# podcast

Can COP26 save the planet?

With COP26 around the corner, I discuss with Italy’s Minister for Ecological Transition Roberto Cingolani. In this live episode we discuss what the Italy G20 Presidency would like to see from Glasgow: the need for ...

3rd November 2021 by Guntram Wolff 537 views

# Blog

Germany’s current account surplus after the Covid recession

In 2019, Germany ran a current account surplus of $290 billion, the largest in the world. Germany’s current account surplus is persistently large: from 2011 to 2020, it never dropped below 6% of GDP and remained above 7%...

26th October 2021 by Guntram Wolff 22762 views

# Interviews

Can EU fiscal rules jump on the green bandwagon?

Read the full opinion as published on the View, Euronews....

25th October 2021 by Guntram Wolff 456 views

# Teaching

Keynote lecture: Klimaneutrale Wirtschaft: die Herausforderung und der europäische Rahmen

Agora Energiewende invited me to give a keynote lecture. It is available here (on youtube)....

8th October 2021 by Guntram Wolff 550 views

# podcast

A green fiscal pact

How can the European Union increase green public investment while consolidating budget deficits? Past crises and consolidation episodes have resulted in major public investment cuts. However, in order to meet the Europea...

7th October 2021 by Guntram Wolff 416 views

# Interviews

Bloomberg Green: Germany election special

My interview on Bloomberg green...

4th October 2021 by Guntram Wolff 594 views

# Blog, Interviews

Can climate change be tackled without ditching economic growth?

The ultimate answer to the question on whether climate change can be tackled without ditching economic growth depends on our willingness to step up climate action massively. This piece originally appeared in Corriere del...

27th September 2021 by Guntram Wolff 1286 views

# Blog

German elections: seizing the moral and economic opportunity of global health security

This blog is part of a series by CGD and partnering institutions from Germany focused on presenting specific policy proposals for the next German government’s leadership on global development issues. The COVID-19 pandemi...

25th September 2021 by Guntram Wolff 913 views

# Blog

Germany’s foreign economic policy: four essential steps

Germany and the EU need to develop a strong and proactive agenda to manage foreign economic relations, which are essential for German and European prosperity. Germany’s foreign economic policy has barely got a mention in...

23rd September 2021 by Guntram Wolff 720 views

# Publications

Can climate change be tackled without ditching economic growth?

Higher levels of economic activity tend to go hand-in-hand with additional energy use and consumption of natural resources. As fossil fuels still account for 80 percent of the global energy mix, energy consumption remain...

17th September 2021 by Guntram Wolff 743 views