

Too early to celebrate: What markets tell us about the credibility of the Paris climate agreement

The price of carbon emissions has decreased markedly since the first draft of the Paris Agreement has been released. The decrease in the price of futures is the largest observed over the last two months. This post was fi...

15th December 2015 by Guntram Wolff 2099 views

# Blog

A European approach to climate finance will make a deal at COP21 more likely

Europe needs to convince poor countries that it is serious about a climate deal. To do this it must act jointly and decisively to shape global climate finance. This op-ed was published in MNI, Kamara Online, Kathemerini,...

4th October 2015 by Guntram Wolff 2661 views

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# Publications

European climate finance: securing the best return

The issue Combating climate change is perhaps the most formidable public policy challenge of our times. Unmitigated climate change will be irreversible. It will place significant costs on future generations, and expose t...

11th September 2015 by Guntram Wolff 2633 views