Research Cluster Climate Policy and Politics
The Research Cluster analyses Germany’s climate diplomacy, the climate policy of the European Union, the processes under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as well as plurilateral fora and initiatives.
Divisional management
Researchers
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Areas of Expertise
- Climate policy
- Foresight
- Sustainability governance
Projects
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Areas of Expertise
- Energy, climate, environment
- Europe
- Climate policy
- EU climate policy
Projects
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Areas of Expertise
- United States
- Climate policy
- Energy policy
- Transatlantic relations
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Areas of Expertise
- Climate policy
- EU climate policy
- Energy policy
- Environmental policy
- Risk governance
- United Nations
Research Support
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Areas of Expertise
- Energy, climate, environment
Projects
SWP Publications
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Four scenarios for an IPCC navigating Artificial Intelligence
Research Division EU/Europe, Working Paper Nr. 08/2025, September 2025, 15 pages -
International Credits in EU Climate Policy: Old Conflicts, New Challenges
SWP Comment 2025/C 28, 20.06.2025, 7 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025C28
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Scaling Industrial Carbon Dioxide Removal: Policy Options for a Short-Term Strategy
SWP Comment 2025/C 13, 09.04.2025, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025C13
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The International Dimension of European Climate Policy
A Strategy for Integrating the Internal and External Dimensions
SWP Comment 2025/C 03, 20.01.2025, 7 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025C03
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A New Balance Of Power at the 29th World Climate Conference
International Climate Politics after the US Elections
SWP Comment 2024/C 57, 19.12.2024, 6 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2024C57
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The EU-Brazil Partnership and the New Climate Geopolitics
Strategically Reconciling Decarbonisation and Competition
SWP Comment 2024/C 56, 12.12.2024, 7 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2024C56
External publications
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Carbon dioxide removal in the G20 pledges: limited and lacking credibility
State of Carbon Dioxide Removal Insight Report, Oxford, October 2025doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/X8U9M
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A prudent planetary limit for geologic carbon storage
in: Nature, 645, pp. 124–132, 03.09.2025.doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09423-y
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Quo Vadis U.S. Climate and Energy Policy?
Developments under Trump 2.0.
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Turning Climate Protection into an Economic Success Story
Foreign policy challenges and opportunities for Germany and the EU
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Scaling carbon removal without delaying emission reductions
in: Nature Reviews Clean Technology, June 2025doi:10.1038/s44359-025-00081-x
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Military has understood strategic advantages of low-carbon technology – security researcher
Interview by Benjamin Wehrmann, in: Clean Energy Wire, 12.06.2025
The Climate Policy and Politics dossier
Most publications compiled in our »Climate Policy and Politics« dossier are from members of the Research Cluster.