Andrew Sudmant

Low responsibility, high cost.

Although Sub-Saharan African cities have contributed little to global emissions they will be hotspots for the negative effects of a changing climate.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

And this is just the story of the financial benefits, arguably more important are the range of social, economic and environmental benefits (co-benefits) that dwarf the financial benefits and that pay dividends almost immediately: ukcobenefitsatlas.net

Chartbook 400: Murder not crisis - Why Israel's starvation of Gaza is exceptional in a global context. For many months, it has been beyond reasonable doubt that the Israeli government, the Israeli military, sections of Israeli politics and society as well as their aiders and abetters abroad, have been ...

Adam Tooze: Israel is deliberately starving the population of Gaza. Yes, there are other famines, but this is different being a result of a deliberate policy by a highly capable state. "Murder not crisis". adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...

Sign the Petition Protect bluefin tuna in UK waters

In 3 months, bluefin tuna will be migrating back into our waters, where they'll be met with a fleet of commercial and recreational* fishers. It's a horrible way to welcome these magnificent, charismatic creatures. Let's try to get this to 250,000 before they arrive.
www.change.org/p/protect-bl...

Natural experiments in urban air quality: lessons from car-free days and COVID-19 lockdowns in Kigali, Rwanda A lack of long-term air quality monitoring data in African countries such as Rwanda poses a significant challenge as urbanization leads to declining air quality. This study uses four years of data ...

Great article! If this is not too rude, here’s our recent work on car free days showing how the program saves lives by reducing air pollution exposure: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

yes, entrepreneurs innovate without universities helping them. But progress is never de novo. "Technologies" of all kinds come from existing knowledge which is available bc of "coordination" and those "technologies" get into the world because of "coordination". It's coordination all the way down.

Most Externalities are Solved with Technology, Not Coordination Econ 101 Needs More Progress Studies

I find these takes frustrating. Where does tech come from? Often Universities supported by government with money from taxes raised via the rule of law. Coordination, coordination, coordination, coordination. www.maximum-progress.com/p/most-exter... @mtabarrok.bsky.social @mattsclancy.bsky.social

Really excited to see this launched, be in touch if you have questions!

Climate policy as social policy? A comprehensive assessment of the economic impact of climate action in the UK - Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences Co-benefits are central to the case for climate action but are side-lined in many economic analyses. This paper presents an evaluation of three dimensions of the costs and benefits of climate change i...

We’re doing a lot of work on cobens if you’re ever interested let me know! We have some new work on CCC pathways and local cobens soon. Heres some older stuff link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Two, the indirect impacts of climate actions (the cobenefits) are big. Just the health benefits from air quality improvements are huge.

In any case, thanks for this post!

I think we might make a mistake focusing on the first order stuff. One, tech innovation pushed by climate action is a big deal. Battery storage for grid balancing is going to make batteries for other applications cheaper, better, etc.

thanks Andrew, really enjoyed this. It's left me thinking, to what extent is energy expenditure a good way to capture the productivity impacts of climate action? Similarly, to what extent is the productivity impact about the first order impacts vs second order (and sometimes longer term) impacts?

The @data.ft.com style guide has “placed” strictly for cucumber sandwiches, teaspoons, top hats, monocles.

Aren’t assumable mortgages an easier answer? Why aren’t they a thing?

The whole thing is fantastic.

Deeply disappointed and frustrated to see the
@NDP @theJagmeetSingh opposing the carbon tax. Addressing climate change requires bold, science-backed solutions, not short-term political games. #CDNpoli #CarbonTax #ClimateCrisis