Need portfolio approach to climate risk
Much like outright climate denial on the right lacks a portfolio approach to climate action, ignoring the scenarios that might lead to a need for albedo modification is a kind of denial on the left.
Writing
My columns, essays, books, as well as research and teaching materials like case studies.
"Wie ein Treffen von Alkoholikern"
Klimaschock Gespräch mit Oliver Tanzer und Christoph Müller
Establishing practical estimates for city-integrated solar PV and wind
by Lee Miller, Vaclav Smil, Gernot Wagner, and David Keith
Stated estimates for city-integrated wind and solar PV are too high
by Lee Miller, Vaclav Smil, Gernot Wagner, and David Keith
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
"ExxonMobil weiß irgendetwas, das wir nicht wissen"
Klimaschock Gespräch mit Joseph Gepp
Planetare Chemotherapie
German Climate Shock interview
Emissions Trading in Practice: A Handbook on Design and Implementation
World Bank Partnership for Market Readiness and International Carbon Action Partnership
Can the Planet Be Saved?
Hope & Despair
El Shock Climático
Spanish Climate Shock interview
From Copenhagen to Paris
by Richie Ahuja, Jonathan Camuzeaux, Thomas Sterner, and Gernot Wagner
Klimaschock
German Climate Shock interview
The Rebound Effect and Energy Efficiency Policy
by Kenneth Gillingham, David S. Rapson, and Gernot Wagner
Climate Sensitivity Uncertainty: When is Good News Bad?
by Mark C. Freeman, Gernot Wagner, and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Biking and Renewables
When it comes to fitting into the current system, commuters and electrons have a lot in common.
Push renewables to spur carbon pricing
by Gernot Wagner, Tomas Kåberger, Susanna Olai, Michael Oppenheimer, Katherine Rittenhouse, and Thomas Sterner
Reflections – Managing Uncertain Climates: Some Guidance for Policy Makers and Researchers
by Frank J. Convery and Gernot Wagner
What we know — and what we don’t — about global warming
Making Sen$e with Paul Solman
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.
