Frances Moore Content

The High Cost of Carbon

Katherine E Kerlin — December 17, 2024 - 11:05am

The social cost of carbon — an important figure used to analyze the benefits of climate policies — is too low, finds �ٺ��Ƶ study.

Ecosystem Benefits to Humanity Expected to Decline by 9% by 2100

Katherine E Kerlin — December 18, 2023 - 8:00am

A �ٺ��Ƶ study of natural capital finds nature's benefits to humanity are expected to decline as climate change shifts ecosystems across borders.

Frances Moore Serving as Senior Economist With Council of Economic Advisers

Katherine E Kerlin — September 06, 2022 - 12:00pm

�ٺ��Ƶ professor and climate change economist Frances Moore joins the Council of Economic Advisers. The Council provides policy recommendations on economic growth and stability to President Biden.

The Cost of Climate Change

Katherine E Kerlin — August 10, 2022 - 9:00am

What effect does climate change have on the economy and the Gross Domestic Product? A persistent one, finds a �ٺ��Ƶ study by Bernardo Bastien-Olvera.

How Politics, Society and Tech Shape the Path of Climate Change

Katherine E Kerlin — February 16, 2022 - 8:00am

Politics and society largely dictate climate policy ambitions and therefore the trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions, yet climate change models and projections rarely include political and social drivers. A study from the University of California, Davis, simulated 100,000 possible future policy and emissions trajectories to identify relevant variables within the climate-social system that could impact climate change in this century.

Natural Capital a Missing Piece in Climate Policy

Katherine E Kerlin — September 28, 2020 - 8:00am

Clean air, clean water and a functioning ecosystem are considered priceless. Yet the economic value of nature remains elusive in cost-benefit analysis of climate policy regulations and greenhouse-gas-reduction efforts.

Tweets Tell Scientists How Quickly We Normalize Unusual Weather

Katherine E Kerlin — February 25, 2019 - 4:13pm

What kinds of weather do people find remarkable, when does that change, and what does that say about the public’s perception of climate change? A study led by the University of California, Davis, examined those questions through the lens of more than 2 billion U.S. Twitter posts.