Category Archives: Economics

Godwin’s Law and Us

Posted on January 19, 2021 by climatechangefork

This is a follow up to my “Shame” blog about the president-triggered mob attack on the American government in Washington, DC on January 6th. The attack was one part of a series of efforts to void the November 3rd election … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Holocaust, politics | Tagged antisemitic, antisemitism, attack, Auschwitz, charlottesville, communism, concentration camp, constitution, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, demonstration, Economy, fascism, Georgia, Illinois, January 6, Jew, Jewish, liberty, lockdown, MAGA, mask, mob, Nazi, Nazi Trump Pence flag, pandemic, Pritzger, protest, QAnon, riot, rioter, social distance, swastika, Trump, tyranny, US, Washington DC, white supremacy | Leave a comment

K-Shaped Global Disasters

Posted on January 5, 2021 by climatechangefork

In an earlier blog (August 4, 2020), I presented anthropogenic climate change, COVID-19, population, jobs, and equity as circles in a Venn Diagram. COVID-19 gives us an opportunity to quantify those relationships. In this case, jobs represent the economic impact … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics | Tagged amazon, Apple, AstraZeneca, BioNTech, Coal, college, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, economic, Economy, Education, energy transition, Future, GDP, gini coefficient, Global, Google, graph, high school, indicator, Inequality, Investment, jobs, model, Moderna, Netflix, pandemic, Pfizer, recovery, stocks, tech, Unemployment, US, vaccine, venn diagram, yellow vests, zoom | Leave a comment

Inequity: The Intersection of Coronavirus, Poverty & Other Expected Trends

Posted on August 4, 2020 by climatechangefork

As with most of my blogs, I wrote this one over the weekend (starting Friday). Last week, I looked at the Sierra Club’s Venn diagram of the Green New Deal. I argued that in order to address the near future … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics, Sustainability, US | Tagged Arab states, Bahrain, Climate Change, coronavirus, COVID 19, Education, equity, essential services, essential worker, Florida, foreign labor, Future, green new deal, Gulf, hot spot, Hurricane, inequity, jobs, Kuwait, minority, Oman, pandemic, pay cut, Population, Poverty, Qatar, Race, socio-economic, socioeconomic, Texas, venn diagram, work force | 1 Comment

Phased Reopening and Lessons to Learn

Posted on May 19, 2020 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Dana Summers’ cartoon on phased opening Roughly two months ago, my campus completely shifted to remote learning and teaching and I started lockdown. I have made a corresponding shift here, covering the COVID-19 viral pandemic that now … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics | Tagged arctic melt, Atmosphere, atom bomb, Brooklyn College, carbon dioxide, carbon intensity, chain reaction, Climate Change, CO2, contagious, coronavirus, COVID 19, Economics, Economy, feedback, flammability, Germany, GHG, Global Temperature, greenhouse gas, impact, interest, lockdown, neutron, Nuclear, nuclear fission, nuclear reactor, nucleus, pandemic, permafrost melt, polar ice, Population, R0, remote learning, reopening, Science, social distance, social distancing, spread, sustailable, Sustainability, sustainable development, test, uranium, viral, virus, water vapor, wildfire | Leave a comment

How Do We End a Pandemic?

Posted on May 12, 2020 by climatechangefork

When I read my morning paper on May 4th, three articles jumped out at me: As Trump Pushes to Reopen, Government Sees virus toll nearly doubling WASHINGTON — As President Trump presses states to reopen their economies, his administration is … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Climate Change, Economics | Tagged administration, Bloomberg, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, coronavirus, COVID 19, Cuomo, disease, Economy, extreme heat, Extreme Weather, flu, Future, Global Population, heat, hospital, infection, NY, NYC, projection, Science, social distancing, spanish flu, test, Trump, US, virus | 1 Comment

