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Gernot Wagner

Gernot Wagner

Writing for PS since 2016
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Gernot Wagner, a climate economist at Columbia Business School, is the author, most recently, of Geoengineering: The Gamble (Polity, 2021).

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  1. Carbon Capture and Delay
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    Carbon Capture and Delay

    Aug 10, 2023 Gernot Wagner worries that new federal rules in the United States will unwittingly extend the life of existing power plants.

  2. What the Climate Fight Is Really About
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    What the Climate Fight Is Really About

    Jul 17, 2023 Gernot Wagner observes that the main issue is not just cutting emissions but reducing costly uncertainties.

  3. How to Think About Climate-Tech Solutions
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    How to Think About Climate-Tech Solutions

    Jun 7, 2023 Gernot Wagner offers lessons for navigating a field that is fraught with hype, unintended consequences, and other pitfalls.

  4. Will the Banking Busts Hurt Clean Tech?
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    Will the Banking Busts Hurt Clean Tech?

    Apr 17, 2023 Gernot Wagner considers how the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank will affect the global race to achieve net-zero emissions.

  5. Europe Must Tax Brown and Subsidize Green
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    Europe Must Tax Brown and Subsidize Green

    Apr 6, 2023 Gernot Wagner thinks the European Union should respond to recent US policies by augmenting its carbon-pricing scheme.

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    Auto Strikes and Climate Change

    Mariana Mazzucato & Damon Silvers explain why the transition to a net-zero economy cannot happen without worker empowerment.
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    The New World Disorder

    Richard Haass highlights the growing threat to international stability and calls for effective cooperation.
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    Latin America’s Growth Conundrum

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    Since 1960, only a few countries in Latin America have narrowed the gap between their per capita income and that of the United States, while most of the region has lagged far behind. Making up for lost ground will require a coordinated effort, involving both technocratic tinkering and bold political leadership.

     explain what it will take finally to achieve economic convergence with advanced economies.
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    We Need to Talk About Bank Supervision

    Howard Davies thinks the renewed debate over commercial bank capital requirements largely misses the point.
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    The New Anatomy of Britain

    Robert Skidelsky laments the decline of UK institutions and the increasingly limited scope for meaningful action.
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    Financing Our Survival

    Vera Songwe

    Between now and the end of this decade, climate-related investments need to increase by orders of magnitude to keep the world on track toward achieving even more ambitious targets by mid-century. Fortunately, if done right, such investments could usher in an entirely new and better economy.

     explains what it will take to mobilize capital for the net-zero transition worldwide.
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    Whither the G20?

    Takatoshi Ito sees the grouping as increasingly divided between friends of the G7 and friends of China and Russia.
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    Making the Most of Africa’s Strategic Green Minerals

    Marit Kitaw explains how the continent can move beyond resource extraction to build green industry.
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    America Must Join Europe’s Climate Club

    Gary Yohe & Roger Kuhns urge US policymakers to create a carbon-pricing policy in line with the bloc’s emissions-reduction plan.

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