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
• AI for automatisation of administration und detection of criminal activities in emissions trading / Deputy project leader / completed
• Monitoring the Energy Efficiency Pillar for Climate Neutrality / Team member / completed
• Competence for Cantonal Energy and Climate Policy ZHAW through expansion and communication of the Cantonal Clean Energy INDEX Switzerland / 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., & Kotsch, R. (2021). Quantifying the distributional impact of energy efficiency measures. The Energy Journal, 42(6), 121–144. https://doi.org/10.5547/01956574.42.6.dmcc
• Fankhauser, S., Kotsch, R., & Srivastav, S. (2020). The readiness of industry for a transformative recovery from COVID 19. Global Sustainability, 3, e37. https://doi.org/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., Michaelowa, A., Castro, P., Kotsch, R., Mehling, M., Michaelowa, K., & Baranzini, A. (2022). The carbon market challenge : preventing abuse through effective governance. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009216500

Other publications

• Winger, C., Cludius, J., Graichen, J., Wissner, N., Kotsch, R., Betz, R., & Günther, M. (2026). KI zur Verwaltungsautomatisierung und zur Erkennung krimineller Aktivitäten im Emissionshandel. Umweltbundesamt. https://doi.org/10.60810/openumwelt-8130
• Kotsch, R., Betz, R., & Patel, M. (2025). Ohne Anreize keine Klimaneutralität. Die Volkswirtschaft, 2025(10). https://dievolkswirtschaft.ch/de/2025/10/ohne-anreize-keine-klimaneutralitaet/
• Kotsch, R., Betz, R., Schwendner, P., & Abrell, J. (2024). Network analysis of the global trade of hot air : key lessons for the Paris Agreement. SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5038486

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

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

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