New paper in Nature on the implications of ending poverty on climate change, w/ a more realistic approach than existing lit. Good news: even with the most conservative assumptions, ending extreme poverty can be done without compromising climate goals. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Is this the first time positive net monetized benefits of a federal regulation hinge on the climate benefits?

In the final rule, EPA finds net benefits of $97 billion, driven largely by the climate. To me, this both highlights the importance of continuing to improve our ability to quantify climate damages, and the potential for more ambitious climate policy to deliver social net benefits

14 million years…

What unfolds when ecosystems shift across national borders due to climate change? Thrilled to share our latest paper in @nature, which delves into the consequences of these climate-driven biome migrations on human well-being. nature.com/articles/s4158… A thread 🧵

Really cool/creative science linking octopus (octopi?) genetics and evidence of a past collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

New paper out in Nature Climate Change today where we develop the first direct estimates of the social costs of hydrofluorocarbons (SC-HFCs) and the large climate benefits associated with global agreements that phase down their production and consumption. nature.com/articles/s4155…

How can justice considerations be more fully incorporated into climate scenarios? See our new publication on a novel framework enabling a more holistic and multidimensional investigation of justice - nature.com/articles/s4155…

New publication alert!📜 Racial/ethnic and socioeconomic characteristics influenced counties’ changes in air pollution emissions in the 40 years following the Clean Air Act. Nature Communications ColumbiaPublicHealth nature.com/articles/s4146…

🚨 New publication 🚨 "Inequality Aversion for Climate Policy," w. David Anthoff and U. Kornek in the Review of Environmental Economics and Policy! 📰 We review & synthesize estimates of inequality aversion for climate modeling. MCC Berlin uni.lu UC Berkeley Universität Kiel CAU 🎓 journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72…

How to better represent institutions in sustainability models? Check our new PNASNews paper that compares: - integrated assessment model (led by me) - engineering-economic optimization (Michael Davidson ) - agent-based model (Tatiana Filatova) A thread: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Registrations to become a GAIN mentor are now open! GAIN mentors are assigned to help guide a mentee one-on-one through the entire graduate application cycle in economics or related fields. ➡️ Register here: bit.ly/GAINMentors 🗓️ Deadline: April 21st Please share widely!

🆕 New article in the Winter 2024 volume of Review of Environmental Economics and Policy: "Inequality Aversion for Climate Policy" by Stellio Del Campo (Stellio Del Campo), David Anthoff (David Anthoff), and Ulrike Kornek Read it here (open access!): journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72…

The evidence gathered from 127 peer reviewed papers shows that climate change impacts increase economic inequalities and disproportionately affect the poor, both globally and within countries on all continents 3/10

You had a hunch climate change impacts would increase economic inequalities? You were right! 1/10