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2014 – Flat Carbon Emissions Rate With a 3% GDP Increase: One Year is Not a Trend Maker But Can be an Attractive Candidate for a Reference.

Posted on March 25, 2015 by climatechangefork

Dear Readers: We apologize for the delay in this week’s post. We were experiencing technical difficulties with the website, but are now back up and running thanks to Brooklyn College’s excellent support staff. Recently, a number of publications came out … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Carbon Footprint, CCPI, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Economics, Efficiency, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Consumption, Environment, Fossil Fuels, GDP, IEA, India, IPAT, OECD, Paris 2015, Physics, Poland, Policy, Population, Renewable Energy Act, Science, Sustainability, World Population | 6 Comments

India – Energy Policy

Posted on March 10, 2015 by climatechangefork

Today I will focus on India’s current energy use and the policy decisions that are associated with its energy needs. Next week I will focus on future plans with an emphasis on mitigation and adaptation to climate change. This should … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy security, Environment, fuel, IEA, India, Mitigation, Oil, Policy, Pollution, Power, Sustainability | 5 Comments

India – Climate Change Deniers?

Posted on March 3, 2015 by climatechangefork

Last week, I looked at the IPAT identity and the conflict between striving for affluence and aiming to keep greenhouse gas emissions from energy use low. One of the graphs showed that of the 25 major countries presented, India has … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged 3 shades, action, Bangladesh, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, climate vulnerability, Coal, commitment, Democratization, DNNer, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Environment, Fatalists, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, India, IPAT, IPCC, Mitigation, Pachauri, Population, Power, Quest For, Science, Solar Energy, Sundarbans, Sustainability, Technology, US | 4 Comments

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

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2014 – Flat Carbon Emissions Rate With a 3% GDP Increase: One Year is Not a Trend Maker But Can be an Attractive Candidate for a Reference.

India – Energy Policy

India – Climate Change Deniers?

India – the Global Lighthouse

Stuttering Energy Transitions: Germany – Consumers

The World and Me

What a Week! – Scotland and the Climate Change March

Income Inequality – Climate Change

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