In the Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics, we'll kick off the new year with a talk by Roger Gordon, UCSDEcon, on strength and weaknesses of #carbon taxes. Join us Thu, Jan-18, 11a ET. We're switching to ZoomGov, please re-register for the new webinar! frbsf.org/economic-resea…

Well said (h/t Chris Bataille) nature.com/articles/s4156…

OK - a more serious thread on my new paper on how social media influences national park visitation in the US (just published in PNASNews). In the mid-2010s, visitation to National Park Service sites increased by >25%, leading to serious concerns about overcrowding.

My take on the carbon tax increase On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko - April 2, 2024: Carbon tax, explained cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

*NEW PAPER* Kitasoo Xai-xais ⁦Douglas Neasloss⁩ team used CoViD shutdown (& half-watershed closures) to experimentally test how ecotourism influences grizzlies Cool ⁦KXx Raincoast Conservation Foundation⁩ UniversityOfVictoria work! Led by ⁦Monica⁩ in ⁦Ecology⁩ esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

8th annual conference on Econometric Models of Climate Change (EMCC-VIII): Deadline for extended abstracts/papers: May 15 University of Cambridge, King's College, Aug 16 & 17 tinyurl.com/4wzak7nb

And yet it is effective! We find consistent evidence that #carbonpricing has caused immediate and sustained emissions reductions of ~10%. Check out our new systematic review & #metaanalysis of ex-post evaluations on the effectiveness of CP Nature Communications: nature.com/articles/s4146….

Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "Do Carbon Offsets Offset Carbon?" by Raphael Calel, Jonathan Colmer, Antoine Dechezleprêtre, and Matthieu Glachant. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Danke Ö1 und Robert Czepel fuer das Gespraech und den Beitrag zu unserer neuen Studie zu effektiven Klimapolitiken - in Science Magazine. Hier zum nachhoeren: oe1.orf.at/player/2024082… Artikel Hier: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

The world can take a major step to meeting the goals of the Paris Climate Accord by focusing on 63 cases where climate policies that have had the most impact, new research has revealed. Watch Ebba Mark's summary of this new study, published today on Science Magazine. 1/2

Carbon pricing plays a major role on reducing carbon emissions - even as a stand alone policy - watch Moritz Schwarz research summary of the new paper featured in Science Magazine today. 1/3

Only 1-in-5 climate policies over the last two decades reduced emissions 'substantially' according to a new study in Science Magazine. Ryan Price speaks with study co-author Felix Pretis from UniversityOfVictoria. #yyj iHeartRadio iheart.com/podcast/962-af…

This week Stéphane @Hallegatte from the World Bank will kick off the fall semester for the Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics, with an overview of the Banks' Country Climate and Development Reports. Join us on Thursday at 11am ET! frbsf.org/news-and-media… San Francisco Fed

A few days ago, we published an article in Science Magazine. Time for a short post about it. We tried to contribute to an important debate: How well are we actually reducing our carbon emissions? science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Annika Stechemesser Felix Pretis Ebba Mark Patrick Klösel (@patrickkloesel.bsky.social)