Webinar: What’s Next in Climate Economics?
Economics has transformed the way we understand and address climate change. In this Climate Week NYC panel discussion, experts discussed economics advances and related policy changes that could be on the horizon, from more accurately calculating the costs of climate impacts to better serving environmental justice. Watch the recording here.
Panelists:
- Maureen Cropper is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, a Senior Fellow at Resources for the Future, and the former chair of the EPA Science Advisory Board Environmental Economics Advisory Committee.
- Michael Greenstone is the Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago, where he also directs the Becker Friedman Institute and the Energy Policy Institute at Chicago (EPIC). He co-led the Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases during the Obama administration.
- Al McGartland is the Director of the National Center for Environmental Economics and chief economist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
- Richard Revesz (Moderator) is the AnBryce Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus at the New York University School of Law, where he directs the Institute for Policy Integrity.