• Gernot Wagner - Climate Economist at Columbia Business School

  • Sep 18 2023
  • Length: 1 hr
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Gernot Wagner - Climate Economist at Columbia Business School

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  • Purchase the Climate Finance Course at www.climatefinancecourse.com Dr. Gernot Wagner is a Climate Economist at Columbia Business School. He is the author of Geoengineering: The Gamble (2021), Climate Shock: The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet (2016; Co-Authored with Dr. Martin Weitzman), and But Will the Planet Notice?: How Smart Economics Can Save the World (2012). Previously, Dr. Wagner was a Clinical Associate Professor at New York University and the Founding Co-Director of Harvard University's Solar Geoengineering Research Program. He started off his career as a Fellow at the Financial Times, a Consultant at Boston Consulting Group, and a Lead Senior Economist at the Environmental Defense Fund. Dr. Wagner received an Economics Master's Degree from Stanford University, and a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science/Policy, and a Ph.D. in Political Economy and Government from Harvard University. Check out the Climate Finance Podcast Website for more information. Topics discussed: Importance of mentorship: The impact of Dr. Martin Weitzman on Gernot Wagner`s evolution in Climate Economics. Gernot’s Doctoral Dissertation emphasis on Green Accounting. How Gernot’s work at the EDF allowed him to co-author the World Bank’s Emissions Trading in Practice: A Handbook on Design and Implementation. Gernot’s first book: But Will the Planet Notice?: How Smart Economics Can Save the World. Gernot’s second book (with Dr. Weitzman): Climate Shock: The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet. The process of co-founding Harvard University's Solar Geoengineering Research Program. Gernot’s third book: Geoengineering: The Gamble. Concepts: Green Moral Hazards, Free-Rider Effects, and Free-Driver Effects. Financial Requirements for Geoengineering Research and Deployment. Why It’s Too Late for Big Oil’s Pivot to a Carbon Tax? Greeninflationism and the European Union’s response to the United States Inflation Reduction Act. The Climate G2: India and China. Gernot’s Advice to Aspiring Climate and Environmental Economists. Note: This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as investment advice. The interview took place on 12th July 2023.
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