Tag Archives: Adaptation

Back from Vancouver

Posted on April 14, 2015 by climatechangefork

I have just returned from Vancouver, Canada, where I attended the Seventh Climate Change Symposium. This is the same forum held in previous years in Reykjavik, Iceland (July 2014), Mauritius (July 2013) and Seattle (July 2012). I attend these conferences … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Canada, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Conference, Democratization, Desalination, Earth Day, Economics, Education, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Iceland, India, IPCC, Mauritius, Mitigation, Nuclear, NYC, Paris 2015, Physics, Population, Power, Power Plants, Rekjavic, Science, Seattle, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, US, Vancouver, Water, World Population | 4 Comments

What Do I Think of the World Bank Data? What Do You Think?

Posted on April 7, 2015 by climatechangefork

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 →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Comments, Earth Day, Economics, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Consumption, Energy Storage, Environment, Facebook, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, GNI, greenhouse gas, indicator, Investment, IPAT, Methane, Mitigation, Physics, Population, Population Density, Poverty, Science, Social Media, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Twitter, World Bank, World Population | 37 Comments

Game Theory and Climate Change

Posted on March 31, 2015 by climatechangefork

I am a scientist and a professor; I teach physics and I publish original research – mostly in physics-related publications. My degrees are actually in chemistry but I have changed my focus over time. I use mathematics often, both in … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, algorithm, Australia, Carbon Tax, China, Climate Change, Clinton, Conference, deferred acceptance, Economics, Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels, game theory, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, high school application, India, Kyoto Protocol, New York City, NYC, Paris 2015, ratification, Science, Simulation/Game, Sustainability, US, World Population | 2 Comments

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 and Climate Change

Posted on March 17, 2015 by climatechangefork

Last week I summarized India’s current energy policy in terms of three objectives: access, security and climate change. While I looked into the challenges and apparent contradictions in the first two objectives, I left the discussion of its policy on … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Economics, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, IEA, India, Mitigation, Narendra Modi, Obama, PACE, Paris 2015, Population, Power, Power Plants, Solar, Sustainability, UNFCC | 8 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 – Lighthouse for the IPAT

Posted on February 24, 2015 by climatechangefork

India is “hot” now. I just got the recent issue of The Economist (February 21st), whose cover features a personification of India, riding high on a very attractive elephant that has a jet engine strapped to its side. With most … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Chen, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, DNNer, Economics, Electricity, Energy, Global Warming, India, IPAT, IPCC, Microgrids, Mitigation, Ostrovskiy, Population, Quest for Energy, Sustainability, Technology | 9 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

The Stuttering Energy Transition and the Sharp Drop in Oil Price

Posted on January 13, 2015 by climatechangefork

Economically, the recent global event that has attracted everybody’s attention is the sharp and major decline in oil prices. Figure 1 shows the decline. I am writing this blog on Friday, January 9th, and the price of Brent Crude is … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, budget, Cape-Wind, China, Clean Energy, crude oil, Demand, Economics, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gasoline, Iran, Iran-Iraq War, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, Kuwait, Oil, Oil Companies, oil embargo, oil price, Price, price elasticity, production, Russia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Yom Kippur War | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Adaptation

Back from Vancouver

Game Theory and Climate Change

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 and Climate Change

India – Energy Policy

India – Lighthouse for the IPAT

India – the Global Lighthouse

The Stuttering Energy Transition and the Sharp Drop in Oil Price

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