Green Economy
In order to prevent environmental disasters of global proportions, we need to radically reduce toxic emissions and consumption of non-renewable resources within the space of a few decades. This poses an enormous challenge to the financial and the real economy. It requires that we reform and further develop the global economic governance system and restructure incentive systems at national level. We are examining three overarching questions: (1) What instruments of ecological structural policy work in specific contexts and how can they be harmonised with socio-economic goals?; (2) How can the consumption patterns of the rapidly growing middle classes in developing countries in particular be influenced in such a way as to save resources and prevent greenhouse gas emissions?; and (3) How can global regulations concerning financial markets, trade, direct investment and technology transfer be reformed in order to support corresponding transformation processes? The unifying elements when researching these questions are consideration of political and economic interests and constellations of actors on the one hand and the interdependence between national policies and global frameworks on the other.
Team
Altenburg, Tilman
Berensmann, Kathrin
Böhl, Mauricio
Brandi, Clara
Fuhrmann-Riebel, Hanna
Jauregui Fung, Franco
Malerba, Daniele
Never, Babette
Pegels, Anna
Stamm, Andreas
Volz, Uli
Publications
Green hydrogen in Namibia: opportunities and risks
Altenburg, Tilman/ Anne Kantel
Discussion Paper (6/2024)
Quasi-experimental evidence on carbon pricing
Vrolijk, Kasper / Misato Sato (2023)
in: World Bank Research Observer (forthcoming)
Waste separation – policy implications
Pegels, Anna / Martin Kochan (2022)
in: Intersecting 9/2022 Bending the linear economy, Berlin: New Dialogues, 116-119
Energy saving behaviours of middle class households in Ghana, Peru and the Philippines
Never, Babette / Sascha Kuhn / Hanna Fuhrmann-Riebel / Jose Ramon Albert / Sebastian Gsell / Miguel Jaramillo / Bernardin Senadza (2022)
in: Energy for Sustainable Development (68), 170-181
New kids on the recycling block: the role of supermarkets and bodegas for sustainable consumer behaviour in Lima
Borasino, Elena / Hanna Fuhrmann-Riebel (2021)
in: Circular Economy and Sustainability (2021), first published 01.12.2021
How to make energy efficiency labels more effective: insights from discrete choice experiments in Ghana and the Philippines
Kuhn, Sascha / Kutzner Florian / Thøgersen John (2021)
in: Energy Research & Social Science (84), 1-15
Green Economy, innovation and quality infrastructure: a baseline study about the relevance of quality infrastructure for innovations in the green economy in Latin America and the Caribbean
Harmes-Liedke, Ulrich / Andreas Stamm (2021)
Braunschweig: Physikalisch-technische Bundesanstalt
Feeling the heat: climate risks and the cost of sovereign borrowing
Beirne, John / Nuobu Renzhi / Ulrich Volz (2021)
in: International Review of Economics & Finance (76), 920-936
Climate change and fiscal sustainability: risks and opportunities
Agarwala, Matthew / Matt Burke / Patrycja Klusak / Kamiar Mohaddes / Ulrich Volz / Dimitri Zenghelis (2021)
in: National Institute Economic Review (forthcoming)
Scaling up sustainable investment through blockchain-based project bonds
Chen, Yushi / Ulrich Volz (2021)
in: Development Policy Review, first published 15.07.2021
Central bank mandates, sustainability objectives and the promotion of green finance
Dikau, Simon / Ulrich Volz (2021)
in: Ecological Economics 184, article 107022
Bracing for the typhoon: climate change and sovereign risk in Southeast Asia
Beirne, John / Nuobu Renzhi / Ulrich Volz (2021)
in: Sustainable Development, 29 (3), 537-551
Profile and determinants of the middle classes in Ghana: energy use and sustainable consumption
Senadza, Bernardin / Babette Never / Sascha Kuhn / Felix A. Asante (2020)
in: Journal of Sustainable Development 13 (6), 11-25 (online first)
The impact of climate vulnerability on firms’ cost of capital and access to finance
Kling, Gerhard / Ulrich Volz / Victor Murinde / Sibel Ayas (2020)
in: World Development 137, article 105131
Low‐carbon transition risks for finance
Semieniuk, Gregor / Emanuele Campiglio / Jean-Francois Mercure / Ulrich Volz / Neil R. Edwards (2020)
in: WIREs Climate Change 12 (1), article e678
The role of central banks in scaling up sustainable finance: what do monetary authorities in the Asia-Pacific region think?
