I’m a climate economist at Columbia Business School, co-author of Climate Shock and author, most recently, of Geoengineering: the Gamble. Here you find all my past research, writings, and speaking engagements (academic CV) and current preoccupations. Follow me on Bluesky, Mastodon, or LinkedIn, or join my rapidly growing newsletter.
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Me on Tesla on @marketplaceapm, on the same day as IEA's latest global EV update, no less:
EVs are alive and well. Tesla? "being squeezed on both ends":
At the low end, Wagner said China’s BYD is cranking out workaday EVs for under $20,000.
“On the high end there are dedicated EV companies like Rivian,” he said. “Porsche — you can buy literally a $100,000 vehicle by a company that consumers trust.”
https://gwagner.com/marketplace-tesla
by Mitchell Hartman
https://gwagner.com/marketplace-tesla/Good news, bad news. The 2 climate storylines that will be with all of us throughout our lives
"Making a Case for Fighting Climate Change as a Strategic Imperative" about Nan Ransohoff visiting my Columbia Business School class to talk about her leading Stripe Climate and the Frontier Climate fund: https://leading.business.columbia.edu/main-pillar-climate-change-sustainability/climate-sustainability/stripe-climate
Nan Ransohoff, head of Stripe Climate, recently visited CBS to…
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Collected Essays
Jannuary 2024 (Austria, Germany, Switzerland)
Bilingual English & German edition.
188 pages, paperback
11,5 x 19 cm
ISBN 978-3-7011-0528-1
€17.50
"An important read." (The Sunday Times) — "A stark warning." (The Guardian)
24 September 2021 (UK), 5 November 2021 (US & Canada)
192 pages
138 x 216 mm / 5 x 9 in
ISBN Hardback 9781509543052
ISBN Paperback 9781509543069
$19.95
Ein Liebesbrief an die Stadt, einer ans Land, und einer ans Klima
Warum wir nur mit einem urbanen Leben die Erde retten
Brandstätter Verlag
8. Februar 2021
ISBN 978-3-7106-0508-6
Format 13,5 x 21 cm
Hardcover, 192 Seiten
Top 15 Financial Times McKinsey Business Book of 2015, Austria's Natural Science Book of 2017
Read the NYT op-ed, the infamous pop quiz, our Salon feature, or Foreign Affairs and Atlantic essays. Watch the TEDx talk: “From Climate Shock to Geoengineering.”
Now Available in Paperback
How smart economics can — must — save the world.
If you want to understand how an economist thinks about the biggest challenge our planet has ever stumbled up against, this book is an awfully good place to start!
