Tag Archives: Climate Change

Calculating the Social Cost of Carbon: What Are We Already Spending?

Posted on August 31, 2021 by climatechangefork

Last week, I reintroduced the concept of the social cost of carbon and explored a recent University of Chicago working paper (WP). The WP delved into President Biden’s attempts to reframe the conversation about the economic impact of climate change, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Biden, Carbon, Climate Change, comparison, Cost, damages, discount rate, discounting, Economics, equity, Extreme Weather, Future, Global Warming, Policy, projection, scc, social cost of carbon, Trump, uncertainty | Leave a comment

The Social Cost of Carbon

Posted on August 24, 2021 by climatechangefork

Things are changing. My courses start tomorrow. Originally, I was scheduled to teach face-to-face but for a variety of reasons, I’m back to online-only. Many of my colleagues are still scheduled for either face-to-face or “hybrid” teaching, where at least … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Economics, Sustainability, US | Tagged Agriculture, business as usual, Carbon, carbon emissions, Climate Change, CO2, Cost, damages, Demand, Economics, Emissions, Energy, equity, Extreme Weather, Global Warming, mortality, Obama, scc, Science, social cost, socioeconomic, Supply, Trump, US | 1 Comment

Infrastructure Timing

Posted on August 10, 2021 by climatechangefork

They did it! Today, after a long slog of debate, the US Senate has finally passed a bipartisan version of the infrastructure bill that came out of the American Jobs Plan the Biden administration proposed in April. For more information … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics, Energy | Tagged Adaptation, Biden, bill, bipartisan, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, commercial, competiiton, consumption, Cost, electric car, Electricity, Energy, energy cost, energy services, energy transition, fossil fuel, house, industrial, Infrastructure, input, manufacturing, mining, Mitigation, output, Physics, r&d, refining, residential, senate, Solar, Sputnik, transportation, US, utilities, Wind | Leave a comment

Heath Death Indicators

Posted on August 3, 2021 by climatechangefork

I have been spending most of my evenings watching the Tokyo Olympics. One of the most frequent questions directed to athletes who have performed outdoors is how they handle the heat. Right now, Tokyo is having highs of 90oF, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather | Tagged acclimatization, Adaptation, business as usual, Climate Change, danger, dehydration, extreme heat, Extreme Weather, fire, Global Warming, heat, heat death, heat index, heat stress, humidity, IPCC, Olympics, safety, Tokyo, warming, Water, wildfire | 3 Comments

Heat Deaths and Cold Deaths

Posted on July 27, 2021 by climatechangefork

We have been seeing a slew of catastrophes throughout the world that roughly coincided with the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere (June 20th). Almost all of them have been either partially caused or worsened by climate change. These … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather | Tagged Arizona, Baghdad, Bjorn Lomborg, California, Climate Change, cold, Damascus, Death Valley, extreme heat, Extreme Weather, fire, Flood, heat, Heat Exhaustion, heat index, heatstroke, humidity, Hurricane, Idaho, Nevada, record, Riyadh, skeptic, sunstroke, Teheran, Temperature, Tornado, Utah, WHO | 3 Comments

Breaking With Business as Usual

Posted on July 20, 2021 by climatechangefork

My last three blogs focused on our collective attempts to limit anthropogenic global warming to an increase of 1.5oC in global temperature or, failing that, no more than 2oC. The series of blogs started with a detailed road map recently … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC, Sustainability, US | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Biden, business as usual, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, commitment, Emissions, EU, Europe, Future, green climate fund, IPCC, law, Mitigation, Paris Agreement, Policy, proposal, radiative forcing, SPM, Trump | Leave a comment

Business as Usual: Part 2

Posted on July 13, 2021 by climatechangefork

The Connection Between Carbon Concentration and Temperature Last week, I used The Scripps Institute and NOAA’s recent measurements of the global carbon dioxide concentration (as measured in Mauna Loa, Hawaii) to calculate the acceleration in carbon dioxide atmospheric accumulation from … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability | Tagged acceleration, Atmosphere, Carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, coronavirus, covid, Emissions, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, IPCC, risk, Temperature, uncertainty, vaccine | Leave a comment

The IEA, Heat, and Net Zero

Posted on June 29, 2021 by climatechangefork

Summer has officially started. Over the last week or so, I’ve been keeping track of which large US cities have experienced temperatures above 100oF, according to the New York Times weather report (see August 18, 2020 blog for descriptions of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Biofuel, Brazil, Carbon, carbon emissions, carbon zero, China, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, decarbonization, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, IEA, India, Indonesia, Mitigation, OECD, Solar, South Africa, Sustainability, Utility, Wind | Leave a comment

Sputnik and China: US Response to Tech Rivalry

Posted on June 15, 2021 by climatechangefork

Back in April, I outlined President Biden’s new American Job Plan. Granted, the $2.3 trillion plan was more of a wish list than a proposal; given the 50-50 split in the Senate and the narrow majority in the House, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics, law, politics, US | Tagged Adaptation, American jobs plan, Biden, bipartisan, China, Climate Change, Competition, Development, Economy, Education, engineering, GDP, Global Warming, Government, house, innovation, law, Math, Mitigation, NDEA, PPP, r&d, Research, rivalry, Russia, Science, senate, space race, Sputnik, stem, tech, Technology, Trump, US, USSR | Leave a comment

From Commitments to Penalties: Measuring Carbon Emissions

Posted on May 4, 2021 by climatechangefork

Since President Biden’s inauguration, I have looked a lot at carbon emissions and what we are doing to minimize them. As an educator and a New York City resident, I am especially invested in this change. Not only do … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, law, Sustainability | Tagged Biden, calculation, Cap and Trade, Carbon, carbon capture, carbon emissions, Carbon Footprint, carbon intensity factor, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, commitment, Education, Emissions, enforcement, forest, Global Warming, law, legislation, limit, New York, NYC, Paris Agreement, standard deviation, teacher, US | 1 Comment

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Infrastructure Timing

Heath Death Indicators

Heat Deaths and Cold Deaths

Breaking With Business as Usual

Business as Usual: Part 2

The IEA, Heat, and Net Zero

Sputnik and China: US Response to Tech Rivalry

From Commitments to Penalties: Measuring Carbon Emissions

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