A Big-Sky Plan to Cool the Planet
Pumping aerosols into the stratosphere may buy us more time, but it’s no substitute for cutting carbon emissions—and we still don’t know enough to do it responsibly.
Writing
My columns, essays, books, as well as research and teaching materials like case studies.
Ramsey discounting calls for subtracting climate damages from economic growth rates
by J. Paul Kelleher and Gernot Wagner
Underwriting 1.5°C: competitive approaches to financing accelerated climate change mitigation
by Paul Bodnar, Caroline Ott, Rupert Edwards, Stephan Hoch, Emily F. McGlynn & Gernot Wagner
Policy sequencing toward decarbonization
by Jonas Meckling, Thomas Sterner & Gernot Wagner
Solar Geoengineering and the Chemtrails Conspiracy on Social Media
by Dustin Tingley and Gernot Wagner
"Wirtschaft wartet nicht auf Washington"
Gespräch mit Martin Tauss
Solar geoengineering reduces atmospheric carbon burden
by David W. Keith, Gernot Wagner and Claire L. Zabel
Fear of solar geoengineering is healthy – but don't distort our research
Models suggest solar geoengineering could reduce climate change and our independently assessed studies are vital to understanding its full potential
Night-time lights: A global, long term look at links to socio-economic trends
by Jeremy Proville, Daniel Zavala-Araiza, and Gernot Wagner
Review: The Planet Remade
Ethics & International Affairs
Cop22 After Trump
The Good and Bad News for Climate Change
Klimawandel größer als Präsident
Sollten die USA aus dem Weltklimavertrag aussteigen, muss das nicht das Ende bedeuten.
What do people think when they think about solar geoengineering?
by Elizabeth T. Burns, Jane A. Flegal, David W. Keith, Aseem Mahajan, Dustin Tingley, and Gernot Wagner
To help cool the climate, add aerosols
Solar geoengineering may be a bridge to a cleaner future
Die Ökonomie des Klimawandels
Klimaschock Gespräch mit Michael Gruberbauer
Geoengineering is a bonkers plan, but it may be needed to tackle global warming
Wishful thinking does not make for smart policy
Das Geld, die Kosten und das Klima
Klimaschock Gespräch mit Helmut Kretzl
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.
"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
