🚨 One of the more important #ClimateEcon posts anywhere: Work for the White House OMB to help quantify the climate impact on the US budget
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/728754200
Position closes June 13th.
#climate #economics #job

"Drastic climate action is the best course for economic growth, new study finds"

CAP6 goes @yale Climate Connections https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/04/drastic-climate-action-is-the-best-course-for-economic-growth-new-study-finds/ #climate #economics #ClimateEcon

"Early and stringent action to rapidly and dramatically cut climate pollution is the best path for the global economy, according to a new working paper by American scientists."

CAP6 goes JPost https://www.jpost.com/environment-and-climate-change/article-739316 #climate #economics #ClimateEcon

#ClimateEcon

Volunteerism doesn't work, Energy Star Certification edition: "buildings do not make upgrades or capital investments to obtain a certification, suggesting that the Energy Star program primarily certifies buildings that are already energy efficient"
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/720952 #ClimateEcon

There are 210 coal plants remaining in the U.S.

For 209(!) of them, it would be cheaper to replace them with renewables now than to continue running them with coal, per https://energyinnovation.org/publication/coal-cost-crossover-3-0-local-renewables-plus-storage-create-new-opportunities-for-customer-savings-and-community-reinvestment/ #ClimateTech #ClimateEcon #sustainability #climate

There are 210 coal plants remaining in the U.S. For 219(!) of them, it would be cheaper to replace them with renewables now than to continue running them, per https://energyinnovation.org/publication/coal-cost-crossover-3-0-local-renewables-plus-storage-create-new-opportunities-for-customer-savings-and-community-reinvestment/ #ClimateTech #ClimateEcon

There are 210 coal plants remaining in the U.S. For 219(!) of them, it would be cheaper to replace them with renewables now than to continue running them, per https://energyinnovation.org/publication/coal-cost-crossover-3-0-local-renewables-plus-storage-create-new-opportunities-for-customer-savings-and-community-reinvestment/ #ClimateTech #ClimateEcon

Dear #ClimateEcon, another input into your climate damage functions
https://vis.social/@dqn/109721789181145977

Meanwhile, in the category of "real work happening in DC":

National strategy for natural capital accounting and associated enviro-econ statistics is out! https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Natural-Capital-Accounting-Strategy-final.pdf Well done, Eli Fenichel/#OSTP!

#sustainability #economics #ClimateEcon #GDP

Columbia's new president Minouche Shafik, Environmental Economist

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Economic_Growth_and_Environmental_Qualit/UQ3sA9v_dr8C?hl=en&gbpv=0 #ClimateEcon

2 more weeks to apply to join Columbia Business School next year as a predoctoral fellow: https://academics.gsb.columbia.edu/research-opportunities/predoctoral-fellows-program

Spend a year in #NYC, getting ready to apply to a Ph.D. program! To work with me on #ClimateEcon projects like these https://gwagner.com/preoccupations (or with Geoff Heal, or Patrick Bolton, or Stiglitz...), choose "Economics - Micro".

Clean energy in Texas from "this is AOC coming to town" to this:

It's the economics, stupid
https://www.economist.com/business/2023/01/12/go-to-texas-to-see-the-anti-green-future-of-clean-energy #ClimateTech #ClimateEcon

The global (clean) energy investment story is a-changin'
https://www.ft.com/content/ea92a443-ece8-4ef7-8809-a53a22f85567 #ClimateTech #ClimateEcon #markets

"Banks need incentives to tackle climate change"

Ya think?

#ClimateEcon

And sometimes I share my 2023 outlook, in 한국어

Plenty of #ClimateEcon & #ClimateTech in this one too. Yes, the global clean-energy race is on, and it's only going to get stronger http://gwagner.com/clean-energy-race

Looks like I've doubled my followers here in the past 2 weeks. Welcome!

Right now, I'm afraid, it's just holiday pics.

In general, it's a combo of #ClimateEcon, #ClimateTech, and why 'burbanite ft²/m²-maximizers in their car-dependent sprawl shacks need to reevaluate their measly life choices.

For now, though, happy holidays!

Looks like I've doubled my followers here in the past 2 weeks. Welcome!

Right now, I'm afraid, it's just holiday pics.

In general, it's a combo of #ClimateEcon, #ClimateTech, and why 'burbanite ft²/m²-maximizers in their car-dependent sprawl shacks need to reevaluate their measly life choices.

For now, though, happy holidays!

Talking #ClimateEcon and, y'know, life in Amstetten, Lower Austria, where I was lucky enough to spend my first 18 years. https://gwagner.com/hlw-amstetten

Talking #ClimateEcon and, y'know, life in Amstetten, Lower Austria, where I was lucky enough to spend my first 18 years. https://gwagner.com/hlw-amstetten