Tag Archives: Adaptation

The Terrain Part 2: Spending Now or Spending Later.

Posted on June 11, 2013 by climatechangefork

Throughout this blog, my emphasis has been on possible responses to the impacts of climate change. I divided the responses into three categories: mitigation, adaptation and doing nothing. ExxonMobil CEO, Rex Tillerson, recommends doing nothing, reasoning that if something bad … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Adaptive Rebuilding, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, DNNer, ExxonMobil, Flexible Adaptation, Mitigation, NPCC, NYC, Prediction, Sandy, Science, Tokyo, Weather | 2 Comments

Adaptive Rebuilding

Posted on May 21, 2013 by climatechangefork

Hurricane Sandy, which struck the East Coast of the United States more than six months ago (October 2012), was the second-costliest hurricane in the recorded history of the United States . While climate scientists said that the storm was not … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Adaptive Rebuilding, Climate Change, Cuomo, Evacuation, Flood, Global Warming, Hurricane, Insurance, Keeling Curve, NYC, Sandy, Sea-Level Rise | 1 Comment

Scaling up from the Hamptons to the World

Posted on April 30, 2013 by climatechangefork

Michael Schwartz’s New York Times article entitled “Dispute in the Hamptons Set Off by Effort to Hold Back Ocean” (NYT, April 18, 2013) starts with the following: Soon after Hurricane Sandy hit last fall, Joshua Harris, a billionaire hedge fund … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Climate Change, Global Warming, Hamptons, IPCC, Katrina, Mitigation, PCAST, Sea-Level Rise | 6 Comments

Man’s Power Versus Nature’s Power: the Wrong Distinction

Posted on November 13, 2012 by climatechangefork

I wrote this blog on Wednesday: immediately following the election, a full week after Sandy (I live in NYC – we’ve been trying to fix some of the damage) and in the middle of a new Northeaster that was dumping … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Bill Gates, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Election, Global Warming, Hurricane, Obama, Sandy, Science | 14 Comments

First Post

Posted on April 22, 2012 by climatechangefork

It’s with excitement and some trepidation that I write my very first blog post today. As a trained scientist, it really isn’t in my nature to write short blips about weighty subjects like climate change. But I’ve taken up this … Continue reading →

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