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Implicit climate subsidy exceeds profits at 20 top fossil fuel companies
30 Jul 2015

Implicit climate subsidy exceeds profits at 20 top fossil fuel companies

by cwhope | posted in: Uncategorized | 3

A week ago, I published a research paper, along with my colleagues Paul Gilding and Jimena Alvarez. For 20 leading fossil fuel producing firms,  we measured the economic cost to society of the climate change impacts caused by the use of their … Continued

Why BP’s 2015 energy outlook is so scary
20 Feb 2015

Why BP’s 2015 energy outlook is so scary

by cwhope | posted in: Uncategorized | 2

Earlier this week, BP published its 2015 Energy Outlook which shows fossil-fuel CO2 emissions growing by 25% by 2035. What do BP’s emission figures imply for the climate change impacts that we would be committed to, if they were to … Continued

The US China climate deal – don’t get carried away
12 Nov 2014

The US China climate deal – don’t get carried away

by cwhope | posted in: Uncategorized | 24

The US and China today announced what has been hailed as a historic deal on greenhouse gas emissions, with China agreeing to cap emissions around 2030 and the US committing to 26 – 28% reductions by 2025. What does this actually mean … Continued

Existential risks: climate change and superintelligence
24 Sep 2014

Existential risks: climate change and superintelligence

by cwhope | posted in: Uncategorized | 1

Nick Bostrom’s new book, Superintelligence, is a fascinating read for anyone interested in existential risks. I imagine that includes most people concerned with climate change. Marty Weitzman’s analysis and my own calculations make it clear that a substantial part of the … Continued

A new economic model of climate change?
16 Jun 2014

A new economic model of climate change?

by cwhope | posted in: Uncategorized | 4

Today, Simon Dietz and Nick Stern (D&S) of the LSE released a new working paper. They make a few simple changes to Bill Nordhaus’s DICE model. The most important are that they allow for a range of climate sensitivities, and … Continued

Has the treasury omitted £300 million per year of extra climate impacts from its fuel duty reduction calculations?
14 Apr 2014

Has the treasury omitted £300 million per year of extra climate impacts from its fuel duty reduction calculations?

by cwhope | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

Today the Treasury published its analysis of the dynamic effects of fuel duty reductions. The headline message of its analysis is that ‘these reductions in duty will increase GDP by between 0.3 and 0.5% in the long-term’. Apart from a single short … Continued

Extreme Weather, Economics and the Arctic
17 Feb 2014

Extreme Weather, Economics and the Arctic

by cwhope | posted in: weather | 0

Last Friday, the Guardian published a short piece by two colleagues and me in its EcoAudit, “Why has British weather been so bad?” Here is the complete piece that we sent to the Guardian, which includes a bit more about … Continued

We need a strong and sustained carbon price to combat climate change
10 Dec 2013

We need a strong and sustained carbon price to combat climate change

by cwhope | posted in: Uncategorized | 1

In Business Green last week Tom Burke argued that a narrow cost-benefit analysis and an obsession with carbon pricing is steering politicians away from the action climate change demands, but he appears to misunderstand what he is criticising. It is … Continued

What Matt Ridley won’t tell you about climate change impacts
17 Oct 2013

What Matt Ridley won’t tell you about climate change impacts

by cwhope | posted in: Uncategorized | 9

Matt Ridley has a short piece in this week’s Spectator entitled Why climate change is good for the world. In it, he draws heavily on one paper by the Climate Economist Richard Tol, claiming that this paper supports his view that … Continued

‘An evidence-based approach to pricing CO2’ could benefit from some evidence
3 Jul 2013

‘An evidence-based approach to pricing CO2’ could benefit from some evidence

by cwhope | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) is a think-tank associated with noted climate dissentient Lord Lawson. So it is somewhat surprising to see it publishing a paper arguing for a carbon tax today. Most of the paper, by Ross McKitrick, … Continued

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