Isabel Haase, M.A.

Articles in Refereed Journals

Fallasch, Felix; Schneider, Lambert; Wissner, Nora; Haase, Isabel; Urrutia, Cristina; Boettcher, Hannes; Lauer, Sophia (2024). Escaping the Market for Lemons - Ensuring Quality Carbon Credits That Incentivize Climate Action, Carbon Mechanisms Review, 12 (2), 58-65.

Haase, Isabel; Torio, Herena (2021). The Impact of the Climate Action Programme 2030 and Federal State Measures on the Uptake of Renewable Heating Systems in Lower Saxony’s Building Stock, Energies 2021. DOI

• A heating transition is urgently needed to fulfil the national CO2 reduction targets in Germany. Thus, in 2019, there has been a strong policy push towards increasing the share of renewables in heating through the introduction of the Climate Action Programme 2030 and the reform of existing policies. In addition to the policy landscape on the national level, federal states have further leeway to implement policies; these options are currently largely unresearched. In order to fill this gap, we developed a System Dynamics Model for Lower Saxony to determine the effect of recent policy changes as well as additional regional subsidy schemes on the heating market. The results show that even though changes in subsidies can increase the renewable uptake considerably, the CO2e and energy demand reduction targets are not met in any of the examined scenarios. Furthermore, the model shows that policy formulation must take the inertia of the sector into account and completely turn away from fossil fuels to reach the stipulated emission reductions.

Discussion Papers

Schneider, Lambert; Haase, Isabel; Broekhoff, Derik; Neef, Till (2024). Options for Addressing the Risk of Non-permanence for Land-Based Mitigation in Carbon Crediting Programs. Rome: FAO.

• To mitigate climate change, global efforts must focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and removing atmospheric CO2. Carbon crediting programmes offer incentives by issuing tradable credits for each tonne of CO2 equivalent reduced or removed. However, these credits often face a challenge called "non-permanence" or reversal risk, where carbon stored in reservoirs like forests and soils may be rereleased due to natural or human-induced events.Reversal risks arise from various factors, including susceptibility to depletion, underlying drivers of depletion, and reservoir size. Carbon crediting programmes address this through monitoring, temporary crediting, and issuance deductions to account for future reversals. Some programmes also propose “tonne-year” crediting, where credits are issued for each year carbon remains stored.Host countries bear the responsibility for reversals within their borders, which complicates their ability to meet nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. This potential imbalance necessitates improved greenhouse gas inventory systems, fair sharing of mitigation benefits, and prioritizing low-risk projects. Effective reversal risk management requires a long-term approach to minimize risks, recognizing the inherent non-permanence in land-based mitigation activities.This paper was produced by FAO under its AIM4Forests programme thanks to finance from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cd3083en

Schneider, Lambert; Jung, Hannes; Haase, Isabel; Michaelowa, Axel; Kessler, Juliane; Oberpriller, Quirin; Füssler, Jörg (2024). Lessons Learned from the Kyoto Mechanisms for the Article 6.4 Mechanism, ClimateChange, 02/2024. Dessau-Roßlau: Umweltbundesamt.

• https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/11850/publikationen/02_2024_cc_lessons_learned_from.pdf

Schneider, Lambert; Haase, Isabel (2023). Carbon Crediting and Official Development Assistance (Oda) – A Summary of Key Issues, Oeko-Institut Working Paper, 5/2023. Freiburg: Öko-Institut.

• https://www.oeko.de/en/publications/carbon-crediting-and-official-development-assistance-oda-a-summary-of-key-issues/

Haase, Isabel; Duwe, Matthias (2022). Long Term Strategies in a G20 Context. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.

• https://www.ecologic.eu/sites/default/files/publication/2022/CR2050_Long-term_strategies_G20.pdf

Haase, Isabel; Velten, Eike Karola; Branner, Harrison; Reyneri, Anna (2022). The Use of Auctioning Revenues from the EU ETS for Climate Action – An Analysis Based on Eight Case Studies. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.

• https://www.ecologic.eu/sites/default/files/publication/2022/EcologicInstitute-2022-UseAucRevClimate-FullReport.pdf

Haase, Isabel; Duwe, Matthias; Böttcher, Hannes; Cames, Martin; Fyson, Claire; Ramalope, Deborah (2021). Advancing Multilateral Cooperation on Climate Action. Ideas for New Initiatives in Four Policy Fields and How to Use Existing International Venues as Stepping Stones. Dessau-Roßlau: Umweltbundesamt.

• Multilateral initiatives and cooperation can be effective means to increase ambition and action to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. This synthesis report summarizes the proposals for new initiatives in four policy fields – energy transition, synthetic e-fuels, sustainable food systems and forest protection. It further analyses interactions, synergies and trade-offs between the policy fields, and identifies relevant actors and countries. The report concludes with recommendations how the initiatives could be implemented in processes connected to ⁠UNFCCC⁠, the G7 or G20 and in cooperation with the US.
• https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/advancing-multilateral-cooperation-on-climate

Haase, Isabel (2021). Exploring the Socio-Economic Impact of Energy Transition in EU Regions – Case Study 4 – Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.

• Regions play a central role in achieving the substantial acceleration of renewable energy deployment required to reach the 2030 greenhouse gas reduction targets. This project examined the socio-economic effects of renewable energy deployment at the regional level in the EU and subsequently identified factors that are conducive to an equitable energy transition. Ecologic Institute conducted a case study on the role of renewable energy and its socio-economic imparts in the North German region Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
• https://www.ecologic.eu/18105

Duwe, Matthias; Velten, Eike Karola; Haase, Isabel; Berghmans, Nicolas; Evans, Nick; Spasova, Deyana (2021). Measuring Progress Towards Climate Neutrality. Berlin / Paris: Ecologic Institute / IDDRI.

• https://www.ecologic.eu/18153