Improving energy efficiency is not enough for advocates of degrowth, who espouse energy sufficiency as the best way to fight climate change. But their argument is absurd: using limited inputs more efficiently is the definition of economic productivity – which, in turn, boosts growth.
by Julia Simon
by Annie Nova
by Mitchell Hartman
Columbia Business School
by Gernot Wagner & Shang-Jin Wei
Conversation with Chris Nelder
Conversation with Shiva Rajgopal and Aniket Shah
by Andrew Freedman
by Scott Waldman
by James Temple
Columbia Faculty House
Even if Donald Trump defeats President Joe Biden and tries to take a wrecking ball to US climate and environmental policies, he ultimately would be powerless to derail the inevitable renewables revolution that is gaining momentum worldwide. His anti-climate agenda would be another wall that never gets built.
by Dharna Noor and Oliver Milman
Conversation with Ray Horton
