Dr. Raphaela Kotsch

Work at ZHAW

Focus

• Environmental Economics
• International and European climate policy

Teaching

• Lecture Energy and Climate Economics
• Tutorial Economics

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8218-3140

Projects

• Co-Evolution and Coordinated Simulation of the Swiss Energy System and Swiss Society / Team member / ongoing
• Renewable Fuels and Chemicals for Switzerland / Team member / ongoing
• Integrating very high shares of decentralized renewable energy into the Swiss energy system: Electricity market design and policy / Team member / ongoing
• Monitoring the Energy Efficiency Pillar for Climate Neutrality / Team member / completed
• AI for automatisation of administration und detection of criminal activities in emissions trading / Deputy project leader / completed
• Competence for Cantonal Energy and Climate Policy ZHAW through expansion and communication of the Cantonal Clean Energy INDEX Switzerland / Team member / completed
• Carbon Market Toolkit: Building trust and transparency for a net-zero emissions world / Team member / completed
• Analysis of unused Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs) of the Clean Development Mechanism / Deputy project leader / completed
• SNIS – Effective Carbon Market Regulation / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• McCoy, D. and Kotsch, R. (2021) 'Quantifying the distributional impact of energy efficiency measures', The Energy Journal, 42(6), pp. 121–144. doi: 10.5547/01956574.42.6.dmcc.
• Fankhauser, S., Kotsch, R. and Srivastav, S. (2020) 'The readiness of industry for a transformative recovery from COVID 19', Global Sustainability, 3, p. e37. doi: 10.1017/sus.2020.29.

Books, peer-reviewed

• Kotsch, R. (2024) International cooperation & climate policy : the envirnonmental integrity of global carbon markets. Doctoral dissertation. Universität Zürich.
• Betz, R. et al. (2022) The carbon market challenge : preventing abuse through effective governance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781009216500.

Other publications

• Winger, C. et al. (2026) KI zur Verwaltungsautomatisierung und zur Erkennung krimineller Aktivitäten im Emissionshandel. Dessau-Roßlau: Umweltbundesamt. doi: 10.60810/openumwelt-8130.
• Kotsch, R., Betz, R. and Patel, M. (2025) 'Ohne Anreize keine Klimaneutralität', Die Volkswirtschaft, 2025(10). doi: 10.21256/zhaw-36486.
• Kotsch, R. et al. (2024) Network analysis of the global trade of hot air : key lessons for the Paris Agreement. SSRN. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.5038486.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Schwendner, P., Kotsch, R. and Betz, R. (2019) 'Risks in carbon markets : lessons-learned from the flexibility mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol', in UN Climate Change Conference (COP25), Side Events, Madrid (Spain), December 2019.
• Betz, R., Schwendner, P. and Kotsch, R. (2019) 'Transfers of Kyoto units in the Swiss Emissions Trading Registry : a network analysis from 2007-2014', in 4th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Finance and Industry, Winterthur, Switzerland, 5 September 2019.

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