Today we are confronted by rapid change and fundamental, even existential, challenges to overly complex systems — only more flexible thinking
Sustainability
Planning the Route to Net Zero
In the run-up to COP26, companies trumpeted their commitment to addressing climate change, often citing pledges to achieve goals decades in
What Europe’s Energy Crunch Reveals
Addressing climate change requires resiliency and sacrifice. Both are in short supply, suggesting that required changes will be delayed, imposing
Why Are Supply Chains Blocked?
When forecasts are not specific enough to be actionable, the supply response cannot adjust in a timely or efficient manner. And because there
The Path to Climate Credibility
As the world convenes to address climate change, it may take sticks as well as carrots to meet emissions targets. Tariffs on laggard nations
Clean Energy Has Won the Economic Race
Even as major oil companies report record profits, the tide is turning against them and fossil fuels. The future belongs to renewables.
Ending Hunger Sustainably
Ending hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity is not at odds with custody of the planet. Data, technology and public-private partnership
Norway’s Sovereign Duty
Having built its wealth by pumping hydrocarbons out of the seabed, Norway has an obligation to leverage the power of its massive sovereign
Will the BRICS Ever Grow Up?
Finding viable solutions for managing the fossil-fuel industry’s decline is now more critical than ever. A Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation
The Case for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
Finding viable solutions for managing the fossil-fuel industry’s decline is now more critical than ever. A Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation
The Biodiversity Challenge
Population growth and economic expansion are on a trajectory to overwhelm nature, leading to biodiversity collapse.
Tackling Climate Change Together
Successfully mitigating climate change this century will take a joined up effort by all countries—rich, middle income and poor.
Are US Corporations Above the Law?
By siding with major food corporations over six Malian former child slaves who were seeking compensation under US tort laws, the US Supreme
The G20 Must Act Now to Vaccinate the World
It is imperative that the G20 finance ministers’ meeting in Venice this week act to provide the COVID-19 vaccines needed to achieve
Economics Needs a Climate Revolution
With its fixation on equilibrium thinking and an exclusive focus on market factors that can be precisely measured, the neoclassical orthodoxy
The Logic of Effective Climate Action
Americans must constantly and critically question the breezy, arrogant belief that the United States is a most perfect union of freedom, democracy,
Beyond Divestment
Investors wield huge power to change corporate agendas. As pressure builds for all players in business to tackle the climate change threat,
A Global Tax Deal for the Rich, Not the Poor
Despite the recent G7 agreement on corporate taxation, global leadership requires going beyond national interests to ensure that all countries
The Investment Imperative for the G7
Rich-country governments should be prepared to invest an additional $1 trillion per year to boost growth and lay strong foundations for a
Mapping the Path to Carbon Neutrality
As countries around the world consider whether and how to raise their decarbonization ambitions under the Paris climate agreement, South Korea
What We Learned From the Pandemic
As the pandemic recedes in the US, Jackson Hole Economics co-founders Alex Friedman and Larry Hatheway share personal thoughts on what they
Will Corporate Greed Prolong the Pandemic?
The shortfall in global COVID-19 vaccine production could be closed if manufacturers around the world were granted access to the necessary
Mission Creep
A range of countries are now asking their central banks to include risks from climate change in their list of responsibilities. Given how
The Green Art of the Possible
Europe’s experience suggests that decarbonizing the power sector first, while sheltering industry from higher costs, can generate some modest