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Tag Archives: Paris
Back to Climate Change: A Summary of What Happened in July
Figure 1 – Melting Siberian permafrost results in craters Figure 2 – Detachment of Antarctican Iceberg the size of Delaware Even though I was on a vacation in Asia and Australia for a month, in this day and age … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Change, Sustainability, UN
Tagged Adaptation, Al Gore, alarmist, Antarctica, Anthropocene, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, crater, David Wallace-Wells, Delaware, DNNer, Donald Trump, doomsday, Economics, Emissions, End of Now, Energy, energy transition, Environment, EPA, fear, Fossil Fuels, Future, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, iceberg, impact, inconvenient, IPCC, Media, Methane, Mitigation, News, Paris, Paris accord, Paris Agreement, Physics, Power, Science, Siberia, Sustainability, teach, teacher, Technology, Trump, UN, US, worst-case
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Coal
Happy 4th of July, everyone! Figure 1 – The rooftop of the Coal Mining Museum in Kentucky A coal mining museum in Kentucky is switching to solar energy, hoping to save money on energy costs. The Kentucky Coal Mining Museum, owned … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, IPCC, Sustainability, Trump, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged Adaptation, administration, America First, Arizona, Carbon, China, clean, clean coal, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, DNNer, Donald Trump, Economics, Economy, electric, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, hydro, Hydroelectric, India, IPCC, job, jobs, Kentucky, mine, miner, mining, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Navajo, Nuclear, Obama, Ohio, Paris, Paris accord, Paris Agreement, Physics, politics, Power, Power Plants, Renewable, renewable energy, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, Trump, US, utilities, Utility, West Virginia, withdrawal
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“America First” and the Green Climate Fund
Figure 1 – Cumulative Carbon Emissions In his exit speech from the Paris Agreement on Thursday, June 1st (see the previous two blogs), President Trump characterized the parts of the agreement that call for developed countries to help pay for … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, IPCC, Sustainability, Trump, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged Adaptation, America, America First, business as usual, Carbon, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, Coal, developed, developing, DNNer, Donald Trump, Economics, EIA, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy source, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, gcf, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, green climate fund, greenhouse gas, incentive, India, IPCC, jobs, Mitigation, Nauru, Obama, OECD, Paris, Paris Agreement, pollutant, Pollution, Population, Power, Power Plants, Science, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, Trump, UN, US, Vatican, World Population
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Remedies for Abdication of Duties?
Figure 1 – Trends in global urbanization I am starting to write this blog on Tuesday, June 6th. I am doing this a bit earlier than usual in preparation for a trip that I will be taking in July to … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, law, Sustainability, Trump, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged Adaptation, administration, America, america's pledge, Anthropogenic, Antonio Guterres, auto industry, Bloomberg, bottom-up, British, CA, California, Canada, carbon dioxide, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, ceo, Chicago, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, company, Congress, D Day, D=Day, declare war, Democrat, democratic, Democratization, DNNer, Donald Trump, Economics, electric, electric car, Electricity, emission, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, FDR, federal, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Germany, Global, Global Population, global threat, Global Warming, governance, governing, Government, governor, greenhouse gas, imperial japan, initiative, invade, Japan, Jerry Brown, jobs, judiciary, London, Mexico, Mexico City, Mitigation, moyor, Nazi, New York, nissan, Normandy, North Korea, Nuclear, nuclear weapon, NY, Obama, Paris, Paris Agreement, Patricia Espinosa, Pearl Harbor, politics, Population, Power, Power Plants, president, renault, Republican, rural, Sadiq Kahn, safety, Science, Seoul, Solar Energy, South Korea, sovereign, Sovereign State, Sustainability, Technology, top-down, Trump, UK, UN, UNFCCC, urban, urbanization, US, Virginia, volkswagen, vw, War, we are still in, World Population, WWII
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Bottom-Up Is Not Enough!
During the first two months of the new Trump administration, climate change and science were hardly visible on the agenda; things have changed in a major way over the last two weeks, with the government living up to some of … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, IPCC, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged Adaptation, administration, bitcoin, Bloomberg, bottom-up, California, carbon dioxide, clean air, Clean Energy, clean power, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, commitment, Congress, Demand, Donald Trump, Economics, Economy, EIA, electric, electric car, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, EPA, fossil fuel, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, governance, Government, grassroots, greenhouse gas, house, IPCC, LA, law, low emission, Mayor, Mitigation, Obama, Oil, Paris, Paris 2015, Paris Agreement, Pollution, Power, Power Plants, progress, regulation, Renewable, Science, senate, Solar, Solar Energy, standards, Supply, Sustainability, Technology, top-down, Trump, white house
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The Paris Commitments and What to Expect
Figure 1 – IEA-projected impact of the Paris Agreement on the global energy sector The Paris Agreement, negotiated at the end of 2015, is the current anchor of global efforts to mitigate anthropogenic contributions to climate change (December 14, 2015 … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, COP21, Election, IPCC, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropogenic, auto, Bannon, carbon dioxide, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, commitment, DAPL, Donald Trump, Economics, Emissions, Energy, energy secretary, energy sector, energy transition, Environment, EPA, Fossil Fuels, Future, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, IEA, INDC, Infrastructure, Inhofe, IPCC, Ivanka, Ivanka Trump, Keystone, mining, Mitigation, Obama, Oil, Paris, Paris Agreement, pipeline, politics, Power, regulate, regulation, Rex Tillerson, Rick Perry, Scott Pruitt, Steve Bannon, Sustainability, Trump, UN, UNFCCC, US, withdraw
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Back to Energy Transition: Data
February in Brooklyn (Taken on our terrace toward the end of the month) It’s high time we return to climate change and the Anthropocene. My first target is the continuous availability of relevant data. The Anthropocene and climate change are … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, Education, Election, IPCC, Sustainability, UN
Tagged access, Adaptation, Agriculture, Anthropocene, budget, budget cuts, chase, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Data, defense, distortion, Donald Trump, economic, Economics, Economy, Education, EIA, Election, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, EPA, facts, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Warming, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, hack, hacked, hacker, hacking, IPCC, mediacre, Mitigation, Paris, Paris 2015, Paris Agreement, politics, Rick Perry, Science, Scott Pruitt, social security, sony, spending, statistics, Sustainability, target, Trump, Unemployment, US, war on facts, yahoo
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Impact Assessment: Self-Inflicted Genocide and the Toronto Principle
In the beginning of November I got an email from a student at the University of Pennsylvania that said the following: My name is Richard Ling, a student at the University of Pennsylvania and member of the Fossil Free Penn … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, assessment, Climate Change, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropogenic, assessment, Benjamin Franta, boycott, Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, Christmas, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, Democratization, divest, divestment, DNNer, Economics, Education, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Exxon, ExxonMobil, fossil free, fossil fuel, Fossil Fuels, Genocide, Global Warming, Godwin's Law, greenhouse gas, Gypsies, Hanukkah, Harvard, Heartland, holiday, Holocaust, Investment, Jew, Jewish, Lemkin, Metro, Mitigation, moral, moral evil, Nazi, New Year, Nuremberg, Oil, Oil Companies, Paris, Paris Agreement, Pennsylvania, Philippe Sands, Physics, Poles, Polish, Population, Power, Power Plants, Race, Raphael Lemkin, religion, Rex Tillerson, Rockefeller, Roma, Science, Self Inflicted Genocide, shareholder, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, Toronto, US
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