In wondering why the LA wildfires had worse outcomes than say those in Wisconsin, Mr. Bruce Hall makes this assertion.
Category Archives: environment
Hazards of Reasoning by Anecdotes: LA Fires Version
Mr. Bruce Hall speculates on the causes for the severity of the LA fires:
Billion Dollar Disaster Cost to Year-to-Date (assuming nothing else happens in January)
From NOAA to 2024, and guesstimate for January 2025:
Project 2025: So All Your Hurricane Projections Can Look Like This
Envisaging Milton under Trump 2.0:
Guest Contribution: “Impact of Climate Risk on Fiscal Space: Does Political Stability and Financial Development Matter?”
Today we are pleased to present a guest contribution by Jamel Saadaoui (University Paris 8).
Guest Contribution: “Let China Pay the Cost of Solar Energy and Electric Vehicles”
Today, we present a guest post written by Jeffrey Frankel, Harpel Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and formerly a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. An earlier version appeared at Project Syndicate.
Northern Hemisphere Land Temperatures, June-May, through 2024
From NOAA:
Guest Contribution: “EU Carbon Border Adjustment Could Facilitate a Global Climate Solution”
Today, we present a guest post written by Jeffrey Frankel, Harpel Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and formerly a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. An earlier version appeared at Project Syndicate. He would like to thank Kim Clausing, Rob Stavins, and Catherine Wolfram for useful comments.
Expect More Houstons
From Bloomberg: