Tokyo's climate goals rely on a fuel that is falling out of favor japantimes.co.jp/environment/20… Includes some cogent views by International #Renewable Energy Agency Director-General Francesco La Camera presented at Tokyo's #Hydrogen Energy Action Conference on Oct. 22, IRENA

The information, previously available separately, is now integrated. What’s going to be the impact on land/house prices? There’s a PhD in this. Japan land ministry's real estate info website gets over 10 million PVs in 1st 6 months - The Mainichi mainichi.jp/english/articl…

On my way to Université de Genève to talk about the use of satellite data in agricultural, climate, and environmental economics at the "postdoc network in agricultural, climate, and environmental economics" (PoNACEE). Link to paper: ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/344359/…

📖 𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁! 📖 Read the November 2024 issue of the Environmental and Resource Economics journal at link.springer.com/journal/10640/… ✒ ERE is an official journal of #EAERE published by Springer Nature

Presenting today our latest work on the economic valuation of animal welfare at the French National Agency for Food Security (ANSES). 🐖🐄🐐🐈‍⬛🦮🐿️🐟

A little thread about industrial power policy: In many Asian countries, industrial power prices are not reflective of average generation costs because of cross-subsidies (e.g., residential sector paying slightly more for power to ensure industrial tariffs remain low).

Im hoping its a position where I can teach AI about apostrophe's.

Higher income residents of Scotland pay increasingly more income tax than those down south – e.g.£5,200 more for an income of £125k, up from £2,400 just 2 years ago. What do we know about the behavioural effects of these higher tax rates? A 🧵on my NEW Institute for Fiscal Studies comment [1/7]

This is wild. Farmers in Punjab may be shifting burning times to avoid satellite overpass times? It’s the kind of “well what if…” identification complaint R2 might make. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/far…

Studies such as this one really show the value of administrative data

Perhaps the only member of the intersection of the sets {Japanese jokes I can understand} and {stuff connected to my teaching}😎

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When people ask me, 出身はどこ？Britain's most workless place is revealed dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

Fascinating story of how university scientists sitting on a committee to monitor the environmental impact of a new US military base in #Okinawa declared #dugongs locally extinct despite signs of their presence.

Meanwhile according to the same report, 89% of Japanese respondents have a negative view of the PRC. Is there any other pair of countries in the world that share this level of mutual hostility?

Let's see if we can #nudge a few more of you economists to switch over to the better place. ＃青空 I've created a Starter Pack for Japan-based economists on BlueSky. Please join if you fit the bill. go.bsky.app/6duSfRd

December Issue of Environmental and Resource Economics is out now. It's a Special Issue on Green resources for the energy transition, with Guest Editors: Elisa Trujillo-Baute, Mar Reguant and Juan Pablo Montero link.springer.com/journal/10640/…

A new paper from the Journal of Political Economy investigates how PhD program ranking, department status, and other author connections impact peer review decisions. Read the full findings here: ow.ly/sfLx50UiGII JPE

噂の！東京マガジン #TVer tver.jp/episodes/ep5ez… If Science Tokyo 旧・東京医科歯科大学 becomes a real estate developer for apartments, does it need so much public funding?