Decarbonization Seminar

The Decarbonization Seminar in Fall 2024 hosted speakers and participants from academia and industry to discuss latest advances and challenges associated with the trans­ition towards a decarbonized energy economy. 

The seminar was jointly sponsored by the Mannheim Institute for Sustainable Energy Studies (MISES) and the Center for European Economic Research (ZEW). The organizing team was comprised of Gunther Glenk (MISES), Marion Ott (ZEW), and Nikolas Wölfing (MISES).

You find the current version of the seminar here.

Past Talks

The Green Trans­ition: Evidence from Corporate Green Revenues

Philipp Krüger
University of Geneva (GSEM, GFRI)
Monday, September 23, 2024 – 05:15 – 06:30 PM (CEST)



Workshop on Advances in Climate Technologies
Monday, October 28, 2024 – 08:45 AM – 06:00 PM (CEST)


Climate migration globally: empirical evidence and projections

Leonie Wenz
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 – 05:15 – 06:30 PM (CET)


The Role of Public Investment in Building Up an Electric Vehicle Charging Grid

Marie-Louise Arlt
University of Bayreuth
Monday, November 25, 2024 – 05:15 – 06:30 PM  (CET)


No Place Like Home: Charging Infrastructure and the Environmental Advantage of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Ulrich Wagner, University of Mannheim
Monday, December 2, 2024 – 05:15 – 06:30 PM (CEST)


Financial Investors and Decarbonization​​​​​​​

Jonas Meckling
University of California, Berkeley
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 – 05:15 – 06:30 PM (CET)