Climate Economics with Arvid Viaene
This podcast aims to raise the level of conversation around climate change by bringing data and economics to the forefront. As an economist, I focus on quantifying everything — from emissions and their impacts to the costs and trade-offs of climate policies. 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. 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.
Podcasting since 2025 • 4 episodes
Climate Economics with Arvid Viaene
Latest Episodes
#4 Dr. Ben Probst - Can We Trust Carbon Offsets? Evidence from 1 Billion Credits
Carbon credit offsets sound great in theory. But how well do they actually work in practice? In this new episode of my podcast, I talk with Dr. Benedict Probst about one of the largest reviews ever done ...
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#3 Dr. Christa Hasenkopf - Air Pollution: The Leading Health Threat - And How to Tackle It
Air pollution is responsible for shortening global life expectancy by more than two years—making it the world’s leading threat to human health, ahead of HIV/AIDS, malaria, and even smoking. Yet it receives only a fraction of the funding ...
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#2 Dr. Ishan Nath - Trade and Adaptation in Agriculture in the Global South – Barriers and Opportunities
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Ishan Nath, assistant professor at the Harvard Kennedy School, about his research on climate change, agriculture, and trade. His forthcoming paper in the Journal of Political Economy explores ho...
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#1 Dr. Koen Deconinck - Measuring Farm Emissions: The Fast, the Furious, and the Fixable
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Koen Deconinck, economist and policy analyst at the OECD, to explore a deeply technical but increasingly important piece of the climate puzzle: how we measure greenhouse gas emissions in the agricultural sec...
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