Uncertainty is not our friend
One Earth
Uncertainty is not our friend
June 12th, 2020
My Covid-climate thoughts organized in one place, in reverse chronological order
Project Syndicate
Whether the problem is COVID-19 or climate change, the market on its own will not produce a sufficient quantity of goods – like therapeutic drugs or environmentally sustainable growth – that benefit society. Capitalizing on America’s private-sector dynamism will require the state to create incentives to produce such “social goods.”
May 7th, 2020
Letter to the Editor
May 4th, 2020
Don’t Touch Your Face podcast
April 29th, 2020
Interview with Tatti Ribeiro
Project Syndicate
If COVID-19 has taught us anything, it is that delaying prudent policymaking does not merely result in higher marginal costs down the road. Rather, it puts us on an entirely different trajectory – one that all too easily can end in catastrophe.
April 29th, 2020
NYU Wagner
Bloomberg Green
Testing and taxing are important steps in the fights against the pandemic and climate change— and both have their limits.
April 20th, 2020
McHarg Center, University of Pennsylvania
June 8th, 2021
Conversation with Rob Stavins
June 7th, 2021
"Republicans pledge allegiance to fossil fuels like it’s still the 1950s"
June 1st, 2021
His track record on getting climate science right is extremely poor.
Bloomberg Green
After a week when three oil giants were forced to face climate urgency, a guide to what concrete change might look like.
Project Syndicate
The green transition comes with costs; but they are well worth it, and they pale in comparison to the costs of inaction. The ever-falling costs of renewables have not eliminated the politics of climate change. But they certainly have made our choices much easier.
Bloomberg Green
It’s easy to see why infrastructure spending would cut emissions, while creating jobs. Carbon taxes appear to do the same.
Bloomberg Green
Assessing tariffs based on the carbon content of goods is complicated, but will lead to stronger climate policy and better economic outcomes.
Bloomberg Green
Jobs vs. environment is an old trope whose time has passed.
Bloomberg Green
To assess the effectiveness of climate policies, don’t look at today’s CO₂ emissions, instead focus on the trajectory.