What we know — and what we don’t — about global warming
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman
Writing
My columns, essays, books, as well as research and teaching materials like case studies.
Pluses and Minuses of a Carbon Tax
by Nat Keohane & Gernot Wagner
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.
Why Environmental Action Is so Hard
by Gernot Wagner and Martin L. Weitzman
Bailing out the planet
Book excerpt
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.
Errors of commission versus errors of omission
The moral dilemma on climate
The planet won’t notice you recycle, and your vote doesn’t count
But you should do it anyway. The definitive guide to screaming at, coping with, and profiting from climate change
Will Camels Roam Canada Again?
What we know about climate change is bad enough. What we don't could make it even worse.
How to steer clear of the looming climate shock
Stick it to carbon, not the man.
Climate Change Impacts at the National Level: Known Trends, Unknown Tails, and Unknowables
by Karl W. Steininger, Gernot Wagner, Paul Watkiss, and Martin König
Linking sound economics with global politics
In honor of the 2014 Upton Scholar Robert N. Stavins
A balance of bottom-up and top-down in linking climate policies
by Jessica F. Green, Thomas Sterner and Gernot Wagner
Is energy efficiency a good thing even with rebound?
by Inês Azevedo, Kenneth Gillingham, David Rapson, and Gernot Wagner.
LEDs, Energy Efficiency and Consumption
LEDs alone won’t solve global warming or global poverty, but they are a step in the right direction for both.
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
The Silver Bullet Of Climate Change Policy
If you think like an engineer climate change has dozens of challenges. If you think like an economist, it has one.
Carbon Cap and Trade
Cap and trade comes in two parts: a cap on total emissions and a system that allows trading to achieve that limit as cost-effectively as possible.