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Gernot Wagner
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 - Feb 01,2023
NEW YORK — Technology will save us!
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.
By Gernot Wagner - Aug 20,2022
NEW YORK  —  The United States has entered the clean-energy race in a big way with the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022.
By Gernot Wagner - Sep 22,2021
NEW YORK — There ultimately is no way to stabilise the climate without addressing the fact that humans are emitting far too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, year after year.

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