Stated estimates for city-integrated wind and solar PV are too high
by Lee Miller, Vaclav Smil, Gernot Wagner, and David Keith
Writing
My columns, essays, books, as well as research and teaching materials like case studies.
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
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
Make wind and solar power even cheaper by opening up access to the electricity grid and ending fossil-fuel subsidies.
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.
Climate Change: Like an Asteroid
The threat of climate change must be taken far more seriously, before it is too late.
Why Environmental Action Is so Hard
by Gernot Wagner and Martin L. Weitzman
Bailing out the planet
Book excerpt
How does climate stack up against other worst-case scenarios?
Climate isn’t the only catastrophe threatening the planet, but it may be the one most in need of attention and resources.
Errors of commission versus errors of omission
The moral dilemma on climate