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Tag Archives: indicator
Stabilization of Additional Indicators
We have spent the last two weeks examining how to stabilize our main socioeconomic indicators in order to achieve a long-term sustainable existence. Since climate change is one of the main early signs of the emerging human-dominated geological era (Anthropocene), … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, immigration, IPCC, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged Adaptation, Affluence, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Bangladesh, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Democratization, Desalination, economic, Economic Growth, Economics, Education, Election, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy source, energy transition, energy use, Environment, equality, Fossil Fuels, GDP, GDP per capita, Global Population, Global Warming, governance, Government, gravity, greenhouse gas, hunger, immigrant, immigration, India, indicator, influence, Infrastructure, IPAT, IPCC, Japan, migrant, migration, Mitigation, Physical Environment, Physics, politics, Population, Poverty, Power, refugee, rural, Science, sea level, security, socioeconomic, Solar Energy, Stabilization, Stabilizing, Sustainability, Sustainable, sustainable development, Technology, Temperature, UN, urban, US, Water, Water Scarcity, Water Stress, watercycle, Wealth, wealth distribution, World Bank, 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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Immigration: IPAT
Noah Smith wrote an article in Bloomberg about how to convince the Japanese to have more kids: Japan would like to stabilize its rapidly aging population, and there are really only two ways to do that. It can let in … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC, Sustainability
Tagged Abortion, Adaptation, adult, Affluence, Anthropocene, carbon dioxide, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, child, China, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Contraception, developed countries, Developing Countries, Economics, Economy, Education, elderly, emigrant, Emissions, Energy, Environment, Fertility, Fertility Rate, Fertility Replacement Rate, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, identity, immigrant, immigration, impact, India, indicator, individual, IPAT, IPCC, Japan, labor force, migration, Mitigation, one child, One-Child Policy, Population, Romania, Romney, social security, Sustainability, Technology, US, World Population
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Climate Change and the Election: What is at Stake?
I started writing this blog on Wednesday, April 13. On that day, 71 years ago, I was liberated by American Army soldiers while on my way from Bergen-Belsen to Theresienstadt (Terezin). This blog will be posted on Tuesday, April 19 … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, American, analysis, Bergen-Belsen, Bernie Sanders, camp, candidate, China, civilization, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, concentration camp, death, democracy, Democrat, Democratization, detail, disaster, DNNer, Donald Trump, Economics, Economy, Education, Election, election day, eligible, Emissions, employment, Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Future, Germany, Global Warming, governance, greenhouse gas, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, Holocaust, income distribution, indicator, Infrastructure, Jew, John Kasich, Judaism, liberator, Marco Rubio, Mitigation, Murder, Nazi, New York, NY, Obama, Past, Physics, political party, politician, politics, Population, Population Growth, Poverty, Power, president, presidential election, primary, Republican, sanitation, Science, soldier, State, survivor, Sustainability, Technology, Ted Cruz, Terezin, Theresienstadt, Unemployment, US, victim, vote, voter, Voting, Water, World Bank, World Population, Yom Hashoa
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Back From China
In a previous blog (December 3, 2012) I described a common exercise that I give to students to highlight the important skill of scenario building: In the table below I ask undergraduates from my course (General Education – no prerequisites) … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged 1992, 2012, China, CO2 emissions, Developing Countries, Economic Growth, Economy, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, GDP, generation, Hong Kong, India, indicator, Shanghai. Beijing, Shenzhen, Urban Development, urban population, US, World Bank, Xian
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What Do I Think of the World Bank Data? What Do You Think?
If you look at the World Bank database’s website, there is a section under Data called Indicators. Scrolling down that page gets us to the section on those that apply to climate change: Climate Change Access to electricity (% of … Continue reading →