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Lecture Series «Beyond Carbon: Debating the Future»

The Lecture Series "Beyond Carbon: Debating the Future" was taking place in the Spring Semester 2026 at UZH in cooperation with the d\carb future economy forum. Descriptions, short profiles of the speakers, sometimes even video recordings and written summaries are available on the subpages. 

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Clean Comparative Advantage: How Countries can benefit from Decarbonisation

Moderated by Johanna Schiele (Deutsche Bank), Prof. Laura Anadon (University of Cambridge), Stephane Hallegatte (World Bank) and Prof. Ralph Ossa (UZH) discussed the potentials and limits of green growth.

Wie können Flugreise-Emissionen am effektivsten reduziert werden?

Moderated by Prof. Bjarne Steffen (ETH Zurich), Prof.  Katharina Michaelowa (UZH), Linde Warland (UZH) and Prof. Andreas I. Mueller (UZH) discussed concrete strategies for emission reduction.

Ist Umweltschutz eine neue Religion?

Moderated by Patrick Bernau (F.A.S.), Prof. Michael Coors (UZH) and Prof. Achim Wambach, PhD (ZEW – Leibniz-Zentrums für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung; Universität Mannheim) discussed fundamental questions.
 

Think Negative – Carbon Dioxide Removal und Carbon Offset

In this German lecture moderated by Lisa Mangertseder (DVNE; Carbon Removal Partners), Dr. Johanna Puetz (BCG), Dr. Sophie Wenger (BAFU) and Dr. Jan Wurzbacher (Climeworks) discussed key questions.
 

Riding down the Learning Curve for Clean Technologies

Moderated by Florian Müller (ETH Zurich), Prof. Greg Nemet (University of Wisconsin–Madison) and Prof. Alessio Terzi (University of Cambridge; Sciences Po) discussed learning curve effects as part of necessary climate innovations within green growth strategies.

Field Experiments for Net Zero

This session presented field experiments on achieving net-zero emissions. It introduced innovation and behavioral economics approaches that have been tested through empirical experiments.

 

The Power of Procurement

Moderated by Prof. Olga Chiapinelli, Prof. Gernot Wagner (Columbia Business School), Prof. Gunther Glenk (Universität Mannheim) and Alex Pfeiffer (CEO - Terralytiq) discussed how strategic procurement decisions can create markets for low-emission products.
 

Green Finance

Moderated by Prof. Nadine Strauss (UZH), Prof. Debjani Bhattacharyya (UZH), Prof. Markus Leippold (UZH) and Scott Ryan (Investature) discussed current developments in green finance.

 

Greening Growth, Carbon Pricing, Carbon Dioxide Removal

Prof. Ottmar Edenhofer (PIK; MCC; TU Berlin) and Prof. J. Doyne Farmer (University of Oxford; Macrocosm) analyzed the implications of carbon pricing and technological advancements for emissions reductions and discussed potential applications for campus decarbonization.

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