Vol. 2 of the Handbook of the Economics of Climate Change is finally out. Jacob Moscona and I wrote Chapter 4, on the economics of climate innovation. Short thread on what's in it, who it's for. www.sciencedirect.com/science/chap...

Our OECD working paper on innovation across the critical minerals supply chain is out! (w Joelle Noailly and Olof Bystrom www.oecd.org/en/publicati... @oecd-env.bsky.social @lsegeography.bsky.social @cep-lse.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social

PhD students in env/energy econ: we’re circulating the CFP for LSE Environment Camp 2026 (London, 20–21 May). Submit by 6 March 2026—great chance to get feedback and meet others in the field. www.lse-environment-week.com/environment-...

Best workshop, best keynote and best time to visit London! Submit your paper/abstract. Deadline Feb 1.

Very excited to join one of the best environmental economics workshops out there.

Happy to share that I’ve been promoted to Associate Professor, and I’ll be spending the year on sabbatical at UC Berkeley. Looking forward to the time and space to dig into research, exchange ideas, and enjoy life in California!

The trick to any lab reorganisation is to just do the opposite of whatever you did last time

🌍 I’m hiring a full-time Pre-Doc RA in Environmental Economics & Innovation @ London School of Economics. 🔗 Deadline to apply: 26 June 2025: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... #EconSky #Hiring #Predoc #ResearchAssistant #EnvironmentalEconomics #Innovation

Has the Inflation Reduction Act's place-based green industrial policy been effective? Join us online, June 25, to hear from Joep Kuezenkamp's analysis of the #USA #IRA Open to all 👇 #EconSky #environmental #economics #Biden #NetZero #renewable #energy www.tickettailor.com/events/uknee...

Large language models (#LLMs) such as #ChatGPT have increased our dependence on #DataCentres, with troubling consequences for the environment. @eugeniedugoua.bsky.social‬ for @lsebr.bsky.social‬

The latest in our "AI, technology & society" series, this month's LSE iQ podcast asks what the environmental costs of AI really are with @couldrynick.bsky.social, @eugeniedugoua.bsky.social & @cearacarney.bsky.social Producer Anna Bevan also visits a data centre in Slough. Really worth a listen.

1/ NEW RESEARCH: Our study reveals 46% of pesticides embedded in EU agricultural consumption originate from imports, despite imports constituting only 17% of consumption. This includes substances prohibited in the EU. This regulatory gap fuels leakage effects and hurts EU competitiveness 🧵

Are you a PhD student working on topics related to globalization? Come hang out with us at Dartmouth for a term as a Globalization Ph.D. Fellow! We're now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 academic year: globalization.dartmouth.edu/programs/glo...

"Drill, baby drill" is dead, at least for now. Consulting firm Rystad Energy estimates the price that many U.S. oil players need to break even—including dividend payments to shareholders and debt-service expenses—is above $62 a barrel. #EconSky #Energy t.ly/unzO1

Most relevant to the London-based crowd: we're looking for TAs for next year. Apply here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Deadline for this coming up on Feb 1, I look forward to reading lots of great submissions!

There is no fee for attending, and we will cover and arrange accommodation for invited speakers. Meals, snacks, and drinks will also be provided free of charge during the workshop!

📢 Call for Papers! The 8th Annual LSE/Imperial Workshop on Environmental Economics will be held in person at LSE on June 10-11, 2025. ✅ Submissions by Feb 1 📄 Full papers only (no abstracts) 🎤 Keynote: Prof. Josh Graff Zivin 🔗 Submit here: forms.gle/577G9RBZ1V79... #EnvEcon #EconSky

Commentators emphasize that the CA fires don't discriminate. That's misleading: "only about 40% of local governments have hazard mitigation plans... when climate threats are concentrated in less affluent or non-white neighborhoods [they] are less likely to act": events.stanford.edu/event/floods...

There are now more than 200 million heat pumps installed around the world. It is a mature technology but we need to see the number of heat pumps to triple to meet the climate scenarios. More in our @natureenergy.bsky.social paper 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Daily Briefing | Earth records hottest year ever in 2024 and the jump was so big it breached a key threshold 🔗 Read today's full briefing here: buff.ly/3PrcvUy 🔗 Sign up to our email briefings: buff.ly/4fRUaL3

I think in economics we are getting to an interesting place of (relative) epistemic humility about merhods #EconSky. Theory first reigned, then the credibility revolution arrived, and some took it to extremes. And now we are back to a more balanced approach of methodological pluralism. Thoughts?

