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Searching for Limits – Stability for a Distant Future

Posted on January 24, 2017 by climatechangefork

I am finishing this blog on Friday, January 20th – Inauguration Day for our new president. I didn’t recognize the country that he described in his acceptance speech. Nevertheless, I wish him – and all of us – the best. … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Change, COP21, Election, IPCC, Sustainability | Tagged #MakeAmericaGreatAgain, Adaptation, Affluence, Anthropocene, business as usual, calculus, Carrying Capacity, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, Coal, COP21, Democratization, Desalination, Donald Trump, Economics, Education, Election, Electricity, Emissions, End of Now, Energy, energy intensity, energy mix, energy transition, Environment, epidemic, Equilibrium, Exponential Growth, Fertility Rate, Fertility Replacement Rate, Fossil Fuels, Future, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Growth, impact, indicator, interest rate, IPAT, IPCC, limit, livability, Logistic Growth, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Oil, opportunity, Physical Environment, Physics, Population, Population Density, Power, Power Plants, saturation, scenario, Science, sea level, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Sustainable, Technology, tumor, UN, US, Wealth, wealth distribution, World Population | 3 Comments

Decision Time: What Will the Election Mean For the US and Abroad?

Posted on March 8, 2016 by climatechangefork

I am starting to write this blog two days after Super Tuesday. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump came out way ahead of their competition as the leading candidates for the Democratic and Republican Party nominations for November’s election of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC | Tagged Adaptation, America, Berlusconi, Bernie Sanders, campaign, candidate, censor, censorship, Citizenship, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, commitment, constitution, Cuba, Debate, democracy, Democracy Index, Democrat, Democratization, DNNer, Donald Trump, Economics, Education, electoral system, electorate, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, fascist, flawed democracy, Fossil Fuels, France, full democracy, Genocide, Germany, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Hillary Clinton, Holocaust, Hungary, IPCC, Iran, Italy, Jacques Chirac, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Jew, Jewish, Jews, John Dewey, Le Pen, Lionel Jospin, Marco Rubio, Marine Le Pen, Mitigation, National Front, natural born citizen, Nazi, neo-Nazi, nominate, nomination, nominee, Obama, participate, participation, Physics, pluralism, Policy, political party, Power, president, President Obama, Presidential Debates, presidential election, prime minister, qualification, reformist, refugee, Republican, Science, shah, sharia law, Silvio Berlusconi, Slovakia, socialism, socialist, Solar, Sustainability, Technology, Ted Cruz, Trump, US, Victor Orban, vote, voters | 1 Comment

Guest Blog by Jake Levin: Study Abroad in Havana, Cuba

Posted on February 16, 2016 by climatechangefork

Hello! This is guest blogger Jake Levin. By way of background, I’m a senior Macaulay Honors College student studying political science and philosophy at Brooklyn College, and I recently returned from a month spent studying abroad in Havana, Cuba. I … Continue reading →

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State Destruction and the Cuban Embargo

Posted on February 9, 2016 by climatechangefork

My small series of blogs regarding Cuba cannot possibly have a global impact on these issues, so what am I doing writing it? In last week’s blog I warned about the dangers of a country (or group of countries) trying … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, Education, IPCC, Sustainability, UN | Tagged accountability, Adaptation, Africa, Argentina, Asia, automobile, Batista, bloqueo, car, Cars, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Clinton, CO2 emissions, Congo, corruption, Cuba, cuban revolution, democracy, Democratization, Economics, Economy, Education, effectiveness, Eisenhower, Electricity, embargo, Emissions, enforcement, Ethiopia, execution, export, force, governance, Habana, Havana, Human Rights, import, India, Indonesia, Jean Bodin, law, Leviathan, Max Weber, Mitigation, monopoly, monopoly on violence, Nigeria, Obama, Pakistan, political stability, politics, Population, Power, Power Plants, president, Raymond Aron, regulation, Revolution, rule of law, sovereign, stability, State, Sustainability, Tanzania, Technology, Thomas Hobbes, Uganda, UN, US, Violence, voice, World Bank, World Population | 1 Comment

Regulating Subsidies

Posted on January 19, 2016 by climatechangefork

The figure above shows the price of Brent crude oil as recorded at the end 2014, along with predictions by two respected financial organizations and the futures market for this past year. The real price today (December 30, 2015) is … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Conference, COP21, IPCC, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC | Tagged Adaptation, Cap and Trade, Carbon, Carbon Footprint, carbon pricing, Carbon Tax, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CNG, CO2 emissions, coalition, Conference, consumer, Consumers, COP21, decarbonization, diesel, Economics, Education, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy source, energy transition, Environment, FFFSR, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Gasoline, Global Warming, green, greenhouse gas, IEA, IMF, Indonesia, IPCC, Kuwait, Kyoto Protocol, lobby, LPG, Malasia, Mitigation, New Zealand, OECD, Oil, oil prices, Paris, Power, Prince of Wales, Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group, progress, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, subsidies, subsidy, Sustainability, Sustainable, Technology, UN, UNFCCC, US, Venezuela, Wind | Leave a comment

COP21: Industry Commitments to Sustainability and Using Consumer Pressure to Keep Promises

Posted on January 12, 2016 by climatechangefork

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 →

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A Redefinition of Sustainability: The Unilever Case

Posted on January 5, 2016 by climatechangefork

The 1987 United Nations’ Brundtland Report (World Commission on Environment and Development) was the first platform to articulate the idea of “sustainable development” to a wide audience. The Report framed it as “…development that meets the needs of the present … Continue reading →

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Assessment: Shenzhen’s Mudslide and a Prognosis for the Planet?

Posted on December 29, 2015 by climatechangefork

Figure 1– Shenzhen Mudslide New Year’s Eve is around the corner, which makes this a great time to reflect on the last three months and follow up on my Fall Assessment (September 22, 2015). As far as global focus on … Continue reading →

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COP21- Anticipations

Posted on December 22, 2015 by climatechangefork

The COP21 meeting is over, as is my student’s final exam, 60% of which depended on an evaluation of the conference. What’s next for my students and the world at large? My class material for next semester will answer the … Continue reading →

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Category Archives: UN

Searching for Limits – Stability for a Distant Future

Decision Time: What Will the Election Mean For the US and Abroad?

State Destruction and the Cuban Embargo

Regulating Subsidies

COP21: Industry Commitments to Sustainability and Using Consumer Pressure to Keep Promises

A Redefinition of Sustainability: The Unilever Case

COP21- Anticipations

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