Our Mission

The Global Coal Transition (GCT) is an academic research project dedicated to advancing the renewable energy transition. We provide transparent, location specific levelized cost of energy (LCOE) analyses to quantify renewable energy transitions. By revealing where renewables are already a cheaper energy source than coal, we hope to speed up an economically sensible shift to renewable energy.

Our Team

Lilly Loghmani

Bio coming soon.

Connor Butterfield

Bio coming soon.

Gernot Wagner

Gernot Wagner is a climate economist at Columbia Business School and faculty director of its Climate Knowledge Initiative. He has written six books, including Climate Shock and, most recently, Geoengineering: the Gamble. Gernot’s research, writing, and teaching focus on climate risks, technologies, and policy. He is a research fellow at CEPR, faculty fellow at CESifo, board member of CarbonPlan, Project Syndicate columnist, and a frequent contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, and elsewhere. Gernot holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Political Economy and Government from Harvard, an M.A. in Economics from Stanford.