Durrani, Aziz / Masyitah Rosmin / Ulrich Volz (2020)
in: Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment 10 (2), 92-112
Sustainable finance in Japan
Schumacher, Kim / Hugues Chenet / Ulrich Volz (2020)
in: Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment 10 (2), 213-246
Why Germany’s hydrogen strategy needs supplementing with a multilateral agenda
Stamm, Andreas / Rita Strohmaier / Tilman Altenburg / Huri Ece Oyan / Katharina Thoms (2021)
The Current Column of 22 September 2021
Unmasking the middle class in the Philippines: aspirations, lifestyles, and prospects for sustainable consumption
Never, Babette / Albert, Jose Ramon G. (2021)
in: Asian Studies Review, published online 3 May 2021
The role of preferences for pro-environmental behaviour among urban middle class households in Peru
Fuhrmann-Riebel, Hanna / Ben D'Exelle / Arjan Verschoor (2021)
in: Ecological Economics (180), Online
Analysing the effect of climate policies on poverty through employment channels
Malerba, Daniele / Kirsten Svenja Wiebe (2020)
in: Environmental Research Letters, online 15.12.2020
Sustainable finance: International standards are important
Berensmann, Kathrin (2020)
in: Development and Cooperation (10/2020), Online
Sustainable financing: huge financial needs
Berensmann, Kathrin (2020)
in: Development and Cooperation (10/2020), Online
How sustainable is recycling? Reconciling the social, ecological, and economic dimensions in Argentina
Pegels, Anna / Stefanie Heyer / David Ohlig / Felix Kurz / Lena Laux / Prescott Morley (2020)
Discussion Paper 23/2020
Greening structural transformation: what role for industrial hubs?
Altenburg, Tilman / Kasper Vrolijk (2020)
in: Arkebe Oqubay / Justin Yifu Lin (eds.), The Oxford handbook of industrial hubs and economic development, Oxford: Oxford Univ. Pr.
Catching up or developing differently? Techno-institutional learning with a sustainable planet in mind
Tilman Altenburg (2020)
in: The challenges of technology and economic catch-up in emerging economies, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Carbon consumption patterns of emerging middle classes
Never, Babette / Jose Ramon Albert / Hanna Fuhrmann / Sebastian Gsell / Miguel Jaramillo / Sascha Kuhn / Bernardin Senadza (2020)
Discussion Paper 13/2020
The interaction of private and public governance: the case of sustainability standards for palm oil
Brandi, Clara (2020)
in: European Journal of Development Research, 12.10.2020 (online)
Latecomer development in a “greening” world: introduction to the special issue
Pegels, Anna / Tilman Altenburg (2020)
in: World Development 135, article 105084
Do environmental provisions in trade agreements make exports from developing countries greener?
Brandi, Clara / Jakob Schwab / Axel Berger / Jean-Frédéric Morin (2020)
in: World Development 129 (May 2020), article 104899
Can the global Green New Deal movement survive the pandemic?
Pegels, Anna / Clara Brandi / Tilman Altenburg (2020)
published on greengrowthknowledge.org, 30.04.2020 (Online)
Environmental provisions in trade agreements: defending regulatory space or pursuing offensive interests?
