Green Recovery - Aligning Short-term Stimuli with Long-term Climate Goals

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19
  • start year

    2020
  • Funder

    Volkswagen Stiftung
  • Principal Investigator

    Prof Dr Matthias Kalkuhl
  • Research Location

    Germany
  • Lead Research Institution

    Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC)
  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A
  • Research Category

    Policies for public health, disease control & community resilience

  • Research Subcategory

    Policy research and interventions

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

The project aims to assess policy measures implemented to tackle the economic recession due to the COVID-19 crisis from a climate policy perspective, using a macro-economic modelling approach. It will provide an evaluation of various stimulus and green fiscal reform packages based on their short-term and medium-term impacts on GDP, employment, wage and capital income, public debt, carbon emissions and investments into low-carbon technologies. The results will inform policymakers on how to recover from the recession and simultaneously foster the transition to a low-carbon economy.