Projects
The "ENergy TRANsition from Coal and carbon: Effects on Societies" project aims at examining the effects of the coal phase-out in Europe. How does the phase-out transform society – and what can politics do about it? The EU-funded, interdisciplinary research project analyses the impact of the conversion from fossil fuels on the people living in regions affected by the phase-out. It highlights the question of how this transition influences the landscape, local politics, and gender equality. The IWH team is focusing on how selected European coal regions are affected economically by the phase-out analysing the effects of e.g. unemployment and emigration.
Climate change has a substantial impact on economic growth and a country’s development. This increases the need for reliable and viable approaches to assessing the impact of climate risks and potential adaptation scenarios. Political decision-makers in ministries of planning and economy need sound forecasts in order to design and finance adequate economic policy instruments and actively to take countermeasures. In the pilot countries (Georgia, Kazakhstan and Vietnam), climate risk is included in macroeconomic modelling, enabling the results to be integrated into the policy process to facilitate adapted economic planning. The IWH team is responsible for macroeconomic modelling in Vietnam.