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Tag Archives: Australia
Limits to Global Affluence?
[TEVYE] “Dear God, you made many, many poor people. I realize, of course, that it’s no shame to be poor. But it’s no great honor either! So, what would have been so terrible if I had a small fortune?” If … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, Affluence, Amancio Ortega Gaona, Australia, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Bill Gates, billionaire, Brazil, Carlos Slim Helú, China, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Denmark, dream, Economics, Education, Electricity, Energy, Environment, fiddler on the roof, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, impact, Income, income distribution, India, Indonesia, influence, IPAT, Japan, Jeff Bezos, Jew, Jewish, Lawrence J. Ellison, Lichtenstein, limit, Luxembourg, Macau, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael R. Bloomberg, millionaire, Mitigation, Monaco, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Population, Qatar, rabbi, Rich, richest, Rothschild, Russia, saturation, saturation point, Switzerland, Technology, Tevye, US, Warren E. Buffett, Wealth, World Population
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Happy New Year 2017
It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they have, thus far, so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Election, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, America, Australia, Canada, change, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Denmark, Donald Trump, Economics, Election, Emissions, Energy, Environment, Germany, global suicide, greatest, human needs, indicator, Infrastructure, Ireland, Kenneth Bone, Lincoln, Luxembourg, Mitigation, Netherlands, New Year, Norway, nuclear weapons, opportunity, president, president elect, problem, promise, resiliency, resilient, social progress, socioeconomic, Solution, Stephen Hawking, Switzerland, Trump, US, vote, voter, well being
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My Global Family Vacation Part 4: Malta
Figure 1 (from August 2 blog) Figure 2 – Map of Malta Figure 1 from my August 2nd blog shows my summer vacation route. Malta is a tiny dot on that map but I felt it necessary to show … Continue reading
Posted in immigration
Tagged aditus, Adrian Brody, Africa, Algeria, app, archaeology, asylum, Australia, Austria, Austrian, Christian, Democratization, detention, discrimination, doctors without borders, Economics, EFUS, emigrant, emigration, Environment, EU, Eurodac, Family, family story, Frontex, Game of Thrones, ghetto, Global Population, Gozo, History, Hitler, Holocaust, Human Rights, immigrant, immigration, Israel, Italy, Jewish, Joseph Muscat, Libya, Malta, Maltese, Mediterranean, migration, Nazi, Nazis, Palestine, Pianist, Poland, Polish, Population, refugee, refugee camp, refugee center, refugees, Roman Polanski, safety, Safi, Sustainability, Szpilman, tapestry, Tourism, tourist, UN, UNESCO, UNHCR, Vacation, Warsaw, Wladislaw Szpilman, World Population, xenophobia, xenophobic
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Global Family Vacation Part 3: Israel: Palestinian and Jewish Refugees, Resettlement, and the Right of Return
Figure 1 – A map of refugee camps in the Middle East Successful resettlement is probably the most important aspect of the global refugee issue. Resettled refugees can make major positive contributions to their host societies. We have seen this … Continue reading
Posted in immigration
Tagged annex, Arab, arab league, Arabist, attitude, Australia, bias, Brooklyn College, camp, choice, Citizen, Citizenship, Civil War, CUNY, document, Egypt, emigrant, emigration, Family, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, Holocaust, home, homeland, Human Rights, identity, immigrant, immigration, Iraq, Iraqi, ISIS, Islam, Israel, Israeli, Jew, Jewish, Kuwait, land, Lebanon, middle east, migrant, migration, muslim, opinion, Palestine, Palestinian, Palestinian National Authority, partition, political, politics, privilege, property, pull factor, push factor, refugee, religion, resettlement, return, right, right of return, Saudi Arabia, security, settlement, Suez, Syria, teach, teacher, treaty, Turkey, UDHR, UN, UNRWA, US, War, west bank, Yemen
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My Global Family Vacation
Map of my global family vacation I have returned from my month-long vacation with my wife. One of the perks of being an academic is that my summers are my own. I show the route of my trip above. Clearly, … Continue reading
Posted in immigration
Tagged age, app, application, Australia, BREXIT, communication, demagogue, democracy, Election, emigrant, emigration, England, EU, Europe, Family, flee, France, free market, generation, Global Population, heritage, History, Holocaust, immigrant, immigration, Israel, lie, lies, Malta, migrant, migration, Nazi, North Africa, oligarchy, Palestine, Palestinian, Poland, Population, presidential campaign, presidential election, ramification, refugee, screening, security, Story, tapestry, terror, Terrorism, terrorist, trade, UK, UN, US, World Population
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COP21: Industry Commitments to Sustainability and Using Consumer Pressure to Keep Promises
Last week’s blog looked at Unilever’s CEO’s attempts to make his company sustainable. Unilever is not alone in promising to be more environmentally friendly in the long term. One of the less discussed achievements of COP21 was the mobilization of … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, IPCC, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged Adaptation, Apple, Australia, Autodesk, Belgium, Carbon, carbon dioxide, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, commitment, consumer, consumer pressure, COP21, Economics, Elion Resources, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Finland, Fossil Fuels, France, Germany, Global Warming, Goldman Sachs, Google, greenhouse gas, H&M, IKEA, India, Infigen Energy, Investment, investor, IPCC, Italy, Marks and Spencer, Mars, Microsoft, Mitigation, Nestle, Netherlands, Nike, Organization, peer pressure, Power, Power Plants, Procter and Gamble, Renewable, Royal Philips, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, Spain, Starbucks, Sustainability, Sustainable, sustainable development, sustainable production, Sweden, Switzerland, Technology, UK, UN, UNFCCC, Unilever, US, Walmart, Wind
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Game Theory and Climate Change
I am a scientist and a professor; I teach physics and I publish original research – mostly in physics-related publications. My degrees are actually in chemistry but I have changed my focus over time. I use mathematics often, both in … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, algorithm, Australia, Carbon Tax, China, Climate Change, Clinton, Conference, deferred acceptance, Economics, Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels, game theory, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, high school application, India, Kyoto Protocol, New York City, NYC, Paris 2015, ratification, Science, Simulation/Game, Sustainability, US, World Population
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Stuttering Energy Transitions: Germany
2015 is knocking at the door. I just got The Economist’s “The World in 2015” special issue both in print and digital form. It’s full of numbers, predictions and stories. Most of its numbers and predictions are optimistic extrapolations of … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, Australia, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Denmark, E.ON, Economics, Education, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy generation, Energy Storage, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, France, Fukushima, Germany, Global Warming, India, Mitigation, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Pollution, Power, Power Plants, Science, Sustainability, Technology, United Nations, United States, US
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