Essays

Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe

Clean, green & electric with Gernot Wagner

The Ukraine War Blew Up the World’s Energy Economy

And the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act is surprisingly well-designed to deal with the fallout.

Taming Carbon

When the Price Is Right

We Can’t Prevent All Wildfires. But We Can Learn From the Ones Burning Now.

There’s Only One Way to Fix New York’s Traffic Gridlock

by Charles Komanoff and Gernot Wagner

Can geoengineering slow climate change? We need research to find out.

Geoengineering research flights are a good federal investment

Our City Could Become One of the World’s Greenest, but It Won’t Be Easy

by Paul Greenberg and Gernot Wagner

The Risky Language of Climate Uncertainty

Academics need to stop talking about climate change in ways that obscure its true dangers.

Greening Your Home Will Be Cheaper, but Expect Growing Pains

by Gernot Wagner

Climate risk is financial risk

“Diversifying risk is nigh impossible when it affects the entire planet.”