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Gernot Wagner is an Austro-American climate economist at Columbia Business School. He holds an AB and a PhD in political… more

Gernot Wagner
H-index: 32
Economics 35%
Environmental science 29%
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Viennese trains: a dozen trains all arriving within 5min of each other.

The one cancelled local train? 3(!) other trains arriving at the same time going to the same stop.

#WienLiebe

PS: Off to Innsbruck: gwagner.com/uibk-csu

#InnsbruckLiebe
Straßenbahn Wien Meidling
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Only if it’s from the Hamburg region of Germany, otherwise it’s just sparkling bean
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by Gernot Wagner — Reposted by: Peter Thorne

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One of the nuttier cultural fights: EU parliament will soon decide whether veggie burgers are allowed to be called "burgers" because...meat lobby.
Austrian daily Der Standard: "EU-Countdown for Veggie-Burger"
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Vienna City Hall, with full moon
Vienna City Hall, with full moon
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Morning run through Vienna:

"In this house, during the "annexation" of Austria by Nazi Germany, numerous Austrians were sentenced to death for their resistance against the unjust Nazi regime and subsequently executed…

Their fight for a free, independent Austria will never be forgotten."
Wiener Straflandesgericht: "In this house, during the "annexation" of Austria by Nazi Germany, numerous Austrians were sentenced to death for their resistance against the unjust Nazi regime and subsequently executed in the Vienna Regional Court. Their fight for a free, independent Austria will never be forgotten."
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A well-earned spot on the most essential of lists

go.bsky.app/EDtpuEq
Scientists riding Bromptons
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Closed borders will make the country smaller, poorer and less innovative
Welcome to Zero Migration America
Closed borders will make the country smaller, poorer and less innovative
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One of the nuttier misconceptions about city life: hostile to kids.

Ever ask a 10-year-old whether she'd rather take the New York subway to visit her friends after school, or be stuck at home in her own bedroom upstairs, scrolling through the life that could have been?
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 22h
The 912,000 children in NYC public schools make the city’s public schools the 16th biggest city in the US (a little behind Columbus’s 933,000, ahead of Indy’s 890,000).

Kudos to gay couples for really ramping up having kids—y’all are going to solve the fertility crisis!

Or these guys are nuts.
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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 23h
fellas is it gay to live in a city
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The 912,000 children in NYC public schools make the city’s public schools the 16th biggest city in the US (a little behind Columbus’s 933,000, ahead of Indy’s 890,000).

Kudos to gay couples for really ramping up having kids—y’all are going to solve the fertility crisis!

Or these guys are nuts.
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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 23h
fellas is it gay to live in a city
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by Gernot Wagner

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Sources:

¹ Today's @bloomberg.com Green newsletter, by @akshatrathi.bsky.social

² yesterday's @financialtimes.com Climate Capital newsletter, by Steven Bernard
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One feature of exponential growth: China as the "clear" winner "for now" will soon look like an even clearer winner.

The only real question is whether the rest of the world will be buyers or producers, importers or manufacturers.
And the winner is... By Akshat Rathi There’s a battle underway to win the energy export market between the world’s two largest economies: The US wants the world to buy its fossil fuels, while China wants to sell the world its clean energy technologies. For now, there is a clear winner: China. FT Climate Graphic: exponential solar growth in 12 African countries
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by Gernot Wagner — Reposted by: Gernot Wagner

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Fun ride to work up Park Ave, through Grand Central, and up the length of Central Park.

Equally fun: overtaking a Roadie on my @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social, only for him to catch up with me & recognize me from some talk. 😎

We ended up talking climate the rest of the ride

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Riding to work up Park Avenue and through Central Park
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by Gernot Wagner — Reposted by: Gernot Wagner, Christian Odendahl

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Happy Sunday morning!

Happier with SNL. Outright cathartic.
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by Gernot Wagner

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Now with @wolfgangcramer.net

bsky.app/starter-pack...

He somehow didn't bring his to the Schneefernerhaus. 🤔
ARTE taping, Schneefernerhaus
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Can't really say this while propping up coal plants nobody asked for

www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-man...
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Quote from The Interpreter: "The leading cause of death for beavers is falling trees."

True or false?
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Time to re-up the most significant starter pack @bsky.app has seen yet:

Scientists riding @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social

go.bsky.app/EDtpuEq
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 11d
Massive thanks to @gwagner.com for lending me his @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social during my stay in NYC. It’s such a great way to get around the city.
Two dudes standing in front of a folding bike
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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by Gernot Wagner

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Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt
37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.
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by Gernot Wagner — Reposted by: Stefan Rahmstorf

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There is "no room for indifference or resignation."

Pope Leo nails the climate message.
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Reposted by: Gernot Wagner, Daniel W. Drezner, Alan Richardson

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“It’s easier to talk here than it is in America.”

— Dave Chappelle, doing his shtick in front of a whooping, cheering crowd in … Riyadh.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/w...
At Saudi Comedy Fest, American Free Speech Becomes the Punchline
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by Gernot Wagner

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Beautiful.

💚 @ellecordova.bsky.social

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For our scientists
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
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PM of Albania having a good laugh with President of Azerbaijan and Macron about Trump repeatedly claiming that he ended the war between their two countries which were not at war with each other.
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RIP Jane Goodall. Here she is with another incredible conservationist and humanitarian, David Attenborough. Times like this make you wish the world had a few more Janes and Davids.
A black and white photograph of Jane Goodall and Sir David Attenborough, two of the most revered figures in conservation, captured together in a moment of camaraderie. Their friendship and mutual respect spanned decades, united by a shared passion for wildlife and the natural world.
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Reposted by: Gernot Wagner, Anne Applebaum, Melanie C. Green , and 1 more

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Just naked and brazen corruption. All states represented by Democrats in the Senate.

Time to stiffen our spines and demand that we only fund a government that obeys the law.
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by Gernot Wagner

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Oh no, Jane Goodall!

Rest in Power!

Though I couldn't believe that somehow was her first time on the NYC subway www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAkw...
Jane Goodall's First Time on the Subway | SubwayTakes Uncut
YouTube video by SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma
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