# 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 716 views

# Publications

A green fiscal pact: climate investment in times of budget consolidation

Paper prepared for the informal ECOFIN meeting of EU finance ministers and central bank governors in Ljubljana on 10/11 September 2021. Paper is available here...

10th September 2021 by Guntram Wolff 827 views

# Blog

How much investment do we need to reach net zero?

To become climate neutral by mid-century, the European Union and other major economies must substantially reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during this decade. The EU aims to reduce its emissions by 55 percent ...

25th August 2021 by Guntram Wolff 1225 views

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# Publications

Foreign Affairs: EU Can’t Separate Climate Policy From Foreign Policy

Published in Foreign Affairs,...

5th March 2021 by Guntram Wolff 1196 views

# Blog, Interviews

The EU can’t separate climate policy from foreign policy

This opinion piece was originally published in Rzeczpospolita, Domani, Le Monde and La Vanguardia. The European Union’s goal of climate neutrality by 2050 is not only a revolutionary exercise in shifting the continent’s ...

5th March 2021 by Guntram Wolff 1338 views

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# Publications

The geopolitics of the European Green Deal

The Green Deal will redefine Europe’s global policy priorities; as such, it is a foreign policy development with profound geopolitical consequences. The pdf is here. A short version has been published in Foreign Affairs....

6th February 2021 by Guntram Wolff 1043 views

# podcast

Green transformation: a Polish perspective

In conversation with Michał Kurtyka, the Minister of Climate and Environment of Poland. Poland is sometimes characterised as the black sheep of EU climate policy: in 2019, more than 70 percent of the country’s electricit...

13th January 2021 by Guntram Wolff 696 views

# Interviews

Der Klub der Klimaschützer

Mein Interview in Deutschlandfunk...

15th December 2020 by Guntram Wolff 709 views

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# Blog

What should Europe expect from American trade policy after the election?

A Joe Biden Administration would have to decide to what extent to unpick the major United States trade policy shifts of the last four years. A quick return to comprehensive trade talks with the European Union is unlikely...

8th October 2020 by Guntram Wolff 2958 views

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# Publications

From climate change to cyber-attacks: incipient financial-stability risks for the euro area

The European Central Bank’s November 2019 Financial Stability Review highlighted the risks to growth in an environment of global uncertainty. On the whole, the ECB report is comprehensive and covers the main risks to eur...

7th February 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1342 views