Recalculate the social cost of carbon
The science is ripe to update estimates of CO2 emissions costs. Calls to scrap the calculation are misguided.
Writing
My columns, essays, books, as well as research and teaching materials like case studies.
How to Judge Biden’s Climate Record
To assess the effectiveness of climate policies, don’t look at today’s CO₂ emissions, instead focus on the trajectory.
It’s Too Late for Big Oil’s Pivot to a Carbon Tax
The American Petroleum Institute is considering endorsing a carbon price. That’s a big shift, but a carbon price alone is not good climate policy.
ZEIT: "Zurück in die Stadt!"
Im Einfamilienhaus leben zu wollen, ist eine gesellschaftliche und psychologische Entscheidung – mit einer schlechten Klimabilanz. Ein radikales Umdenken ist notwendig.
Eight priorities for calculating the social cost of carbon
by Gernot Wagner, David Anthoff, Maureen Cropper, Simon Dietz, Kenneth T. Gillingham, Ben Groom, J. Paul Kelleher, Frances C. Moore, and James H. Stock
A tale of two carbon prices
The U.S. is updating a number with the potential to push federal regulations into overdrive.
The Biggest Climate Change Stories of 2020
Climate change mitigation became an economic positive
Carbon Pricing and Innovation in a World of Political Constraints
NYU Wagner workshop organized by Jesse D. Jenkins, Leah Stokes, and Gernot Wagner
Don't discount states
The Biden administration should look to states as a laboratory for innovative climate action.
Climate policies without Congress
Science-based regulatory policies and a White House climate office could help counteract warming, no legislation required.
Biden's unifying climate plan
Instead of narrowly addressing carbon pricing, as economists have traditionally favored, the proposal has many aims
The Exxon Tax
The Numbers Behind Exxon’s Support for a Carbon Tax
The No DICE Carbon Price
If $40/t CO₂ were the "right" price, tax carbon and move on. $40/t isn't the right price. The Exxon-backed tax isn't it.
China’s Carbon Neutrality Goal is Good Policy and Good Politics
The second-biggest economy’s new 2060 target could be a game changer if concrete policies follow.
California Nightmare
Catastrophic fires call for rethinking suburban NIMBYism
Cities cut carbon
The pandemic has led to some obituaries for urban living, but metropolises are still the most desirable and climate-friendly places to reside
Heat kills
Weather extremes are intimately linked to even small increases in global average temperatures.
Climate Alarm is Not Alarmism
New information about the link between atmospheric CO₂ and eventual global average warming bolsters the case for climate policy now
For Effective Climate Change Activism, Focus on Supply
To effect change, climate activists need to pursue both divestment and limiting demand for carbon emissions.
In a Summer of Extreme Weather, Climate Costs Remain Mysterious
The economics of climate attribution are lagging behind the impacts of dangerous weather.