What would NYC’s traffic congestion pricing really mean? As part of the Insights & Bites lunch series, students joined Professor Michael Ostrovsky for a thought-provoking discussion on his research into the economics behind this timely and controversial policy.

"The Gas Trap", with Katinka Holtsmark, is accepted in JPE! Stanford Graduate School of Business Insights wrote an article about it: gsb.stanford.edu/insights/rush-…

Today in Financial Times : OpEd on how it is tempting to let gas outcompete coal, but why the long-term consequence is less renewables and more emissions + policy implications for Europe based on: The Gas Trap, with Katinka Holtsmark, forthcoming in JPE. ft.com/content/e969af…

Indeed: - if this destructive bill becomes law – just weeks ahead of Cop30 in Belém – it threatens to erode Brazil’s credibility on the global stage. theguardian.com/world/2025/aug…

To conserve forests, COP30Brazil proposes TFFF. TFFF has severe weaknesses but can, fortunately, be modified if payments are forest-linked loans rather than grants -- among other things discussed in this Policy Brief: drive.google.com/file/d/1B4sWxK…

My recommendations for how to improve tropical forest conservation financing (for the upcoming COP30 meeting): belfercenter.org/research-analy…

What's the future of carbon pricing? To answer, one must understand political economics. More than 800 scholars have realized this and signed up for the 9/9 Webinar by EAERE on this exact topic. You can still do it: eaere.org/events/support…

Det er for tidlig å konkludere at venstresiden vant valget. Når (/om) både Sp og MDG innser at de kan vippe regjeringen, er det høyresiden som vinner: Siden Sp og MDG ønsker motsatt politikk på noen områder, kan høyresiden "kjøpe" en av dem, uansett hvilken platform Ap tilbyr.

Today is a beautiful date for honoring Pythagoras (and the simplest proof of his theorem)

Happy Fiestas Patrias and Independence Day to Chile -- which issued the first ever sovereign sustainability-linked bonds (March 2022). These ideas can be valuable at COP30 or beyond. americas.societegenerale.com/en/news-north-…

What now - for the future of climate policies - after USxit from Paris? I got a couple of seconds with Evan Koslof and Spectrum News: spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/hudson-val…

Now on YouTube: An important econ & climate conference by Norway's NBIM&NB. Al Gore Christine Lagarde Nicolai Tangen etc At 1:25, I explained why policy and finance decisions are coordination games and expectations self-fulfilling -- and what consequences this has youtube.com/watch?v=rsGLRM…

When Financial Times & Simon Mundy refer to: -my criticism of forest financing plans -why payments should be forest-linked loans I'll add: de Resende's concern about indebtedness is addressed since FLLs: -can & will replace existing debt -aren't supposed to be repaid ft.com/content/5e84ac…

If you read French, I hope you can confirm: I point to security, the importance of independence of Russian gas, Norway’s relatively clean extraction technology, how it can be transferred to others, and how all of this relates to The Gas Trap. Thx Baptiste Langlois L'Express

Norway’s oil fund to vote against Elon Musk’s $1tn pay deal at Tesla on.ft.com/3LnPXFm