Push renewables to spur carbon pricing

Make wind and solar power even cheaper by opening up access to the electricity grid and ending fossil-fuel subsidies.

The Economics of Energy

Fall 2015

Managing Uncertain Climates

Some Guidance for Policy Makers and Researchers

PBS NewsHour

The economic options for combatting climate change

Pluses and Minuses of a Carbon Tax

Either a tax or a cap can put a price on climate pollution. The goal is to reduce it.

When dealing with global warming, the size of the risk matters

Climate change is both high-impact and high-probability.

Climate Change: Like an Asteroid

The threat of climate change must be taken far more seriously, before it is too late.

Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

San Diego, CA

Why Environmental Action Is so Hard

Gambles may be appealing in a casino, but in the real world humans crave certainty.

Bailing out the planet

Book excerpt

BBC Business Matters

Climate Shock conversation on BBC World Service show

Establishing practical estimates for city-integrated solar PV and wind

Response to Kammen, Sunter, and Dabiri's reply to our Science eLetter

Modeling the effects of climate engineering

Economists need to embrace research on solar geoengineering technologies

Stated estimates for city-integrated wind and solar PV are too high

Integrating renewables into cities might reconnect us to our environment with everyday reminders of our energy demands. Getting the numbers right is key.

Toward a More Reflective Planet

It would be barking mad to take up smoking simply because an experimental cancer treatment showed some promise on a lab rat

Global Kids Institute, Council on Foreign Relations

New York, NY

MIT Media Lab Forbidden Research

Cambridge, MA

LEDs meet the locavore

Rebound effect, round 725

Facing the Elements: Doing Business in the Age of Climate Risk

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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