What will climate diplomacy look like after Paris? And what can the United States do in Paris, if anything, to make sure the years that follow trigger as much climate progress as the past few years?
Fixing Climate Change May Add No Costs, Report Says
In decades of public debate about global warming, one assumption has been accepted by virtually all factions: that tackling it would necessarily be costly. But a new report casts doubt on that idea, declaring that the necessary fixes could wind up being effectively free.
Bloomberg View: A (Not So) Crazy Idea to Sell Republicans a Carbon Tax
If you were to select the most hopeless cause in Washington, getting Republican lawmakers to support a carbon tax would have to make the shortlist. The idea combines much of what conservatives hate most: a new tax, less coal, a more intrusive government and an acknowledgment that scientists -- worse, scientists at the United Nations! -- might be right about something.
New York Times: Many Conservative Republicans Believe Climate Change Is a Real Threat
By Coral Davenport
WASHINGTON — A majority of Republicans — including 54 percent of self-described conservative Republicans — believe the world’s climate is changing and that mankind plays some role in the change, according to a new survey conducted by three prominent Republican pollsters.
More smart thinking from HBS on climate change!
HBS Professor Rebecca Henderson argues coherently for pricing the risk of polluting our atmosphere:
https://hbr.org/2014/09/we-dont-have-to-ditch-capitalism-to-fight-climate-change/
Common sense from HBS Professor Forest Reinhardt
"Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue"