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GCIC Intellectual | Gernot WagnerGCIC expert consultants help forward-thinking decision makers and organizations (cities, public agencies, corporations, educational entities and NGOs) to better understand the dynamic climate challenge and provide them with the tools and insights to facilitate solutions. Through research, dialogue, consulting and entrepreneurship. We focus on: climate, decarbonization, energy, resources, circular economy, sustainable business, green finance, and transformation of cities and regions.
1 Professional Experience 2016-2019
2008-2016
2014-2016
2 Educational Background 2007 Ph.D. in Political Economy and Government, Harvard 2006 M.A. in Political Economy and Government, Harvard 2003 M.A. in Economics, Stanford 2002 Joint A.B. magna cum laude with highest honors in Environmental Science and Public Policy, and Economics, Harvard 3 Basic Introduction Gernot Wagner is a climate economist. His research, writing, and teaching focus on climate risks on the one hand and climate policy on the other. Born and raised in Amstetten, Austria, Gernot graduated from high school in his hometown before moving to the U.S. for college. He holds a joint bachelor’s magna cum laude with highest honors in environmental science, public policy, and economics, and a master’s and Ph.D. in political economy and government from Harvard, as well as a master’s in economics from Stanford. He teaches climate economics and policy at NYU, where he is a clinical associate professor at the Department of Environmental Studies and associated clinical professor at the NYU Wagner School of Public Service. He writes the Risky Climate column for Bloomberg Green and has written three books: Stadt, Land, Klima ("City, Country, Climate"), published, in German, by Brandstätter Verlag (2021); Climate Shock, joint with Harvard’s Martin Weitzman and published by Princeton (2015), among others, a Top 15 Financial Times McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2015, and Austria’s Natural Science Book of the Year 2017. |
