What we know — and what we don’t — about global warming
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman
Fat tails
Climate Change: Like an Asteroid
The threat of climate change must be taken far more seriously, before it is too late.
How does climate stack up against other worst-case scenarios?
Climate isn’t the only catastrophe threatening the planet, but it may be the one most in need of attention and resources.
Climate Change Impacts at the National Level: Known Trends, Unknown Tails, and Unknowables
by Karl W. Steininger, Gernot Wagner, Paul Watkiss, and Martin König
American Economic Association meetings
Boston, MA
AGU Fall Meetings
San Francisco, CA
Harvard Environmental Economics Program Workshop
Cambridge, MA
Beyond IPCC: Future paths for climate research
University of Gothenburg
"Risky Business" stands out in growing sea of climate reports
Lessons in managing climate risks from some most familiar with financial ones
Pay Now or Pay More Later
Economics is largely just organized common sense, and it doesn’t get much more common sense than benefit-cost analysis.
Climate change and risk management
FT Letter by Gernot Wagner and Martin L Weitzman
Inconvenient Uncertainties
by Gernot Wagner and Martin L. Weitzman
Was Hurricane Sandy the ‘Fat Tail’ of Climate Change?
by Gernot Wagner and Martin L. Weitzman
It’s not over ‘til the fat tail zings
You can bail out AIG, Greece, or even the United States. You can’t bail out the planet.
