Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Robert O. Mendelsohn

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American economist Robert O. Mendelsohn.
Last updated on April 15, 2025.
Robert O. Mendelsohn

Robert O. Mendelsohn is an American environmental economist. He is currently the Edwin Weyerhaeuser Davis Professor of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University, Professor of Economics in Economics Department at Yale University and Professor in the School of Management at Yale University. Mendelsohn is a major figure in the economics of global warming, being for example a contributor to the first Copenhagen Consensus report. Mendelsohn received a BA in economics from Harvard University in 1973 and obtained his Ph.D. in economics from Yale University in 1978.

The results of recent research on the impacts of climate change dramatically weaken the case for expensive, near-term abatement programs. — © Robert O. Mendelsohn
The results of recent research on the impacts of climate change dramatically weaken the case for expensive, near-term abatement programs.
Although it is important to examine the consequences of today's actions far into the future, it is important not to confuse far future actions with what is done today. The impact of emissions that are made after 2100 has no bearing on what the world should do for the next 30 or even 100 years.
The world community simply should not support such extreme measures when there are so many other pressing issues at hand. The optimal response to greenhouse gases is to start modestly.
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