Claudia Kemfert

Claudia Kemfert

Born	December 17, 1968 (1968-12-17) (age 42)
Nationality	Germany
Field	Energy research, environmental protection

Claudia Kemfert (born December 17, 1968 in Delmenhorst, Germany) is a German economics expert in the areas of Energy research and Environmental protection. She is a Professor of Energy Economics and Sustainability at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. She heads the Energy, Transportation, and Environment department at German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin).

Biography

Kemfert has led the Energy, Transportation, and Environment department at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) since April 2004. In addition she is the Chairperson for environmental economics at the Humboldt university Berlin. Kemfert studied economic science at the University of Bielefeld, the University of Oldenburg and Stanford University where she graduated in 1998. She had a Post-doctoral research visit at the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) in Milan in 1998.

From January 1999 to April 2000, she led a research group at the Institute for Rational Application of Energies of the University of Stuttgart. As a guest professor she taught at the University of St. Petersburg (2003/04), University of Moscow (2000/01) and University of Siena (1998, 2002/03). From 2000 to 2004 Kemfert had a position as an assistant professor and was the leader of a research group at the University of Oldenburg.

Publications (Selection)

• Versteigern statt Verschenken!: Warum es sinnvoll ist, eine vollständige Versteigerung der Emissionsrechte anzustreben. In: Zeitschrift für angewandte Umweltforschung 18, 1, S. 9-17, 2007
• Ein Zehn-Punkte-Plan für eine nachhaltige Energiepolitik in Deutschland. In: Gaia 16, 1, S. 16-2, 2007
• The European Electricity and climate policy - complement or substitute?. In: Environment and Planning / C 25 (2007), 1, S. 115-130,2007
• mit F. Müller (Eds.): Die Energiepolitik zwischen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, Versorgungssicherheit und Nachhaltigkeit - Chancen und Perspektiven für die Energieversorgung. Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 76, 1, 2007
• Die Kosten des Klimawandels: Der Mensch heizt die Erde auf - Was muss er dafür bezahlen?. In: Internationale Politik, Februar, S. 38-45, 2007
• mit P. T. Truong und T. Brucker: Economic Impact Assessment of Climate Change: A Multi-Gas Investigation. In: The Energy Journal, Multi-Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Climate Policy, Special Issue 3, S. 441-460, 2006
• Induced Technological Change in a Multi-Regional, Multi-Sectoral, Integrated Assessment Model (WIAGEM): Impact Assessment of Climate Policy Strategies. In: Special Issue of Ecological Economics, Vol. 54/2-3 S. 293-305, 2005
• International Climate Coalitions and trade - Assessment of cooperation incentives by issue linkage. In: Energy Policy, Vol. 32, Iss. 4, S. 455-465, 2004
• Global Economic Implications of alternative Climate Policy Strategies. In: Environmental Science and Policy, Vol. 5, Iss. 5, S. 367-384, 2002

External links

• Claudia Kemfert in the German National Library catalogue (German)
• Claudia Kemfert homepage at the Hertie School of Governance
• Lecture to the Humboldt University Berlin, December 1, 2004 (German)
• Homepage of the Energy, Transportation, and Environment department at German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) (German)
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC (English)
• Stanford Energy Modelling Forums EMF (English)
• Webpage Claudia Kemfert

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