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India – the Global Lighthouse

Posted on February 17, 2015 by climatechangefork

Toward the end of last year (December 9, 2014), I started a series of blogs taking stock of where we stand, in light of this year’s anticipated Paris meeting (December 2015) that will try (again) to formulate an international agreement … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Carbon, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, China, Economics, Emissions, Energy Consumption, extrapolate, GDP, greenhouse gas, India, Mitigation, Sustainability, US | 3 Comments

Addressing a Global Issue –Fall 2015: What Have I Seen, What Have I Done to Take Part?

Posted on February 10, 2015 by climatechangefork

This will be a short blog. Any collective efforts to make the world a better place for all of us and for future generations have to start with individuals. The purpose here is to attract contributions about some of these … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Education | Tagged Adaptation, Climate Change, Comments, Democratization, Education, Environment, Media, Mitigation, Social Media, Sustainability | 49 Comments

Stuttering Energy Transitions: Germany – Consumers

Posted on December 16, 2014 by climatechangefork

The German Renewable Energy Act (German: Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz, EEG) was designed to encourage cost reductions based on improved energy efficiency from economies of scale over time. The Act came into force in the year 2000 and was the initial spark behind … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Clean Energy, client, Climate Change, Coal, Cost, E.ON, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Sources, Energy Storage, energy transition, Environment, feed-in tariff, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Germany, Investment, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Pollution, Power, Renewable, Renewable Energy Act, Solar Energy, Supply, tariff degression, Technology, Utility | Leave a comment

Assessment: Fall 2014

Posted on October 7, 2014 by climatechangefork

In my July 8, 2014 blog, I promised to check in with four self-assessment reports throughout the year, at the following times: The commemorations of the American and French Revolutions (first two weeks of July) The Jewish religion’s holy day, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Education | Tagged academia, Adaptation, assessment, Barack Obama, Bloomberg, Climate Change, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Democratization, denier, Earth Day, Education, finance, goal, Holocaust, Jewish, Katy Perry, Mitigation, Nazi, Obama, objective, quarterly report, Ramadan, Report, Self Inflicted Genocide, Social Media, Twitter, university, World Bank, Yom Kippur | 2 Comments

The World and Me

Posted on September 30, 2014 by climatechangefork

As I mentioned in my last blog, it’s been a busy month. Among other events, the semester started, and there was an enormous climate change march in Manhattan (paired with others globally) in anticipation of the United Nations special session … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Ban-Ki Moon, Climate Change, climatechange, decarbonize, deforestation, Democratization, Economics, Education, externality, Global, internality, Investment, NYC, Obama, People's Climate March, peoplesclimate, peoplesclimatemarch, personalize, Science, signs, UN, United Nations | 8 Comments

What a Week! – Scotland and the Climate Change March

Posted on September 23, 2014 by climatechangefork

I have written a great deal on the stuttering energy transition that we are all going through, and the difficult journey we are having in trying to replace our energy sources with more sustainable ones (just put the term “stuttering” … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Alpha Centauri, Ban-Ki Moon, Climate Change, climatechange, Economist, Global Warming, NYC, People's Climate March, peoplesclimate, peoplesclimatemarch, Scotland, UK, UN, Universe | 3 Comments

Income Inequality – Climate Change

Posted on September 9, 2014 by climatechangefork

I just came back from a very intense week in Israel. I went there in the “middle” of a war between Hamas and Israel, which paused for a cease-fire a day after my arrival. This war has been between a … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Affluence, America, Boko Haram, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Drought, Economics, Egypt, Emissions, End of Now, Environment, greenhouse gas, Hamas, Income, Income Inequality, Inequality, IPAT, Iraq, ISIS, Israel, laws of war, Libya, NIC, Nigeria, Obama, Physics, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Terrorism, Tom Friedman, Ukraine, War, Water, Water Cycle, Water Stress, Years of Living Dangerously, Yemen | Leave a comment

Income Inequality – Piketty

Posted on August 19, 2014 by climatechangefork

Summer is about to end and school will start soon. In a few days I will be going on a short trip to Israel to give two talks – one at the Weizmann Institute about water management and climate change, … Continue reading →

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Self-Imposing Red Lines

Posted on May 20, 2014 by climatechangefork

Recently, this has become a trend among politicians and organizations: draw a line in the sand (if possible, draw the line in a red color), with an accompanying threat – if you cross this line we (or I) will do … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Education | Tagged 350.org, Carbon, Climate Change, Climate Change Fork, CO2 emissions, Fifth IPCC Report, Geoengineering, Global Warming, IPCC, Lesley Stahl, President Obama, red line, Showtime, Sustainability, Sustainable, Syrian War, unburnable carbon, Years of Living Dangerously | 1 Comment

The Wicked Son

Posted on April 22, 2014 by climatechangefork

This will be the last Passover-inspired blog. As in the previous two blogs, I will try to close the gap between a very ancient tradition and present and future needs that are compatible with the objectives that we have set … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, California, Climate Change, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Democratization, DNNer, Don Cheadle, Drought, Earth Day, Education, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Haggadah, Harrison Ford, Indonesia, Jew, Jewish, Jews, Mitigation, NYT, Passover, Present, Preservation, Public Education, Science, Showtime, Sustainability, Syria, Texas, Tom Friedman, Years of Living Dangerously | Leave a comment

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India – the Global Lighthouse

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What a Week! – Scotland and the Climate Change March

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