Gernot Wagner
Lead Senior Economist
Environmental Defense Fund
Website:
http://www.gwagner.com
Twitter:
@GernotWagner
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Gernot Wagner serves as lead senior economist at the Environmental Defense Fund.
Teaches energy economics as adjunct associate professor at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs.
Wrote Climate Shock, joint with Harvard’s Martin Weitzman and published by Princeton University Press (2015), and But will the planet notice?, published by Hill & Wang/Farrar Strauss & Giroux (2011).
Served on the editorial board of the Financial Times as a Peter Martin Fellow, where he covered economics, energy, and the environment.
Holds a joint bachelor’s magna cum laude with highest honors in environmental science, public policy, and economics, and a master’s and Ph.D. in political economy and government from Harvard, as well as a master’s in economics from Stanford.
Is a research associate at the Harvard Kennedy School and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Lives in Cambridge, MA, with his wife, Siripanth Nippita, a gynecologist at Harvard’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and their two children, Annan and Sonja.
Recent Posts by Gernot Wagner
Recent Comments by Gernot Wagner
- "There are clearly important lessons for the U.S. to learn. The EU got many things right and some things really wrong. And California, for example, has"
The European Union’s Emissions Trading System: Climate Model, Now Climate Muddle? - " It is not. If anything, cap-and-trade is smarter than a tax.Most significantly, the US and the European Union cannot solve this probl"
Discussion Catalyst: Carbon Policies - " Cap and trade has been tried in two places so far:(1) The SO2 trading program to address acid rain in the United States, which was an"
Discussion Catalyst: Carbon Policies - " Is there a global or a U.S. shortage? If it's the former, there's indeed no point in placing blame. We simply need more talent, and we need i"
Discussion Catalyst: Energy Work Force - " Along the same lines, we ought to consider geoengineering.Of course, geoengineering must not be an excuse for inaction now -- it must"
Discussion Catalyst: Global Warming Research Priorities - "[Originally posted at http://blogs.edf.org/markets/ ]"
Discussion Catalyst: Policy Principles - " That's clearly a top priority for energy and national security reasons, and the transportation sector is the obvious target (with 2/3 of all "
Discussion Catalyst: Policy Principles