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.
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.
Greeninflationism and the European Union’s response to the United States Inflation Reduction Act.
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.