Writing
My columns, essays, books, as well as research and teaching materials like case studies.
Beliefs, evidence, and climate action
by Mark Freeman, Ben Groom, Frikk Nesje, and Gernot Wagner
The AI Revolution Mirrors the Green Transition
The need for massive upfront investments and the likelihood of significant job displacement imply remarkable parallels between the AI buildout and the green transition. In both cases, the state has an important role to play in guiding market forces on behalf of the public good.
Why Decarbonization Is National Security
Convoco! Newsletter
SCOPE
by Hidde Kolmeijer and Gernot Wagner
Observations are the dominant climate uncertainty in impact projections
by Kevin Schwarzwald, Nathan Lenssen, Alia Bonanno, Thomas Bearpark, Radley Horton, and Gernot Wagner
Opportunities
How the green growth mindset can achieve big climate wins
Why more fossil fuels won’t fix the Iran energy crisis
by Gernot Wagner
Minerals
Columbia Business School Climate Knowledge Initiative
Geothermal
Columbia Business School Climate Knowledge Initiative
A bias-corrected & downscaled massive ensemble to diagnose uncertainty in climate impact projections
by Kevin Schwarzwald, Nathan Lenssen, Radley Horton, and Gernot Wagner
Early Investment in Decarbonization Can Help Save Trillions in Climate Costs
A net-zero world by 2100 is likely inevitable, but the next decade will be critical for securing a livable future.
The Race to Power Data Centers
Columbia Business School Climate Knowledge Initiative
Cementing Carbon
Constructing the Low-Carbon Future
Economic Damages of Delayed Climate Action
by Kent D. Daniel, Robert B. Litterman, and Gernot Wagner
Climate shift uncertainty and economic damages
by Romain Fillon, Manuel Linsenmeier and Gernot Wagner
Behavioral economics of climate action
by Till Requate, Gernot Wagner, and Israel Waichman
How to Measure Climate Progress
Ending reliance on oil, coal, and gas, and embracing technologies that will only improve and become cheaper over time, is not just smart climate policy. It is the best way to improve economic competitiveness and human prosperity for decades to come.
Engineering and logistical concerns add practical limitations to stratospheric aerosol injection strategies
by Miranda Hack, V. Faye McNeill, Dan Steingart, and Gernot Wagner
