26 April 2024

CNBC: "Climate change could cost Americans born in 2024 nearly $500,000 in their lifetime"

by Annie Nova

‘Climateflation’ is already affecting prices

“Climate change leads to droughts, which lead to crop failures, which cause food price spikes,” said Gernot Wagner, a climate economist at Columbia Business School.
Some of the biggest financial risks of climate change come into play with housing, Wagner said.

Quoted in: "Climate change could cost Americans born in 2024 nearly $500,000 in their lifetime" by Annie Nova, CNBC (26 April 2024).

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

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

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