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Gernot Wagner
International Affairs Building, 13th Floor
Adjunct Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs
gw2245@columbia.edu
Webpage: http://www.gwagner.com


Biography:
Gernot Wagner focuses on climate and energy economics.

Wagner is an economist at the Environmental Defense Fund, where he works on market-based solutions to a wide range of environmental problems. He previously worked for the Boston Consulting Group and wrote for the editorial board of the Financial Times in London as a Peter Martin Fellow, where he covered economics, energy, and the environment.

He is the author of But Will the Planet Notice? How Smart Economics Can Save the World (Hill & Wang, 2011).

Wagner holds a Ph.D. in political economy and government from Harvard University and a master's degree in economics from Stanford. He is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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