Michael Stothard and Pilita Clark write in the Financial Times about the upcoming Business & Climate Summit in May and how business is trying to come to an agreement on some of the major issues ahead of the global climate summit planned for Paris in December.   Businesses to unite on green agenda including carbon … Continue reading Business getting its act together before Paris climate summit later this year →

Arthur Neslen writes in The Guardian that, according to new analysis, stopping global warming at two degrees would create nearly half a million jobs in Europe and save over a million lives in China.   Limiting climate change could have huge economic benefits, study finds Major economies would boost their prosperity, employment levels and health … Continue reading Assessing the macroeconomic benefits of addressing global warming →

Robert Shiller, the Nobel Laureate, economist and academic, provides an excellent article in the New York Times about combining idealism with economic theory. He argues that with other things in life, good things can happen when there is a sense of idealism that creates an atmosphere for change. But it will also help to have … Continue reading Trying to solve the seemingly intractable problem of global warming →

Pilita Clark provides an excellent review of a recent new book by Gernot Wagner and Martin Weitzman. The first line of the review will make you continue.   ‘Climate Shock: The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet’, by Gernot Wagner and Martin Weitzman When economists think about climate change, some think a lot about horse … Continue reading Are technological fixes often far simpler and cheaper than doomsayers imagine? →