This is a reblog of my recent article in the online magazine The Ecologist.
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New publication: Climate Policy Must Favour Mitigation Over Adaptation
I am very happy to announce that my article entitled “Climate Policy Must Favor Mitigation Over Adaptation” is forthcoming in the journal Environmental & Resource Economics. The main message is the following:
Read MoreEconomists push for carbon price
The European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists feels there is an urgent need to keep pushing for a carbon price. If you are an (European) economist you may want to sign this statement. Even if you are not an economist, we’d be happy if you support our goal.
Read MoreDoes Absolution Promote Sin?
There is a new interesting paper just published in Environmental & Resource Economics entitled “Does Absolution Promote Sin? A Conservationist’s Dilemma“. The authors are Matthew Harding and David Rapson. What’s my take on this?
Read MoreClimate breakdown drives inequality
This blog entry is a repost from my article with Martin Henseler that just appeared at The Ecologist. We are grateful to Marianne Brooker, who is the Content Editor at The Economist, for editorial help.
Takeaway: We find that the effect of climate change on economic growth is up to six times stronger in the world’s poorest countries. Read more…
Read MoreNew publication: The impact of weather on economic growth and its production factors
Together with Martin Henseler I just published an article entitled “The impact of weather on economic growth and its production factors” in the journal Climatic Change.
Read MoreYesterday climate strike, tomorrow same old, same old?
Friday the 15th of March 2019 marked a new beginning, or so they say. Kids all around the world took the future in their own hands and marched onwards in a desperate attempt to make their voices heard. “The future is ours, don’t take it away from us,” they shouted. “Time to wake up,” was written in big print. “We have no planet B,” was a common reminder. The enthusiasm was really overwhelming. Nobody expected close to 10,000 students demonstrating in Luxembourg alone. Hundreds of thousands of German students marched the streets, the biggest number of young kids demonstrating since the sixties. Even the politicians came to show, one would guess, their support. In France, a sizable number of the gilet jaune, for some reason, joined the Friday strikes. What next? An assessment and suggestions.
