A senior climate diplomat discusses scientific, economic, and diplomatic barriers to rapid global decarbonization.
COP27 Dispatch: Food Waste Gains Attention in Climate Discussions
Food waste is a major driver of climate change and a cause of food insecurity. Penn’s Steven Finn highlights the challenge and solutions discussed at COP27.
Nicholas Stern on the Role of Economics in Combating Climate Change
Economist Lord Nicholas Stern discusses why traditional economics fail to capture the magnitude of threat presented by climate change, and how the discipline must adapt.
For Solar Geoengineering, Daunting Policy Questions Await
A climate economist discusses why efforts to cool earth’s climate through solar geoengineering appear all but inevitable, and considers the policy questions and political battles to come.
What Motivates People to Take Action on Climate Change?
New research disproves the assumption that exposure to climate-related natural disasters motivates people to support climate policy.
Energy Regulator FERC Finds Itself Cornered Over Climate Change
FERC has spent the last three years issuing rules that insulate electricity markets from responsibility for the climate damages they cause. The result has been a backlash from the states.
As Climate-Related Disasters Intensify, Retreat Emerges as Adaptation Strategy
An environmental lawyer examines the legal and social challenges that could complicate managed retreat from areas at risk to climate-related disaster.
The Human History of Climate Change
Much attention has been paid to the ways we humans are changing our climate. Yet, how has an ever-evolving climate changed us?
Carbon Tax Border Adjustments: Good Politics, Bad For Consumers?
While border adjustments alleviate economic pressure on polluting industries, at least in the near term, they transfer that pressure onto consumers.
UN Pushes Decarbonization Plans As COVID Recovery Tool
Addressing the COVID crisis and climate change shouldn’t be viewed as an either/or proposition.