What climate change requires of economics
"If we are going to avoid misguided policy pathways ... we need to adapt mainstream economics to new climate realities.”
"If we are going to avoid misguided policy pathways ... we need to adapt mainstream economics to new climate realities.”
“We don't have a very good way to measure ethical behavior."
“Our five founding members of the ACP will serve as valuable thought partners with our research team."
“MIT Sloan continues to … sustain important conversations around Diversity, Equity and Inclusions (DEI) issues … "
Robert Pindyck ... presented his case for additional research on climate adaptation and the social costs of climate change ...
... cutting down trees to burn them would be worse for climate over the next few decades.
“You put carbon into the air right now, today. ... Maybe you'll remove it in decades to come, or a century from now. That's a terrible deal.”
"The Aggregate Confusion Project ... looks at the current regime of ESG measurements of firms in the capital markets done by ratings agencies."
"It's an exciting moment, because we may be ready to look at how work can be more sane and sustainable across all kinds of occupations."
"ESG ratings do not, currently, play as important a role as they could in guiding companies toward improvement."