Der Standard: "Trump geht es um "Zerstörung von Harvard", warnt Klimaökonom in "ZiB 2"
von Harald Fidler

German-language, Austrian daily Der Standard.
von Harald Fidler
On climate and especially environmental policy, the return of Donald Trump to the White House is clearly bad news. But the outlook is uncertain, because Trump has sent mixed signals about the kinds of policy changes he might pursue, and it remains to be seen what effect he can have on broader technological and market trends.
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 Gernot Wagner & Shang-Jin Wei
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.
von Jakob Pallinger
Given that this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference was hosted by a petrostate and led by a fossil-fuel CEO, climate campaigners understandably had low expectations. Yet the summit did deliver some new commitments, and there is good reason to think that they are more than just empty words.
by Gernot Wagner & Conor Walsh
Heated academic debates between proponents and opponents of traditional economic growth under capitalism might make for good television, but they offer little in the way of solutions. Climate change demands that we achieve both growth and degrowth, depending on the activity and economic sector in question.
von Bernadette Redl
Gespräch mit Florian Koch
Theater im Park, Belvedere, Wien
Gespräch mit Nora Laufer
Gespräch mit Jakob Pallinger
Der Standard Interview
Von Alois Pumhösel
Zur Abmilderung des Klimawandels wird auch Solar Geoengineering, also die kühlende Manipulation der Atmosphäre, diskutiert
Klimaschock Gespräch mit Alois Pumhösel