Martin Weitzman: A Gift that Keeps on Giving

Introduction for Special Issue in Honor of Martin Weitzman

The Cost to Achieve Net-Zero

Business School Case

Improving the social cost of nitrous oxide

The social cost of nitrous oxide does not account for stratospheric ozone depletion. Doing so could increase its value by 20%. Links between nitrous oxide and other nitrogen pollution impacts could make mitigation even more compelling.

Social science research to inform solar geoengineering

Climate Policy Forum

Heat has larger impacts on labor in poorer areas

One additional day >32 °C (90 °F) lowers annual payroll by 0.04%, equal to 2.1% of average weekly earnings.

Economic impacts of tipping points in the climate system

We synthesize this emerging literature and provide unified, geophysically realistic estimates of the economic impacts of eight climate tipping points.

Recalculate the social cost of carbon

The science is ripe to update estimates of CO2 emissions costs. Calls to scrap the calculation are misguided.

Eight priorities for calculating the social cost of carbon

Advice to the Biden administration as it seeks to account for mounting losses from storms, wildfires and other climate impacts.

Climate Economics

Spring 2021

Carbon Pricing and Innovation in a World of Political Constraints

NYU Wagner workshop held on March 19-20, 2020.

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