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Gernot Wagner
By Gernot Wagner - Mar 17,2024
NEW YORK — It is easy to see how Donald Trump’s election to a second term would negatively affect the world’s climate, and not just the political one. During his first term, more than 125 US environmental rules and policies were rolled back.
By Gernot Wagner - Oct 08,2023
NEW YORK — Everyone needs a foil, and for many who are focused on climate and sustainability, economic growth — capitalism — is a convenient target. This is understandable.
By Gernot Wagner - Jul 18,2023
NEW YORK — Climate change is no longer a future problem. It is here, and the effects are all around.
By Gernot Wagner - Jun 08,2023
NEW YORK — Everything from seat belts to health care and bank bailouts invites riskier behaviour, or what economists call “moral hazard”. Even the most justified and well-meaning policy interventions can have unintended, and undesired, consequences.
By Gernot Wagner - Apr 20,2023
NEW YORK — The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank last month seemed to bode ill for the global clean-energy race.
By Gernot Wagner - Apr 12,2023
NEW YORK — After years of global climate-policy leadership, the European Union is looking warily at the United States’ sudden embrace of ambitious clean-energy subsidies. Ultimately, America’s entry into the clean-energy race is good news for both the planet and Europe.
By Gernot Wagner - Nov 17,2022
SHARM EL SHEIKH — If there is one issue that has taken center stage at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), it is money.
By Gernot Wagner - Oct 18,2022
NEW YORK — The jockeying for position in the global clean-energy race is underway. The United States joined the field just two months ago with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.