Edenhofer: ‘Those who emit have to • Table.Briefings

Ottmar Edenhofer, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). (Reto Klar)

In an interview with Bernhard Pötter, climate economist Ottmar Edenhofer calls for a new financial structure to reward investments in net-zero technologies and support emerging countries with a carbon price.

Mr. Edenhofer, in order to achieve the 1.5-degree target, we would not only have to avoid emissions from industrial sectors but also remove more carbon from the atmosphere than we emit. How can this be achieved?

Edenhofer: ‘Those who emit have to pay. Those who provide carbon sinks must be paid!’

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