Climate Economics with Arvid Viaene
A research-focused podcast on the economics of climate change and air pollution. Episodes are released every two weeks on Tuesday at 6 am CET. Episodes will be either expert interviews or solo explorations of key issues. Hosted by Dr. Arvid Viaene, a climate economist with a PhD from the University of Chicago. He has done research on the impacts of climate change on agriculture and mortality. His research on climate-related mortality has been published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, and he has advised the European Commission on the impacts of climate policy on firm competitiveness.
Climate Economics with Arvid Viaene
Latest Episodes
#37 Inside the Negotiations Shaping Europe’s Carbon Market with Rebecca Gualandi
What is actually happening in Brussels right now on the EU ETS and CBAM?In this episode, I speak with climate reporter Rebecca Gualandi about the live political process behind some of Europe’s most important climate policies.We di...
#36 What Prevents The Adoption of Solar Energy? Dr. Nicholas Ryan on the Hold-up Problem
Solar power has become dramatically cheaper. So why is renewable energy still expanding much more slowly in some countries than in others?In this episode, I speak with Nicholas Ryan about his paper Holding Up Green Energy: Counterpar...
#35 From Rejection to Nobel Prize: The Work of William Nordhaus
How did economists learn to put a price on climate change?In this solo episode, I tell the story of William Nordhaus and the development of the DICE model, one of the foundational models in climate economics.We trace the journey f...
#34 Dr. Frank Venmans - The EU ETS Compliance Puzzle: High Compliance, Low Enforcement
What happens if firms simply do not comply with a carbon market?In this episode, I speak with Frank Venmans about his paper “Policing Carbon Markets”, which studies compliance and enforcement in the EU Emissions Trading System.
#33 Dr. Frances Moore – From $130 to $280 per Ton: Rethinking the Social Cost of Carbon
What is the social cost of carbon, and why do estimates vary so widely?In this episode, I speak with professor Frances Moore about her paper synthesizing nearly 150 studies on the social cost of carbon.We discuss how the literatur...
