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I’m a climate economist at Columbia Business School and author of six books, including Climate Shock and, most recently, Geoengineering: the Gamble. Here you find my research, teaching, writing, speaking, and preoccupations.
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Featured Posts (5 of 1,049)
Who pays for cutting carbon out of making cement?
Financial Times business school teaching case study
The Green Key to Germany’s Economic Recovery
Just as the broader European economy depends heavily on Germany, the continent's industrial powerhouse, Germany's own economy depends on access to affordable power. With geopolitical and climate conditions requiring an urgent transition to renewables, the task now is to develop a politically viable energy strategy.
Climate shift uncertainty and economic damages
by Romain Fillon, Manuel Linsenmeier and Gernot Wagner
Synthesis of evidence yields high social cost of carbon due to structural model variation and uncertainties
by Frances C. Moore, Moritz A. Drupp, James Rising, Simon Dietz, Ivan Rudik & Gernot Wagner
Projects (4 of 15)
Teaching
Course syllabi, case studies, and other teaching materials.
Columns
My monthly, globally syndicated column for Project Syndicate, translated into a dozen languages, and my earlier bi-weekly Risky Climate column for Bloomberg Green.
Geoengineering: The Gamble
"An important read." (The Sunday Times) — "A stark warning." (The Guardian)
Climate Shock
Read the NYT op-ed, the infamous pop quiz, our Salon feature, or Foreign Affairs and Atlantic essays. Watch the TEDx talk: “From Climate Shock to Geoengineering.”