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How economists are saving the planet
Gernot Wagner has achieved the impossible. The Harvard-trained economist, young father, and EDF staff expert published an enjoyable book about the economics of global warming.
Our environmental markets experts
Susanne Brooks Senior Manager, Office of Economic Policy and Analysis Areas of expertise: Climate change, air quality, global warming, environmental markets
Jonathan Camuzeaux Research Analyst Areas of expertise: Climate change, energy, environmental markets
Menan Omar Research Analyst Areas of expertise:Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Markets
Jeremy Proville GIS Specialist & Economic Analyst Areas of expertise: Climate change, land use, agriculture, environmental markets
Beia Spiller, Ph.D Economist Areas of expertise:Transportation, energy demand, shale gas
Thomas Sterner, Ph.D Visiting Chief Economist Areas of expertise:Selection and design of environmental policy instruments; economics in general; climate and energy; natural resource economics
Gernot Wagner, Ph.D Senior Economist Areas of expertise: Climate change, global warming, environmental markets
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Lessons for California from the EU Emissions Trading System
October 11, 2012Download the Environmental Defense Fund report – The EU Emissions Trading System: Results and Lessons LearnedReport
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Innovation is not enough: Why polluters must pay
March 12, 2012Gernot Wagner argues we must also cap emissions or put a price on carbon in order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.Link
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Naomi Klein is half right: Distorted markets are the real problem
March 14, 2012Gernot Wagner responds to Naomi Klein's claim that free markets won't solve the climate crisis.Link
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