21 April 2022

Axios: "A carbon quandary escape hatch"

By Ben Geman

The bottom line: Climate economist Gernot Wagner, in an email, said that while "we can't switch from high- to low-carbon investments overnight," he cautions:
"Putting too much emphasis on the fact that some high-carbon investments will be necessary runs the danger of giving cover to those not wishing for the transition to happen at all."

Quoted in: "A carbon quandary escape hatch" by Ben Geman, Axios (21 April 2022).

Getting to Greener Steel

Coalbed methane is an underappreciated problem of global steel production. While cutting methane emissions in the steel supply chain will not produce green steel overnight, it could reduce the sector’s emissions by the equivalent of a billion tons of carbon annually, and at little cost.

25 Sep 25

Engineering and logistical concerns add practical limitations to stratospheric aerosol injection strategies

by Miranda Hack, V. Faye McNeill, Dan Steingart, and Gernot Wagner

21 Oct 25

Early Investment in Decarbonization Can Help Save Trillions in Climate Costs

A net-zero world by 2100 is likely inevitable, but the next decade will be critical for securing a livable future.

10 Sep 25