Impact Assessment of the climate protection plan in North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

The federal state North-Rhine-Westphalia, the most populated in Germany, is currently developing a climate protection plan. Wuppertal Institute has developed the physical framework in a…

Laufzeit: 2014–2015

Competitiveness and energy costs of industry in international comparison

The aim of the project for the German Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy is to assess the impacts of electricity price exemptions for electricity intensive industries such as chemicals, iron…

Laufzeit: 2014–2015

Evaluation of the potential of green and decent employment creation in Tunisia

The transition to a green economy is connected in most developing countries and emerging economies with the hope for positive employment effects. In post-revolutionary Tunisia, this is…

Laufzeit: 2013–2014

Macroeconomic effects of the Energy Transition

Within the monitoring process “energy of the future” macroeconomic effects of the Energy Transition have been evaluated together with Prognos AG, Basel and the institute of energy economics at the…

Laufzeit: 2013–2014

Energiewende and international aspects – opportunities and challenges for German politics and industry

The project in cooperation with adelphi Research looked at international aspects of the German Energiewende. GWS has focused on analyzing global value chains in renewable energy technologies and…

Laufzeit: 2013–2016

Household income project study

Against the background of strong economic growth and socio-economic change in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, household income development should be closely monitored. Saudi Aramco has commissioned a…

Laufzeit: 2013–2013

Partnership for model-based Analysis of Climate-Economic-related development policies

"The proposed mobility measure explores new possibilities for joint research with institutions from different African countries by identifying the need of science-based analysis of the impacts of…

Laufzeit: 2013
Low Carbon Leakage

Policy Instruments to Support RE Industrial Value Chain Development

The discussion on increasing rates of renewable energy technology (RET) deployment seems to have shifted from why to how. While the cost debate still is important, with falling prices for RETs and…

Laufzeit: 2013

Approaches for further development of public finances

The project „Approaches for further development of public finances” addresses the question of how fiscal policy can be leveraged to improve the policy framework for sustainable economic activity.…

Laufzeit: 2013–2016

Auswirkungen der Energiewende auf die Wirtschaftsregion Osnabrück – Emsland – Grafschaft Bentheim (Kopie 1)

Es liegen bisher nur wenige Informationen dazu vor, welche Regionen eher zu den Gewinnern und welche eher zu den Verlierern dieser gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklungen gehören. Die Regionen haben…

Laufzeit: 2012–2012

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