New scientific data released on Monday confirmed 2015’s place as a milestone year for the Earth’s environment, with both temperatures and greenhouse gases crossing symbolic thresholds with ominous implications for future climate change.
Report: Climate Diplomacy After Paris: Opportunities for U.S. Leadership
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/