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Nov 11, 2009
Big Climate Impact for Little Climate Dollars
My essay, co-authored with Dean Karlan of Yale and Innovations for Poverty Action, was a runner-up in the Alliance Magazine/Environmental Funders Network climate change essay contest. The contest asked, “As a philanthropist, how would you spend $10 million to combat global warming?“ Dean and I argue that for substantially less than $10 million you can have a big impact on climate change by using the tools of behavioral economics to help individuals conserve energy. Specifically the widespread deployment of real-time use meters and commitment contracts can help people who want to save energy meet their goals—and it requires very little external funding.
You can read the essay here. And there are links to the winning essay and other runners-up here.
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