Climate Change Economics: Present Costs and Long-Term Threats

Posted on January 21, 2020 by climatechangefork

The Davos meeting in Switzerland is in full swing. President Trump is there, as is Greta Thunberg; climate change will be at the top of the agenda. The World Economic Forum (WEF) is organizing the meeting. In preparation, the WEF, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics, Extreme Weather, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, asset, Atlanta, BlackRock, Boston, Chicago, cities, Climate Change, construction, Dallas, Davos, debt, Detroit, economic, Economy, Environment, Extreme Weather, federal reserve, fire, Flood, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Greta Thunberg, gross value added, GVA, Houston, industry, Investment, LA, lending, Los Angeles, loss, losses, Miami, Minneapolis, Mitigation, mortgage, New York, Paris accord, Philadelphia, Physical Environment, Policy, politics, property, PwC, Real Estate, San Fransisco, San Jose, Science, sea level, Seattle, subprime, Sustainability, Trump, US, Washington DC, WEF | 13 Comments

Where Are We Living? Can We Stay There?

Posted on January 7, 2020 by climatechangefork

A New Year! A New Decade! By now, we have all made our wishes and resolutions. I am sure that everyone is hoping for better times. However, the news around the world has been very bleak. Globally, since the New … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics, immigration, Sustainability | Tagged anti-semitic, Arizona, atomic bomb, Australia, Brisbane, Cape Town, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Colorado, degradation, Economy, fire, Florida, Future, generation, Global Warming, Gold Coast, Growth, habitat, Idaho, immigration, Iran, Mauritius, Melbourne, New Year, North Carolina, NYC, Population, Real Estate, retreat, Science, sea level, shifting baseline, Soleimani, South Africa, South Carolina, states, suicide, Texas, tide, US, Utah, Washington, wildfire | 3 Comments

Economic Impacts Report: Worse than Predicted?

Posted on December 24, 2019 by climatechangefork

Last week’s blog looked at Naomi Oreskes’ and Nicholas Stern’s October op-ed in The New York Times, “Climate Change Will Cost Us Even More Than We Think,” which dealt with a report about the unexamined economic risks of climate change. … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics, Extreme Weather, Sustainability | Tagged acceleration, Adaptation, aggregate, Agriculture, biodiversity, Climate Change, climate change denier, climate skeptic, Columbia, compound, Cost, Drought, economic, economic impact, economic model, Economy, ecosystem, Extreme Weather, Flood, Future, glaciers, Grantham, heatwave, ice sheets, impact, Mitigation, Naomi Oreskes, Nicholas Stern, op-ed, physical science, Policy, policy maker, Potsdam, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. The Potsdam Institute, references, Report, Research, risk, Science, Sea-Level Rise, Stern report, wildfire | 1 Comment

Pay Now or Pay Later: The Economic Costs of Climate Change

Posted on December 17, 2019 by climatechangefork

As an old guy who still teaches students and does scientific research, I have to be up-to-date on the science that relates to what I do. To study and teach climate change, I have to be current not only with … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics, Sustainability | Tagged action, biodiversity, business as usual, carbon emissions, cartoon, children, climate, Climate Change, climate change denier, climate denier, CO2, CO2 emissions, Cost, damage, denial, doubt, economic impact, Economics, Economist, Economy, effect, externality, Future, generation, GHG, greenhouse gas, Greta Thunberg, kids, Merchants of Doubt, Naomi Oreskes, News, Nicholas Stern, ocean acidification, Price, quid pro quo, risk, Science, stationarity, Stern report, worst-case | 6 Comments

Electricity in Developing Countries: Biomass and Availability

Posted on November 19, 2019 by climatechangefork

I have been following a set of fifteen countries over the past month (starting on October 15th). Together, they make up approximately 65% of the global population. I split them into three groups, based on income. The largest of these … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, availability, available, Bangladesh, Bengal, biomass, carbon capture, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, Cycle, Documentary, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Fossil Fuels, GDP, global energy transition, Gosaba, Income, India, Indonesia, Mangrove, Microgrid, Nigeria, Pakistan, photosynthesis, Poverty, Sundarbans, Vinit Parmar | 2 Comments

Category Archives: Economics

K-Shaped Global Disasters

Inequity: The Intersection of Coronavirus, Poverty & Other Expected Trends

Climate Change Economics: Present Costs and Long-Term Threats

Where Are We Living? Can We Stay There?

Economic Impacts Report: Worse than Predicted?

Pay Now or Pay Later: The Economic Costs of Climate Change

Electricity in Developing Countries: Biomass and Availability

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