Wolf Görz

Recent projects

• Germany

  Update Climate-neutral Germany 2045

  10/30/2023

  In this project, the "Climate-neutral Germany 2045" scenario from 2021 will be updated. It will also focus more strongly on specific policy instruments for achieving the climate targets. The core of the study is a scenario that shows how Germany can achieve its climate targets by 2030 and become gr

• Batteries

  Securing Germany's Sovereignty - Resilient Supply Chains for the Transformation to Climate Neutrality 2045

  10/10/2022

  Securing the necessary raw materials and strategic goods is elementary to achieving Germany's target of climate neutrality by 2045. The study pursues two goals. Firstly, it shows where relevant dependencies exist today and until 2045 in the supply of raw materials, components and strategic goods th

• Electromobility

  Revision of the EU fleet target values for CO2 reduction for passenger cars, light and heavy duty vehicles

  07/23/2021

  The aim of the project is to provide technical support to BMU and UBA in: -  the evaluation of the proposals of the EU Commission and the proposals of other stakeholders on European and national level for the revision of the CO2 Regulation for motor vehicles and - the development of own design opti

• Germany

  Climate protection scenarios 2050: modelling, analysis and comparison of target scenarios

  04/01/2021

  The German greenhouse gas mitigation targets are laid down in the Federal Climate Change Act (as of August 2021) which was amended in June 2021. In the amended Act, the German greenhouse gas mititgation target is increased from minus 55% to minus 65% for the year 2030 as compared to 1990. By 2040

• Carbon pricing

  CO2 pricing and the reform of taxes and levies on electricity

  01/01/2021

  With the repositioning of CO2 pricing in the German and European policy mix, the challenge arises to provide additional incentives to reduce emissions, but also to use the additional revenue from the various CO2 pricing instruments in a sensible and targeted manner. This requires a robust estimatio

• Biodiversity

  Transformation to a completely greenhouse gas neutral Germany

  12/08/2020

  The goal is a completely greenhouse gas neutral Germany. Therefore, this project determines from a scientific perspective what paths are necessary to achieve the climate protection goals and what measures need to be underpinned from a political perspective in order to implement these transformati

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Recent publications

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  Resilient supply chains for the transformation to climate neutrality by 2045

  Securing Germany’s Sovereignty - Condensed version

  September 2023

  The transformation to climate neutrality requires a rapid and decisive investment and modernisation program in Germany and the EU. A resilient supply of the necessary raw materials and strategic goods is an elementary prerequisite for this. In this context, new geopolitical challenges must be taken

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  Factsheets

  Resilient supply chains for the transformation to climate neutrality by 2045

  September 2023

  The transformation to climate neutrality requires a rapid and decisive investment and modernisation program in Germany and the EU. A resilient supply of the necessary raw materials and strategic goods is an elementary prerequisite for this. In this context, new geopolitical challenges must be taken

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  Resiliente Lieferketten für die Transformation zur Klimaneutralität 2045

  Securing Germany’s Sovereignty - Long version

  September 2023

  The transformation to climate neutrality requires a rapid and decisive investment and modernisation program in Germany and the EU. A resilient supply of the necessary raw materials and strategic goods is an elementary prerequisite for this. In this context, new geopolitical challenges must be taken

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  Study based on market ramp-up modeling

  StratES - Scenarios for the electrification of road freight transport

  August 2023

  The objective of this study is to evaluate electric drive technologies in terms of their techno-economic potential and identify key factors influencing market adoption. The basis for this evaluation is the modeling of scenarios that encompass various technology mixes, energy price developments, and

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  The EU Carbon Certification Removal Framework and its methodologies must be improved to deliver on their goals

  Blog 12/12/2024

  In October 2024, the European Commission presented draft methodologies for the European Union’s Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF). These methodologies set out requirements for the certification of carbon removals and soil emission reductions from various mitigation activities.

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  The ICVCM approval of three REDD methodologies presents risks to the integrity of the initiative

  Blog 12/10/2024

  In November 2024, the Governing Board of the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) approved three methodologies for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). The methodologies are now eligible for issuing “high integrity” carbon credits under the Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) label of the ICVCM. We are concerned with this decision. While the methodologies have been improved compared to previous versions, in our assessment they do not meet the requirements of the ICVCM Assessment Framework. Here we explain why.