Upcoming Talks

Es spricht: Moritz Drupp, UHH

Climate change affects the well-being of people around the world, and will continue to do so for centuries into the future. Because the damages from climate change are largely not appropriately incorporated into economic decisions, climate change has been termed the greatest market failure the world has ever seen. Economist summarise the extent of this failure by the social cost of carbon (SCC). Quantifying the SCC, however, is an exercise that is rife with uncertainties and contestation. This talk will provide an overview from six years of research within CLICCS on how research has progressed in estimating the SCC. We will subsequently discuss expert recommendations on how and which carbon prices to set and where this may lead us if enacted globally. Finally, the talk will shed light on how well carbon or fuel prices have historically fared in reducing the emission of CO2 as well as of co-pollutants, considering the German Eco Tax and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme as prominent examples.

Es spricht: Mojib Latif, GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel

The possible collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), in the public known as the Gulf stream circulation, as a result of global warming is attracting a great deal of public attention. Numerous scientific publications indeed show that in climate models, the AMOC could collapse abruptly under strong freshwater forcing due to Greenland ice melt, and some suggest that this could happen in the next few decades. Direct AMOC measurements have only been available for about 20 years, which is too short a time to recognize a sustainable trend. What do other variables such as the sea surface temperature show and how reliable are the models? This talk discusses some of the major uncertainties regarding the future evolution of the AMOC.

Es spricht: Aarti Gupta,Wageningen University & Research

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