In the absence of first-best climate policy, we demonstrate that existing government institutions and policy established for reasons unrelated to climate change may induce climate adaptation. We examine the impact of temperature on ambient ozone concentration in the United States from 1980-2013,...

If one nation damages another, what are its obligations? This question can be approached and understood in diverse ways, but it is concretized in debates over the social cost of carbon, which is sometimes described as the linchpin of national climate policy. The social cost of carbon, meant to...

1. Carbon taxes as part of the fiscal solution / William G. Gale, Samuel Brown, and Fernando Saltiel -- 2. Choosing among mitigation instruments : how strong is the case for a US carbon tax? / Ian Parry -- 3. Administration of a US carbon tax / Jack Calder -- 4. Carbon taxes to achieve emissions...

Climate migrants and exiles pose a unique challenge that requires a special international strategy, which only the United States, with its well-established and transparent regimes for legal immigration, has the experience and capacity to develop. To begin with, the US could take the initiative...