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Deutschlands Klimapolitik: Höchste Zeit für einen Strategiewechsel

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Deutschlands Klimaschutzbemühungen beruhen vor allem auf der Subventionierung der Verbreitung alternativer Energietechnologien. Eine solche Art von Treibhausgasminderungspolitik dürfte nahezu wirkungslos sein, solange es kein globales Abkommen gibt, mit dem der Ausstoß an Treibhausgasemissionen auf internationaler Ebene effektiv gesenkt werden kann. Wie in diesem Beitrag erläutert wird, bestehen die besten Aussichten auf ein wirksames weltweites Abkommen darin, dass man sich dafür auf einen global einheitlichen Preis für Treibhausgasvermeidung einigt. Ohne eine solche Einigung ist zu befürchten, dass das Pariser Abkommen mit seinem wenig überschaubaren System an unkoordinierten Minderungszusagen einzelner Staaten, mit deren Nichteinhaltung keinerlei Sanktionen verbunden sind, scheitert. Deutschland sollte daher einen gravierenden Strategiewechsel in seiner Klimapolitik vornehmen und sollte auf den Abschluss eines effektiven internationalen Klimaschutz-Abkommens drängen, statt weiterhin mit hohen Subventionen den Ausbau der erneuerbaren Energietechnologien als primäre Klimaschutzstrategie zu forcieren.

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  • Frondel, Manuel, 2017. "Deutschlands Klimapolitik: Höchste Zeit für einen Strategiewechsel," RWI Materialien 117, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung.
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