Jain Family Institute

New York, NY

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

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.

CNBC: How Coronavirus quarantines lead to a drop in air pollution

Report by Katie Brigham

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.

University of Maryland

College Park, MD

To the Point: Coronavirus, climate change, and living in states of emergency

Hosted by Warren Olney

Compound Growth Could Kill Us – or Make Us Stronger

The power of compound growth has long been recognized as essential to economic development. But in both the COVID-19 pandemic and the slower-moving climate crisis, this same mathematical force is cutting the other way, revealing dangerous shortcomings in how we manage externalities.

How Economics Can Inform Coronavirus Decision-Making

When considering travel and other choices, economic principles can provide guidance.

Discussion with Robert Frank

New York, NY

It’s Too Late for Big Oil’s Pivot to a Carbon Tax

The American Petroleum Institute is considering endorsing a carbon price. That’s a big shift, but a carbon price alone is not good climate policy.

The Biggest Climate Change Stories of 2020

Climate change mitigation became an economic positive

Leveraging Open-Source Tools for Collaborative Macro-energy System Modeling Efforts

U.S. Open Energy Outlook

Österreichisches Windenergiesymposium

Vienna, Austria

Biden’s unifying climate plan

Instead of narrowly addressing carbon pricing, as economists have traditionally favored, the proposal has many aims

The No DICE Carbon Price

If $40/t CO₂ were the "right" price, tax carbon and move on. $40/t isn't the right price. The Exxon-backed tax isn't it.

Festival of Economics

Trento, Italy

The economic case for the United States to remain in the Paris Agreement on climate change

LSE Grantham Policy Brief

Uncertainties in Climate and Weather Extremes Increase the Cost of Carbon

Uncertainty is not our friend

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