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Ottmar Edenhofer

Director, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC)

Prof. Ottmar Edenhofer is the director of the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), chief economist at the Potsdam-Institute of Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Professor of the Economics of Climate Change of the Technical University Berlin.

Opinion

Carbon pricing in the G20: A window for advancing sustainable development

27 April 2017
Ottmar Edenhofer
In this article, the author makes the case for carbon pricing as a mechanism to fortify flimsy nationally determined contribution (NDC) plans, steer investments in the right direction and ultimately curb emissions. The author suggests that carbon pricing should not only be considered in the narrow...