Michael Jakob
Independent researcher and consultant - climate economics
- A little more than two years ago, I started off as an independent researcher. So far, connecting science and policy has worked remarkably well.
- It allowed me to continue collaborating with great colleagues, e.g. from @pik-potsdam.bsky.social, @nupinytt.bsky.social, @ecologic.eu, @envdefensefund.bsky.social, ceepr.mit.edu and theclimatedesk.eu.
- I also had the opportunity to provide some policy advice, for example for the @adb.org, @diplo.de, @giz.de, @umweltbundesamt.bsky.social and commission.europa.eu/about/depart....
-
View full threadIf you know anyone who might be interested, please don’t hesitate to put us in touch! Here’s a short description of my profile: www.ct-economics.net/en/coaching.
- Reasons for climate optimism – part 20 In many countries where climate policy is lagging, sub-national actors are taking the lead, helping catalyze progress on the national level (see figure from IPCC AR6 WG3 report).
- Sub-national climate policies can compensate to some degree for the lack of climate action at the national level and sub-national actors are also important for the implementation of national climate policies (doi.org/10.1080/1469...).
- In the US, the ‘We Are Still In’ coalition reaffirmed their commitment to climate action against rollbacks of federal climate policies. Climate pledges by US sub-national could, if fully implemented, by themselves be sufficient to meet US national target (doi.org/10.1038/s414...).
-
View full threadRead more in my (open access) book on climate optimism: doi.org/10.1007/978-...
