Decarbonization Seminar Spring 2022

The Decarbonization Seminar in Spring 2022 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

Accounting for Climate Change

Karthik Ramanna, University of Oxford
Monday, February 21, 2022 – 05:00 – 06:15 PM (CET)


Capturing the Economic Dynamics of Competing Power Generation Sources

Gunther Glenk, University of Mannheim
Monday, March 7, 2022 – 05:00 – 06:15 PM (CET)



Policy Uncertainty in the Market for Coal Electricity: The Case of Air Toxics Standards​​​​​​​

Ashley Langer, University of Arizona
Monday, March 21, 2022 – 05:00 – 06:15 PM (CET)


Strategic Ability and Corporate Carbon Emissions​​​​​​​

Sebastian Schwenen, Technical University of Munich
Monday, April 4, 2022 – 05:00 – 06:15 PM (CET)


We have all it needs to make it work​​​​​​​

Matthias Taft, BayWa r.e. AG
Monday, April 25, 2022 – 05:00 – 06:15 PM (CET)


Board Risk Oversight and Environmental and Social Responsibility

Carolyn Deller, University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
Monday, May 2, 2022 – 05:00 – 06:15 PM (CET)


Delivery Terms for Voluntary Carbon Offsets

Şafak Yücel, Georgetown University
Monday, May 16, 2022 – 05:00 – 06:15 PM (CET)


Corporate Decarbonization: CO2 footprints, reduction targets, and abatement costs​​​​​​​

Jürgen Peterseim, PwC
Monday, May 23, 2022 – 05:00 – 06:15 PM (CET)