The Race to Decarbonize America Needs More Workers

The US already has all the technology needed to rapidly bring down carbon emissions. The trouble is finding enough people to install it all.

Mentioned Faculty

Gernot Wagner

Gernot Wagner

Senior Lecturer in Discipline of Economics in the Faculty of Business: Economics Division

Faculty Director, Climate Knowledge Initiative: Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change

Faculty Fellow: CESifo

Board Member: CarbonPlan

Columnist: Project Syndicate

Senior Fellow: Jain Family Institute

Gernot Wagner

Senior Lecturer in Discipline of Economics in the Faculty of Business

Economics Division

Faculty Director, Climate Knowledge Initiative

Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change

Faculty Fellow

CESifo

Board Member

CarbonPlan

Columnist

Project Syndicate

Senior Fellow

Jain Family Institute

* It's pronounced like "juggernaut" without the "jug."

Gernot Wagner is a climate economist at Columbia Business School. His research, writing, and teaching focus on climate risks and climate policy.