Frances Moore
@ClimateFran
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associate professor @UCDavis, climate change economist / scientist; former senior economist @WhiteHouseCEA; all views my own @climatefran.bsky.social
Berkeley, CA
Joined January 2015
I wrote a post for Briefing Book on the recent turmoil in property insurance markets, connections to climate change, and what we should do about it https://t.co/7uItjGBd6O
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Fixes require addressing underlying drivers of losses and offer an opportunity to improve a complex and flawed system
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Lots of discussion about natural disaster price-gouging laws right now, so feels like it might be a useful time to share slides from a work-in-progress project on this topic I’m working on with @JohannaRayl @nad_lucas @mikedinerstein and Becky Scurlock
The "price gouging" lit on here on all sides seems wrong to me. In economic theory: more supply is good, better allocation based on WTP is good, but higher markups per se are not (holding Q constant, depends on welfare weight for buyer vs seller). 1/5
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Pre-doc job announcement! @HarvardSalata is hiring fellows to work with Anna Russo, Wolfram Schlenker, @ctaylor463, and myself on environmental economics! Application review will begin on 10/31 and continue on a rolling basis. Please apply and share! https://t.co/GJEr8qqfjA
some personal news: I have a pre-doc job to advertise, but for it to make sense I need to first share that in 2025-26 I will start a new job as an assistant professor at Harvard @Kennedy_School. I will dearly miss my friends @sffed, but am excited for new adventures in Boston!
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@MLiebreich @RogerPielkeJr You should update your priors on the science of hurricanes and climate. Things have advanced a lot in the field over the years. Listen to our latest Shift Key episode with climate scientist and hurricane expert Gabriel Vecchi from Princeton.
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Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse Jenkins · Episode
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I distinctly remember @Capi_Planeta telling me his dream was to join UNAM as faculty in one of our first advising meetings. It's a proud moment to see him realize this ambition, and exciting to think of all the important and interesting research to come
This is the smile of a person who, 10 years ago, dreamed of coming back to UNAM as a professor, and now it's a reality! I'm joining @ICAyCC_UNAM as faculty this fall!
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Interested in doing a post-doc for two years in Environmental & Energy Economics or Climate Economics at @columbiaclimate with me and @GernotWagner? If so, please apply! @ColumbiaSIPA @Columbia_Biz
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Repealing The SALT Cap Would Overwhelmingly Benefit Those With High Incomes https://t.co/qFCi6Eirgc
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Are we adapting to climate change? In new preprint, we use decades of data on 21 outcomes around the world & measure whether they have become less sensitive to a given change in climate. We find clear evidence of such adaptation in only ~25% of cases. 1/x https://t.co/XUgjMj2Pdc
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What’s wrong with research about ‘degrowth’?
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Some recent reviews highlight vague language and fuzzy policy
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🚨1 month left.🚨 Submit papers to @nberpubs project on Trade, Energy, Decarbonization, deadline 10/16. 🔗 https://t.co/BmhjzIh7Tw… 🗓Conference Mar 20-21, 2025 at NBER. Nominate grad students to attend: https://t.co/o95V1fK6VQ Excited to organize w Natalia Ramondo.
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🚨 New #Rpackage alert! The increasing availability of high-resolution climate data has greatly expanded the study of how the climate impacts humans and society. Enter stagg, a new R package that streamlines data processing for climate impact analysis. https://t.co/S53ioqenlu
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Interesting paper on intergenerational insurance by the amazing @ales_rus, @FrancescoLanci7 and @timsworrall:
How can we sustain risk-sharing between generations in an uncertain world? Our new article in @JPolEcon explores "Intergenerational Insurance", where transfers rely on the voluntary participation of each generation, rather than enforcement. (1/9) 🔗 https://t.co/3ZlSrzNDsR
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The ARE Department @UCDavis is pleased to announce an open assistant professor position in econometrics: https://t.co/J2pgQFfRm7
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Typhoon #Yagi has left substantial impacts to life / property in Asia. The economic toll in China, Vietnam, and the Philippines will notably exceed >$10 billion. First reports from China (Hainan) show minimum losses at $9.3 billion. Key industrial facilities in Vietnam hit hard.
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🚨 Big permitting reform news: The most rigorous climate modeling shows a net emissions reduction from the bipartisan Senate bill. Climate advocates should support this bill.
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Carbon offsets don't work in the forest sector, but the forest sector can contribute to mitigation and needs funding. This paper proposes tracking "contributions to forests" without tying them to offsets. I think its a good idea.
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Because of problems created by the incentive structure for carbon offsets as a mode of climate mitigation, companies should switch to a “contributions” framing to preserve a crucial flow of climate...
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I am running out of words to describe how absurd August 2024 was in Svalbard. Reaching an average temperature of 11°C in August would have been unimaginable just a few years ago. This is totally bonkers.
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“It is not only the mega charismatic species that are warm and fuzzy and evoke a desire to hug and cuddle with them that provide value and benefit to us as people,” @Eyal_Frank said.
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A new study in the journal Science found the decline of bats in the United States had come at a deadly cost to humans.
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The Manchin-Barrasso permitting reform plan would allow Americans to start building energy infrastructure again, while cleaning up the environment. Passing it is a no-brainer for anyone in Congress.
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Biodiversiy is declining, yet we have limited knowledge about how that affects human well-being. My work linking bats, insecticide use, and human infant health is out today in Science ( https://t.co/gNIbWRdqEj), and tells a complex story about how those are connected.
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This week Stéphane @Hallegatte from the @WorldBank will kick off the fall semester for the Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics, with an overview of the Banks' Country Climate and Development Reports. Join us on Thursday at 11am ET! https://t.co/aXiWw1sEPd
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