Blümer, Dominique / Jean-Frédéric Morin / Clara Brandi / Axel Berger (2019)
in: Environmental Politics (online first)
Using behavioral science to increase recycling in Argentina
Castaneda, Jorge Luis / Mario Negre / Anna Pegels (2019)
Washington, DC; Bonn: World Bank; German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) August 14th, 2019 (Online)
Kick-starting diffusion: explaining the varying frequency of PTAs’ environmental clauses by their initial conditions
Morin, Jean-Frédéric / Dominique Blümer / Clara Brandi / Axel Berger (2019)
in: World Economy 42 (9), 2602-2628
Green finance across the universe
Berensmann, Kathrin / Nannette Lindenberg (2019)
in: Sabri Boubaker / Duc Nguyen (eds.), Corporate social responsibility, ethics and sustainable prosperity, London: World Scientific Publ., 331-358 (forthcoming)
Taxing carbon in developing countries
Pegels, Anna (2018)
Two Pager 1/2018
Green industrial policies - Reducing poverty whilst transitioning to a green economy
Altenburg, Tilman
in: D+C: Development and Cooperation (Monthly e-paper), 2018/08, Page 35
Demystifying green bonds
Berensmann, Kathrin / Florence Dafe / Nannette Lindenberg(2018)
in: Sabri Boubaker / Douglas Cumming / Duc Khuong Nguyen (eds.), Research handbook of investing in the triple bottom line, Cheltenham: Elgar, 333-354
Green Industrial Policy: Concept, Policies, Country Experiences
Altenburg, T., & Assmann, C. (Eds.). (2017)
Bonn: UN Environment; German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitk (DIE)
Green transition, industrial policy, and economic development
Kemp, René / Babette Never (2017)
in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy 33 (1), 66-84
Strukturpolitik für Zukunftsaufgaben
Altenburg, Tilman / Wilfried Lütkenhorst (2017)
Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 08.05.2017
Ausweitung des Marktes für grüne Anleihen: die Notwendigkeit für harmonisierte Standards bei grünen Anleihen, Berensmann, Kathrin(2017)
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 13/2017)
Upscaling green bond markets: the need for harmonised green bond standards, Berensmann, Kathrin(2017), (Briefing Paper 12/2017)
Practitioner's guide to strategic green industrial policy
Weinmann, Christoph David / Christina Buczko / Leisa Burrell / Ralph Luken / Anna Pegels (2016)
Wien: UNIDO
Taxing carbon as an instrument of green industrial policy in developing countries
Pegels, Anna (2016)
Discussion Paper 23/2016
Deep decarbonization: from technological pathways to societal transformation
Lütkenhorst, Wilfried (2016)
Final synthesis report on the results of a project funded by BMUB and implemented by DIE in cooperation with UNSDSN
Sustainability-oriented innovation systems in China and India
Altenburg, Tilman (ed.) (2016)
Abingdon, UK: Routledge
Comparing low carbon innovation paths in Asia and Europe
Altenburg, Tilman / Ambui Sagar / Hubert Schmitz / Xue Lan (eds.) (2016)
published on Science and Public Policy (Special Issue)
Projects
Green hydrogen economy of tomorrow - (how) can developing and emerging countries benefit?
Implementing the Agenda 2030: Integrating Growth, Environment, Equality and Governance
Investment Facilitation for Sustainable Development
The transition towards a Green Economy and its implications for quality infrastructure
Video and Podcast: Green Industrial Policy
Highlight
Energy saving behaviours of middle class households in Ghana, Peru and the Philippines
Never, Babette / Sascha Kuhn / Hanna Fuhrmann-Riebel / Jose Ramon Albert / Sebastian Gsell / Miguel Jaramillo / Bernardin Senadza (2022)
in: Energy for Sustainable Development (68), 170-181
Highlight
How sustainable is recycling? Reconciling the social, ecological, and economic dimensions in Argentina
Pegels, Anna / Stefanie Heyer / David Ohlig / Felix Kurz / Lena Laux / Prescott Morley (2020)
Discussion Paper 23/2020
Highlight
Analysing the effect of climate policies on poverty through employment channels
Malerba, Daniele / Kirsten Svenja Wiebe (2021)
in: Environmental Research Letters, online 15.12.2020
Highlight
Carbon consumption patterns of emerging middle classes
Never, Babette / Jose Ramon Albert / Hanna Fuhrmann / Sebastian Gsell / Miguel Jaramillo / Sascha Kuhn / Bernardin Senadza (2020)
Discussion Paper 13/2020