environmental economics, agriculture, climate, satellites, fiction. past @columbia, @areberkeley. asst prof at harvard @kennedy_school.
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Charles Taylor retweeted
May 28
Very much enjoyed moderating last night’s panel discussion on the topic of “Frontiers in Climate-Economics Research: Dynamics, Uncertainty, and Policy Implications,” featuring Charles Taylor (Harvard Kennedy School), James Rising (University of Delaware), and Olivier David Zerbib (CREST, ENSAE, Institut Polytechnique de Paris).
The conversation covered a broad range of important issues and the panelists brought perspectives that were distinct yet complementary, which made for an engaging discussion and no doubt a valuable one for our @MFRProgram Modeling Climate-Economic Dynamics workshop participants and the young scholars in attendance. #EconTwitter #ClimateEconomics #ClimateDynamics #ClimateUncertainty #ClimateChange
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I started this paper early in grad school after staring at a map of global irrigation. Irrigated land roughly doubled since 1960 — but unevenly: India and China saw huge gains, while the western US, parts of Europe, and the former USSR lost ground. What explains the variation?
ALT Data from Siebert et al. (2010)
📢 Just accepted in #JAERE! 📢
"Irrigation and Climate Change: Long-run Adaptation and its Externalities" by Charles A. Taylor (@ctaylor463).
📖 Read it here: buff.ly/nVW6zqn
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May 27
Using soil/sediment thickness as a proxy for groundwater potential, I find drying raises irrigation only where water is reachable below. Recent climate drying explains up to 8% of global irrigation growth since 1960 — a pattern that holds both worldwide and across US counties.
ALT Global soil and sedimentary deposit thickness (Pelletier et al., 2016)
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But adaptation carries a cost. Where irrigation expands, aquifer levels drop and soils grow saltier — both visible from satellite. Adapting to climate change today can erode the future resource base [drive.google.com/file/d/12dx…]
ALT Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite (NASA)
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23 Jul 2025
Cool funding opportunity for climate adaptation research from the great folks at Stanford
22 Jul 2025
Excited to announce a new funding opportunity for research on "what works" in climate adaptation. We are specifically looking for strong causal designs that tell us what interventions work (or don't) to reduce impacts of a changing climate. Link in next post. Plz share!
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Charles Taylor retweeted
23 Feb 2025
This year's Bozeman Applied Micro Conference is June 16-17, 2025
Paper submissions open now through March 7 -- see below for link
22 Jan 2024
We're having our annual Bozeman Applied Micro Conference this summer! Dates are selected: June 12-13. Website up, and submissions will be open soon!
montana.edu/econ/summerconfe…
Photo from last year!
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21 Feb 2025
On Monday I'm presenting some new work on tensions between renewable development and land conservation.
Don't miss the next Energy Policy Seminar that tackles the complexities of the clean energy transition and land conservation with #MRCBG's @ctaylor463 🌍 Rubenstein 414ab on 2/24/25, Lunch provided a Q&A session to discuss renewable infrastructure, decarbonization, and how we can merge these ideas without causing conflicts.
In Person (HUID/RSVP), or attend online via Zoom, everyone is welcome!🎟️ Don't miss out, reserve your spot today: hks.harvard.edu/events/land-…
With our friends, @HUCEnvironment @HarvardSalata & @BelferCenter
hks.harvard.edu/events/land-…
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Charles Taylor retweeted
1 Jan 2025
Excited for #ASSA2025 New Frontiers in Environmental Economics session!
🌐 Fri 8am (session link below👇)
🗺️ Room: Parc 55, Cyril Magnin 2
🔥 Trade, food, land, clean energy, bunching, air poll., MVPF, etc
w @mattkahn1966 @bsprungkeyser @J_C_Suarez et al
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13 Nov 2024
Consider applying to this @USDA and @nber post-doc (open new PhDs and junior faculty) to work with other ag/climate/environmental economists here in Cambridge.
nber.org/career-resources/ca…
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Take a look at this extraordinary cohort on the market from @ColumbiaSIPA this year.
4 Nov 2024
I’m thrilled to introduce six outstanding economics job market candidates from the PhD program in Sustainable Development at @ColumbiaSIPA @SipaSusdev!
Each of them brings a unique perspective and cutting-edge research in environmental economics, empirical IO, labor economics, and political economy.
Follow this thread for details on their Job Market Papers (JMPs) and research. #EconTwitter #EconJMP #EconJMC #EconJobMarket
sipa.columbia.edu/sipa-educa…
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5 Nov 2024
in addition to the excellent JMPs, @annapappp is a co-author of mine on a paper about historical land use and climate change: drive.google.com/file/d/13C4…
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and @MargueriteObo and I have work on climate matching in migration. drive.google.com/file/d/11uS…
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24 Oct 2024
definitely check out this PhD program, especially if you want to be at the intersection of economics science policy! @SipaSusdev
23 Oct 2024
To all economics PhD applicants, we would like to draw your attention to the PhD in Sustainable Development at Columbia University.
The PhD is for economists and scientists interested in issues related to the environment, climate change, energy, development, poverty, health, transport, inequality, labor, political economy, and public policy more generally.
With an inclusion of the natural sciences and/or engineering, the program is designed to provide a deep understanding of the interaction between natural and social systems.
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11 Oct 2024
We're hiring pre-docs at @HarvardSalata to work with me and my excellent (and friendly) colleagues on environmental econ topics. Consider applying!
sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/…
10 Oct 2024
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! sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/…
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9 Oct 2024
great write up covering two fascinating/related topics:
1) why US crop yields have kept increasing (despite climate change)
2) why summers in the US Midwest have gotten cooler over time
7 Oct 2024
Revisiting Crop Sensitivity to Extreme Heat.
In my first substantive substack post I revisit the link between extreme heat and crop yields and consider why yield growth hasn't noticeably slowed in the U.S.
open.substack.com/pub/grains…
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29 Jul 2024
Nice NYT write-up on a fascinating (but sad) paper on the value of biodiversity nytimes.com/2024/07/29/clima…
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