Prof. Dr. Sonja Peterson

Sonja Peterson

Fellow, Kiel Centre for Globalization
Honorary Professor of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Science, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel
Senior Researcher of Research Group “Global Commons and Climate Policy”, Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Email: sonja.peterson@ifw-kiel.de
Tel.: +49(0)431-8814-406

Research Interests:

  • International, European and German Climate and Energy Policy
  • Environmental Policy Instruments
  • Climate-Economy Modelling
  • Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Modelling

Economic and Environmental Benefits from International Co-ordination on Carbon Pricing: A Review of Economic Modelling Studies

8th March 2022
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Authors: Sneha Thube, Sonja Peterson, Daniel Nachtigall, Jane Ellis (Environmental Research Letters, 2012, 16(11): 113002)

This paper reviews quantitative estimates of the economic and environmental benefits from different forms of international co-ordination on carbon pricing based on economic modelling studies. Forms of international co-ordination include: harmonising carbon prices (e.g. through linking carbon markets), extending the coverage of pricing schemes, phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, developing international sectoral agreements, and establishing co-ordination mechanisms to mitigate carbon leakage[...]

Low-carbon Power Technologies and the Stability of International Climate Cooperation

7th March 2022
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Authors: Vicki Duscha, Jan Kersting, Sonja Peterson, Joachim Schleich, Matthias Weitzel (Climate Change Economics, 2021,12(4): 2150013)

This paper explores the effects of the technological development of key low-carbon power technologies (photovoltaic (PV), wind, and carbon capture and storage (CCS)) on the stability of global climate cooperation under several assumptions about climate-related damage[...]

Climate policies after Paris: Pledge, Trade and Recycle: Insights from the 36th Energy Modeling Forum Study (EMF36)

7th March 2022
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Authors: Christoph Böhringer, Sonja Peterson, Thomas F. Rutherford, Jan Schneider, Malte Winkler (Energy Economics, 2021, 103: 105471)

This article summarizes insights from the 36th Energy Modeling Forum study (EMF36) on the magnitude and distribution of economic adjustment costs of greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. Under the Paris Agreement, countries have committed to emission reduction targets – so-called Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) – in order to combat global warming[...]

Short-windedness Would Weaken Effective Climate Policy

19th November 2021
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Authors: Wilfried Rickels, Sonja Peterson (Environmental and Resource Economics, 2020, 76: 447–517)

Committing to rigid shutdown measures to contain the spreading of the corona virus has been undertaken on the tacit assumption that these measures will be temporary and can be loosened when the COVID-19 infection rates decrease and discontinued altogether once vaccines are available. Mitigating climate change and achieving ambitious temperature targets as set out in the Paris Agreement require a long-term structural change taking us away from our current carbon-intensive economy to a zero-carbon and then net-negative carbon economy[...]

Helfen EU-Klimazölle, um China und die USA stärker in die Verantwortung zu nehmen?

19th November 2021
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Authors: Sonja Peterson (Wirtschaftsdienst, 2021, 101(5): 346–350)

Um die Ziele des Klimaabkommens von Paris zu erreichen und den Anstieg der globalen Durchschnittstemperatur auf maximal 2°C gegenüber dem vorindustriellen Niveau zu begrenzen, muss die Welt bis Mitte des 21. Jahrhunderts CO2-neutral und in den darauffolgenden 15 bis 20 Jahren komplett treibhausgasneutral werden[...]

Kiel Week 2021 Presentations by KCG Researchers about Supply Chain Law, CO2 Border Adjustment and Global Coffee Trade

3rd September 2021
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On the coming Saturday the Kiel Week 2021, in its 140th year, will officially start. The Kiel Institute for the World Economy, a founding institute of the Kiel Centre for Globalization, will again offer public presentations on various economics topics based on its current research work. There will be four such Kiel Week 2021 presentations provided by the Kiel Institute and three of them will be given by KCG researchers[...]