
Gernot Wagner
Gernot Wagner, a climate economist at Columbia Business School, is the author, most recently, of Geoengineering: The Gamble (Polity, 2021).
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Realism About Techno-Optimism
Realism About Techno-Optimism
Jan 26, 2023 Gernot Wagner laments that public debate about climate solutions is long on political grandstanding and short on nuance.
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The Case for Mandating Climate-Risk Disclosure
The Case for Mandating Climate-Risk Disclosure
Nov 24, 2022 Timothy Meyer, et al. defend the legal and economic justification for the US Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed new rule.
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Who Pays for Climate Change?
Who Pays for Climate Change?
Nov 16, 2022 Gernot Wagner sees voluntary carbon credits as only a partial answer to one of the biggest questions facing policymakers.
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Some Green Technologies Are More Equal Than Others
Some Green Technologies Are More Equal Than Others
Oct 18, 2022 Gernot Wagner cautions against embracing immediate solutions that would be less efficient in the long run.
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The High Stakes of Climate-Risk Accounting
The High Stakes of Climate-Risk Accounting
Sep 28, 2022 Gernot Wagner & Tom Brookes show why economists can no longer ignore the need for a far more comprehensive set of welfare indicators.