Essays
Essays, op-eds, and other writings in publications like the FT, NYT, WaPo, New York Magazine, Salon, OPEC Fund Magazine(!), and many others, distinct from my regular columns.
There’s Only One Way to Fix New York’s Traffic Gridlock
by Charles Komanoff and Gernot Wagner
3 ways to spend Biden’s clean-energy windfall faster
Build, build, build.
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.
Declining crop yields limit the potential of bioenergy
Global-warming projections that rely on bioenergy strategies to offset carbon dioxide emissions could be unduly optimistic, according to a study that accounts for how climate change affects crop yields.
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.”
