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.
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To assess the effectiveness of climate policies, don’t look at today’s CO₂ emissions, instead focus on the trajectory.
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.
Im Einfamilienhaus leben zu wollen, ist eine gesellschaftliche und psychologische Entscheidung – mit einer schlechten Klimabilanz. Ein radikales Umdenken ist notwendig.
by Gernot Wagner, David Anthoff, Maureen Cropper, Simon Dietz, Kenneth T. Gillingham, Ben Groom, J. Paul Kelleher, Frances C. Moore, and James H. Stock
The U.S. is updating a number with the potential to push federal regulations into overdrive.
Climate change mitigation became an economic positive
NYU Wagner workshop organized by Jesse D. Jenkins, Leah Stokes, and Gernot Wagner
The Biden administration should look to states as a laboratory for innovative climate action.
Science-based regulatory policies and a White House climate office could help counteract warming, no legislation required.
Instead of narrowly addressing carbon pricing, as economists have traditionally favored, the proposal has many aims
The Numbers Behind Exxon’s Support for a Carbon Tax
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.
The second-biggest economy’s new 2060 target could be a game changer if concrete policies follow.
Catastrophic fires call for rethinking suburban NIMBYism
The pandemic has led to some obituaries for urban living, but metropolises are still the most desirable and climate-friendly places to reside
Weather extremes are intimately linked to even small increases in global average temperatures.
New information about the link between atmospheric CO₂ and eventual global average warming bolsters the case for climate policy now
To effect change, climate activists need to pursue both divestment and limiting demand for carbon emissions.
The economics of climate attribution are lagging behind the impacts of dangerous weather.
by Adrien Fabre and Gernot Wagner