'Degrowth' won't work
Arguments to limit economic growth are all too tempting, but effectively fighting climate change implies more growth, not less.
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Auch kleine Schritte gegen den Klimawandel zählen
Persönliche Bemühungen machen sehr wohl einen Unterschied, wenn sie in der Gesellschaft an Dynamik gewinnen.
Why COP27 Needs a Bigger Circus and More Solar Panels
Four ways to improve UN climate conferences
Stadt, Land, Kompromiss
In der Stadt leben? Oder auf dem Land? Wo fühlen wir uns wohler? Zur ARD-Themenwoche "Stadt. Land. Wandel." Essay von Gernot Wagner, gelesen von Tarek Youzbachi
How individual actions can combat climate change
Personal efforts make a difference when they gather momentum across society, says a climate economist
How I Cut My Use of Fossil Fuels
We asked people steeped in climate and renewable-energy issues how they reduced their personal carbon footprints
Lawmakers Need to Do Whatever It Takes to Price Carbon
No policy should be excluded based on purist economic or environmentalist principles
For Effective Climate Policy, the First Step is the Hardest
After more than three decades of trying, Austria moves to tax carbon.
We Need to Talk About Geoengineering
Although climate change is primarily caused by excess greenhouse-gas emissions, there are many links in the chain between economic activities and the real-world effects of planetary warming. Each of these can be addressed in different ways, and all options should at least be on the table.
Is it economists' fault?
Biases inherent to the way economics is typically practiced by consultants is slowing meaningful progress on fighting climate change.
Costly tipping points
New research shows significant economic costs of climate risks.
How I Greened My Prewar Co-op
A climate economist overhauls his leaky, 200-year-old co-op.
Conservative climate science
Climate science and economics are inherently conservative, and that may be a factor in Monday's highly-anticipated IPCC report.
The planet needs more New Yorkers
The best thing New York and other cities can do for the climate is to let more people live there.
Nightmare Climate Scenarios
The economist Martin Weitzman got scientists and politicians to think about the worst-case outcomes of global warming. We’re seeing them happen right now.
Cheaper solar PV is key to addressing climate change
The rapidly dropping price of solar power has transformed how we think about clean energy. But it needs to still get a whole lot cheaper.
Economics Needs a Climate Revolution
With its fixation on equilibrium thinking and an exclusive focus on market factors that can be precisely measured, the neoclassical orthodoxy in economics is fundamentally unequipped to deal with today's biggest problems. Change within the discipline is underway, but it cannot come fast enough.
Fear of Geoengineering Is Really Anxiety About Cutting Carbon
Research into unproven technofixes isn’t a replacement for eliminating emissions, even if the debate over geoengineering is stuck on that concern.
Germany's climate election
There is plenty of debate and acrimony, but there is indeed debate about policy solutions.
A To-Do List for the New Climate Activists on Exxon’s Board
After a week when three oil giants were forced to face climate urgency, a guide to what concrete change might look like.