This week Stéphane stephane hallegatte from the World Bank will kick off the fall semester for the Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics, with an overview of the Banks' Country Climate and Development Reports. Join us on Thursday at 11am ET! frbsf.org/news-and-media… Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

I am running out of words to describe how absurd August 2024 was in Svalbard. Reaching an average temperature of 11°C in August would have been unimaginable just a few years ago. This is totally bonkers.

Biodiversiy is declining, yet we have limited knowledge about how that affects human well-being. My work linking bats, insecticide use, and human infant health is out today in Science (science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…), and tells a complex story about how those are connected.

🚨 Big permitting reform news: The most rigorous climate modeling shows a net emissions reduction from the bipartisan Senate bill. Climate advocates should support this bill.

The Manchin-Barrasso permitting reform plan would allow Americans to start building energy infrastructure again, while cleaning up the environment. Passing it is a no-brainer for anyone in Congress.

“It is not only the mega charismatic species that are warm and fuzzy and evoke a desire to hug and cuddle with them that provide value and benefit to us as people,” Eyal Frank said. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Carbon offsets don't work in the forest sector, but the forest sector can contribute to mitigation and needs funding. This paper proposes tracking "contributions to forests" without tying them to offsets. I think its a good idea. ssir.org/articles/entry…

Typhoon #Yagi has left substantial impacts to life / property in Asia. The economic toll in China, Vietnam, and the Philippines will notably exceed >$10 billion. First reports from China (Hainan) show minimum losses at $9.3 billion. Key industrial facilities in Vietnam hit hard.

The ARE Department @UCDavis is pleased to announce an open assistant professor position in econometrics: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06720

Interesting paper on intergenerational insurance by the amazing Alessia Russo, Francesco Lancia and Tim Worrall:

🚨 New #Rpackage alert! The increasing availability of high-resolution climate data has greatly expanded the study of how the climate impacts humans and society. Enter stagg, a new R package that streamlines data processing for climate impact analysis. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🚨1 month left.🚨 Submit papers to NBER project on Trade, Energy, Decarbonization, deadline 10/16. 🔗nber.org/calls-papers-a…… 🗓Conference Mar 20-21, 2025 at NBER. Nominate grad students to attend: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… Excited to organize w Natalia Ramondo.

What’s wrong with research about ‘degrowth’? ift.tt/pUSGL2f

Are we adapting to climate change? In new preprint, we use decades of data on 21 outcomes around the world & measure whether they have become less sensitive to a given change in climate. We find clear evidence of such adaptation in only ~25% of cases. 1/x nber.org/papers/w32985

Repealing The SALT Cap Would Overwhelmingly Benefit Those With High Incomes taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/repeali…

Interested in doing a post-doc for two years in Environmental & Energy Economics or Climate Economics at Columbia Climate School with me and Gernot Wagner? If so, please apply! Columbia | SIPA Columbia Business School aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph…

I distinctly remember Bernie Bastien-Olvera telling me his dream was to join UNAM as faculty in one of our first advising meetings. It's a proud moment to see him realize this ambition, and exciting to think of all the important and interesting research to come

Michael Liebreich - @MLiebreich.bsky.social The Honest Broker You should update your priors on the science of hurricanes and climate. Things have advanced a lot in the field over the years. Listen to our latest Shift Key episode with climate scientist and hurricane expert Gabriel Vecchi from Princeton. open.spotify.com/episode/0oEcop…

Pre-doc job announcement! Salata Institute is hiring fellows to work with Anna Russo, Wolfram Schlenker, Charles Taylor, and myself on environmental economics! Application review will begin on 10/31 and continue on a rolling basis. Please apply and share! sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search…

Lots of discussion about natural disaster price-gouging laws right now, so feels like it might be a useful time to share slides from a work-in-progress project on this topic I’m working on with Johanna Rayl Nadia Lucas Michael Dinerstein and Becky Scurlock ishannath.com/s/Price_Gougin…