
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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Will the Banking Busts Hurt Clean Tech?
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.
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Europe Must Tax Brown and Subsidize Green
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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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.