China’s Carbon Neutrality Goal is Good Policy and Good Politics
The second-biggest economy’s new 2060 target could be a game changer if concrete policies follow.
Bloomberg
California Nightmare
Catastrophic fires call for rethinking suburban NIMBYism
Cities cut carbon
The pandemic has led to some obituaries for urban living, but metropolises are still the most desirable and climate-friendly places to reside
Heat kills
Weather extremes are intimately linked to even small increases in global average temperatures.
Climate Alarm is Not Alarmism
New information about the link between atmospheric CO₂ and eventual global average warming bolsters the case for climate policy now
For Effective Climate Change Activism, Focus on Supply
To effect change, climate activists need to pursue both divestment and limiting demand for carbon emissions.
In a Summer of Extreme Weather, Climate Costs Remain Mysterious
The economics of climate attribution are lagging behind the impacts of dangerous weather.
Covid-climate links
My Covid-climate thoughts organized in one place, in reverse chronological order
Someone's Going to Dim the Big Light
Solar geoengineering is fast, cheap, scary, and inevitable
How Virus Testing Is Just Like A Carbon Tax
Testing and taxing are important steps in the fights against the pandemic and climate change— and both have their limits.
Benefit-Cost Analysis in the Time of Coronavirus and Climate Change
Like climate economics, the economics of Covid-19 mean we need to take aggressive action, not incremental steps.
The Virus Is Teaching Everyone What Runaway Growth Really Means
To make sense of the spread of Covid-19, economics—particularly black swan events and compound growth—can provide guidance.
How Economics Can Inform Coronavirus Decision-Making
When considering travel and other choices, economic principles can provide guidance.
An Economist’s Guide to Spending Bezos’s Billions on Climate Change
The money would go far in politics, but it will also allow for technological experimentation and will take a fundraising burden off recipients.
Carbon Taxes Alone Aren’t Good Climate Policy
To drive down tomorrow’s CO₂ emissions, governments need to subsidize fossil fuel alternatives, too.
Why Oil Giants Figured Out Carbon Costs First
Inaugural Risky Climate column