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Economist (Brookings, CEPR, NYU) focused on climate economics and climate finance research. See https://glennrudebusch.com/ for more.

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Glenn Rudebusch @glennrudebusch.bsky.social · Mar 18

The next Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics is on Thursday, March 20 at 11:00 New York, 15:00 London, 16:00 Paris. cepr.org/events/event.... The CEPR now hosts the VSCE. Past seminars are available at cepr.org/events/event....

Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics - Expecting Climate Change: Evidence from a Nationwide Field Experiment in the Housing Market

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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Mar 14

In the San Francisco Bay area? Please join me at the Mills Institute Northeastern for the Russell Leadership Lecture. Free and open to the public. Talking about about #diversity; now more than ever.
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Russell Women in Science Leadership Lecture presents Naomi Oreskes - The Mills Institute

Join us for a lecture with Naomi Oreskes. Naomi is a Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University. Dr. Oreskes w...

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Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com · Mar 13

The French just introduced the next-generation TGV.

The low-carbon transition comes with 5G at 350km/h.

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ClimateFran @climatefran.bsky.social · Mar 6

I'm excited to be joining the organizing committee, alongside a climate econ dream team of Lint Barrage, Mar Reguant, and @glennrudebusch.bsky.social

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ClimateFran @climatefran.bsky.social · Mar 6

The Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics - always a highlight of my week - is moving to @cepr.org. A great line-up of upcoming speakers, beginning with Redfin's @hatethegamebook.com on March 20th.

Sign up here to register for the webinars: cepr.org/events/event...

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Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics

The Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics is open to those interested in academic research on the economic implications of climate-related issues.

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Glenn Rudebusch @glennrudebusch.bsky.social · Mar 6

The first tax cut of the new administration goes to the oil and gas industry: elimination of the tax on excess methane emissions in the energy sector. The superpolluters do not have to pay. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/c...

A Straightforward Climate Fix Hits Another Setback

Cutting down emissions of planet-warming methane from oil and gas production was supposed to be relatively simple. It hasn’t worked that way.

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David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · Mar 5

Whither r*? Yield on the 10-year Bund surged 0.21 pct pts to 2.69%, its biggest one-day move since 2008 after German govt agreed to exempt increased defense spending from the constitutional 'debt brake' on.ft.com/4bpglrt via @financialtimes.com #econsky

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David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · Jan 19

Pari Sastry & Ishita Sen: Few signs that policymakers & regulators are willing to stop encouraging homeowners to build in climate-damage-prone areas despite the threats that presents to the homeowners insurance market. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/o... @nytimes.com op-ed

Opinion | We Have to Stop Underwriting People Who Move to Climate Danger Zones

Our policies encourage Americans to flock to areas particularly prone to climate-related disasters.

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Nick Timiraos @nicktimiraos.bsky.social · Jan 17

The Fed announced it has left the Network for the Greening of the Financial System, a group of global central bankers and regulators that focuses on climate and transition risks for the financial sector. (Two Fed governors—Barr and Kugler—abstained from the vote).

Federal Reserve Board announces it has withdrawn from the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS)

The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced it has withdrawn from the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS). Whi

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Catie Haunted Haus-man 👻👻👻 @catiehausman.bsky.social · Jan 2

Planning your climate or environment syllabus? I like to show short videos so students & I can visualize some of the things we're talking about. Here are some of the ones I like:

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Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com · Dec 30

Kewl. The most read piece on Columbia Business School's website this year: business.columbia.edu/insights/col...

See Our Top 5 Stories of 2024
From insights on the presidential election to groundbreaking research on the economy, management, and climate, here are the top five CBS Insights articles you clicked on most this year.

1. What Does Trump Mean for the Climate?
During the 2024 election campaign, it was clear that Kamala Harris took the climate crisis much more seriously than Donald Trump. But even Trump cannot derail the ongoing global shift toward a low-carbon, high-efficiency economy, which continues to gain momentum, according to Gernot Wagner, the Senior Lecturer in Discipline of Economics in the Faculty of Business.

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David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · Dec 30

I got up this morning to talk about the economic outlook for 2025 on @npr.org www.npr.org/2024/12/30/n...

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell says the economy is ending 2024 on a positive note

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution, about the U.S. economic outlook for 2025.

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Nora Becker @norabeckermd.bsky.social · Dec 24

“Women are asked more questions during a seminar and the questions asked of women presenters are more likely to be patronizing or hostile. These effects are not due to women presenting in different fields, different seminar series, or different topics…”

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Gender and the Dynamics of Economics Seminars

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

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David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · Dec 19

CBO releases 62-page report: "The Risks of Climate Change to the U.S. in the 21st century." GDP, real estate, markets, federal budget. www.cbo.gov/system/files... #econsky

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David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · Nov 26

CBO projects that US greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, measured in CO2e, will decline by about 8% from 2025 to 2034 driven by a projected decrease of 15%in energy-related emissions of CO2, partially offset by 9% increase in non-energy-related emissions. www.cbo.gov/publication/...

CBO’s Benchmark Projection of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

CBO maintains a benchmark projection of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to estimate the effects of certain emissions policies. According to that projection, GHG emissions in the United States decline b...

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David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · Nov 26

Green stocks and monetary policy shocks: Evidence from Europe. New from Michael Bauer, Eric Offner & Glenn Rudebusch. www.brookings.edu/articles/gre... Hutchins Center The Brookings Institution #EconSky

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Catherine Wolfram @cwolfram.bsky.social · Nov 25

The OECD released a report on the state of carbon pricing globally recently. A 🧵 on several notable findings.
And, hat tip to @kclausing.bsky.social for flagging it!

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Pricing Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2024

Pricing Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2024: Gearing Up to Bring Emissions Down tracks how explicit carbon pricing instruments as well as specific taxes and subsidies on energy use have evolved between 2021...

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