We’re hiring! Check out the position and feel free to reach out if you have questions

Some feel good news for this Sunday morning. Declared-extinct butterflies, willows & friends www.theguardian.com/environment/...

LSE has a great group of environmental folks! Check this out if you're interested in an instructional position.

The Department of Geography and Environment at LSE is hiring an Assistant Professor (Education) in Environmental Economics and Policy. 🗓️ Deadline: 16 February 2025 (23.59 UK time) 🔴 zurl.co/M8Nwy This posting is arriving a bit late in the cycle, but please help circulate it widely!

The vast majority of respondents believe published SCC values to be downward biased. The average "best-guess" SCC ($142 per ton CO2) is more than twice their literature estimate ($60 per ton). Experts substantially underestimate published SCC, at least compared to our findings.

We also analyze SCC variation in a multi-variate setting, looking at relative changes in the SCC as a function of model structure. This summarizes information from the large body of work adding richness to earlier SCC models in the Earth system, uncertainties, impacts and representation of utility

Excited to announce a new @pnas.org publication on the Social Cost of Carbon. We integrate evidence from the literature and expert survey to provide an SCC distribution inclusive of both parametric and structural uncertainties. Our mean 2020 value is $283 per ton CO2 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Pleased to share the latest version of my paper with Arthur Spirling and @lexipalmer.bsky.social on replication using LMs We show: 1. current applications of LMs in political science research *don't* meet basic standards of reproducibility...

2. That there is meaningful (and often unacceptably large) variance between rounds of using LMs even on the same data with the same prompt...

@arnoldventures.bsky.social is looking for summer interns for 2025! Application deadline: Jan 5 www.arnoldventures.org/careers/2025...

In what I believe is a first, Constellation is offering retail customers a 100% nuclear product. I assume the energy comes from existing reactors, not new capacity, meaning this has no additionality or consequential reduction in CO2 emissions, but I'm fascinated to see if people bite on this...

Analysis: How the UK plans to reach clean power by 2030 | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org Read here: https://buff.ly/3BvkufV

Why do we waste more than 2/3 of the energy inputs you may ask? One reason is to do with the technologies we use: In conventional fossil fuel systems, significant amounts of primary energy are lost as waste heat during combustion. medium.com/@jan.rosenow...

Massachusetts passed a big clean energy law on Nov 14th. Lots of great stuff! @canarymedia.com has details www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol... A quick summary of highlights... 🧵 🔌💡

Why is Tokyo so fashionable? Some theories. 🧵

If China’s carbon emissions peak it would be a game changer. Let’s hope that these are the early signs of this happening.

We talk with @tedmiguel.bsky.social about pre-analysis plans and open science initiatives that are transforming research. 🧪✨ Learn how transparency is shaping the future of the social sciences! 🎧 Listen now: t.co/HAIcV6aN4r

The Internet in 1969 medium.com/@starhappy01...

Man I cannot endorse this abstract more

For anyone who missed @carbonbrief.org’s COP29 webinar today, you can now watch a recording on our site ⬇️ www.carbonbrief.org/webinar-carb...

As climate change melts permafrost, microbes will emerge. The world isn’t paying enough attention to the potential threat they pose. "A rising danger in the Arctic," by Valerie Brown.

‘Monopolies always raise concerns about high prices, low innovation and—if the monopoly position may be challenged—possible abuses of dominant position against potential rivals. Tech giants are no exception.’ Jean Tirole | IFS Deaton Review academic.oup.com/ooec/article...

Two job postings at the University of Ottawa! (1) We are looking to hire an Assistant Professor in Environmental Policy. Candidates are invited to apply here: uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uOttaw.... (2) Quoted below we invite candidates whose research focuses on environmental topics.

Come join our fantastic energy/enviro econ community at LSE! We have a new Fellow (Postdoc) position in Energy Economics and Policy. Apply by December 18th.

Interesting if the network effects which lock in platform use also create an unstable equilibrium

How many news stories did you read about the great flourishing of American entrepreneurship in recent years? What were all these new businesses up to? I don't recall those stories. Do you?

New post, coauthored with Caroline Fry! mattsclancy.substack.com/p/training-s...

NAS Report on AI and the Future of Work Released today: www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/aut...