Making Sen$e Dec 06

Cooperative systems, such as carbon markets, could encourage countries to set more ambitious goals for reducing climate change, writes economist Robert Stavins.

Making Sen$e Mar 16

How will Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's departure impact U.S. climate change policy?…

Economy Jun 06

The announcement by President Trump that he will withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement was based neither on real science nor sound economics.

Economy Apr 27

After 20 years of negotiations, the path-breaking Paris climate agreement, with its exceptionally broad participation, is the answer to long-standing, bipartisan appeals, and provides an excellent foundation for progress.

Economy Nov 11

If he lives up to his campaign rhetoric, Trump may indeed be able to reverse course on climate change policy, increasing the threat to the planet and in the process destroy much of the Obama legacy in this realm.

Economy May 06

The carbon intensity of many economies continues to fall. But don’t be fooled. Economic growth does affect CO2 emissions.

Nation Jul 31

The EPA's proposed regulation to cut carbon emissions is the subject of public hearings across the country this week. Environmental economist Robert Stavins weighs in on how the government is calculating the regulation's benefits, concluding that the benefits do outweigh…

Economy Dec 05

Protesters assemble outside the 19th Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Warsaw, Poland, late last month. What the conference achieved — and avoided — and an emerging convergence between the world’s two biggest…

Economy Mar 01

Until there is an obvious, sudden and perhaps cataclysmic event, such as a loss of part of the Antarctic ice sheet, the odds would seem to be stacked heavily against climate change legislation, says Harvard's Rob Stavins. But the picture…