Cheaper solar PV is key to addressing climate change
The rapidly dropping price of solar power has transformed how we think about clean energy. But it needs to still get a whole lot cheaper.
Essays
Essays, op-eds, opinion essays, and other writings in publications like the FT, NYT, WaPo, New York Magazine, Salon, OPEC Fund Magazine(!), and many others.
Why COVID-19's Effect on Carbon Emissions Isn't a Win
Pausing the World to Fight Coronavirus Has Carbon Emissions Down—But True Climate Success Looks Like More Action, Not Less
Do We Really Have Only 12 Years to Avoid Climate Disaster?
By Gernot Wagner and Constantine Samaras
Not all fossil fuel subsidies are created equal, all are bad for the planet
Subsidy (noun, \ ˈsəb-sə-dē \) “a grant by a government to a private person or company to assist an enterprise deemed advantageous to the public”
Policy Design for the Anthropocene
How to choose? Environmental effectiveness, economic efficiency, and political efficacy
Why the EPA gives Taxpayers the Biggest Bang for their Hard-earned Buck
With a 9x return, EPA gives taxpayers the biggest ROI of any federal agency
LEDs meet the locavore
Don't focus on rebound. Focus on welfare.
From Copenhagen to Paris
by Richie Ahuja, Jonathan Camuzeaux, Thomas Sterner, and Gernot Wagner
Biking and Renewables
When it comes to fitting into the current system, commuters and electrons have a lot in common.
Why Environmental Action Is so Hard
by Gernot Wagner and Martin L. Weitzman