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Climate Change Economics and the Climate-Conflict Nexus: Some Takeaways for Policy-Makers

Posted Monday, 10 Dec 2018 by Climate And Conflict

On the occasion of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, which was awarded to William Nordhaus for his work on climate change economics (alongside Paul Romer for his contribution to macroeconomics), we highlight some essential findings of that research and then link them to research on climate change and human security (conflict). From this… Read more »

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