(Or…, are renewables useless because of peak load issues?) From IPCC AR6 Working Group 3 report (page 6-24):
Category Archives: environment
Guest Contribution: ” Does monetary policy respond to temperature shocks?”
Today, we are pleased to present a guest contribution written by Filippo Natoli of the Directorate General for Economics, Statistics and Research of the Bank of Italy. The views presented in this note represent those of the author and not necessarily reflect those of the Bank of Italy.
Guest Contribution: “Are Countries Impacted Differently by Higher Temperature?”
Today, we are pleased to present a guest contribution written by Nelson Mark, Alfred C. DeCrane Jr. Professor of Economics (U. Notre Dame).
Guest Contribution: “Energy Policies Can Be Both Geopolitical and Green”
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. A shorter version appeared at Project Syndicate.
Climate Change and Mitigation Policies
Teaching Public Affairs 200 “Contemporary public policy issues” this semester, we had the good fortune to have a guest lecture by Greg Nemet (my colleague at La Follette, and a lead author on IWG3 Report of the IPCC Assessment Round 6) on Wednesday. He covered an enormous amount of material in one short lecture, here:
Global Climate Change: Some Links
The challenges of global climate change are with us, even if Russia’s aggression in central Europe is threatening to send the world economy into recession, and populations into starvation.
IPCC Projections and Simulations
The Economist has a summary of what yesterday’s IPCC report says. Here is a graphic that Deutsche Bank research is circulating.
What Would I Have Predicted for 2020 Acres Burned If I Had Looked at YTD Figures, One Year Ago?
If I didn’t know anything about the changing pattern of wildfire burns, I would’ve probably concluded “all clear”. To see this, consider the following picture I could’ve drawn a year ago:
Wildfires in 2021: Don’t Be Lulled Into Complacency by YTD Figures
The upward trend in acres burned is shown below.
Guest Contribution: “Will the Coronavirus Spur Action on Climate Change?”
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. A shorter version appeared in Project Syndicate and The Guardian.