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Trying Times and the Approaching Judgements: Part 1

Posted on November 7, 2023 by climatechangefork

Figures 1 and 2 show the countries and US states most affected by climate change. This blog is focused on the criteria that are used for this ranking, while the next blog will focus on some of the list’s immediate … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Afghanistan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bolivia, car, Chad, Climate Change, climate risk index, COP27, cri, DRC, Ethiopia, India, Japan, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, vulnerability, Zimbabwe | 9 Comments

Guest Blog: Loss & Damage Funds and the Developing Indian Subcontinent

Posted on January 3, 2023 by climatechangefork

Happy New Year everyone! This week, guest blogger Muhammad Siddiqui is taking over the Climate Change Fork blog. Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Micha Tomkiewicz, Ph.D., I’m a graduate student at Brooklyn College, CUNY, class of 2022. This blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, COP, Guest Blog, UN | Tagged Adaptation, Bangladesh, carbon dioxide, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, COP27, debt, developed, developing, Drought, Energy, energy transition, Extreme Weather, fire, Flood, fossil fuel, fund, Gas, GDP, gini coefficient, Guest Blog, hunger, India, Indus Valley, Inequality, Kuznets curve, Lorenz, Mitigation, Pakistan, Pollution, risk, UN | Leave a comment

Global Disasters at Different Speeds: How Do We Teach and Learn Now?

Posted on May 26, 2020 by climatechangefork

Israeli beach, May 16th My university just wrapped up its 2020 spring semester. As in most schools, our classrooms all moved online shortly after the semester began. This shift has applied to most other activities as well. In the US … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather | Tagged Australia, Bangladesh, Bolsonaro, Brazil, bushfire, chemistry, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, Climate Denial, climate denier, contagion, contagious, coronavirus, COVID 19, cyclone, dam, disaster, fire, Flood, Future, Gulf States, heat wave, India, Israel, Michigan, middle east, natural disaster, Online Education, pandemic, peak, Physical Environment, quarantine, refugee, Rohingya, Science, scientist, Scott Morrison, social distance, social distancing, socialism, time scale, Trump, US, Virginia, virus | 1 Comment

Scaling Properties of COVID-19

Posted on May 5, 2020 by climatechangefork

Saturday was a beautiful spring day. The Brooklyn green market downstairs was open. The street and the market were relatively (in the pandemic era) crowded; well managed social distancing was enforced but many people went without masks. The talk of … Continue reading →

Tagged Bangladesh, Bill Gates, Brazil, Brooklyn, case, China, coronavirus, COVID 19, death, Distribution, Economy, effect, epidemic, essential workers, Europe, Future, hot spot, India, Indonesia, Infrastructure, Italy, medical, Mexico, New York, Nigeria, NYC, outbreak, Pakistan, pandemic, Population, Poverty, repercussion, Russia, social distance, Spain, UK, US, virus | Leave a comment

Electricity in Developing Countries: Biomass and Availability

Posted on November 19, 2019 by climatechangefork

I have been following a set of fifteen countries over the past month (starting on October 15th). Together, they make up approximately 65% of the global population. I split them into three groups, based on income. The largest of these … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, availability, available, Bangladesh, Bengal, biomass, carbon capture, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, Cycle, Documentary, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Fossil Fuels, GDP, global energy transition, Gosaba, Income, India, Indonesia, Mangrove, Microgrid, Nigeria, Pakistan, photosynthesis, Poverty, Sundarbans, Vinit Parmar | 2 Comments

Carbon Footprints and Carbon Intensity: a Summary

Posted on November 12, 2019 by climatechangefork

Last week I strayed a bit from my series about the markers of our global energy transition, in which I have examined 15 populous countries in three income groups. When possible, I have used data from the World Bank. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability, US | Tagged Adaptation, Bangladesh, Brazil, Carbon, carbon dioxide, Carbon Footprint, carbon intensity, China, CO2, CO2 emissions, commitment, Election, Electricity, electricity access, electricity intensity, energy transition, France, GDP, Germany, high income, India, indicator, Indonesia, Japan, low income, medium income, Mexico, Mitigation, Nigeria, Obama, Pakistan, Paris Agreement, primary energy, promise, Resources, Russia, Trump, Turkey, UK, US, World Bank | 2 Comments

Coal Intensity & Coal Consumption

Posted on October 30, 2019 by climatechangefork

Today I am continuing my series (which started October 15th) examining the early signs of the global energy transition. In the previous two blogs my emphasis was on use of primary energy and electricity. This week, I’m looking at coal … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, America, Bangladesh, BP, Brazil, Britain, Carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, Carbon Footprint, carbon intensity, carbon production, China, Clean Energy, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, coal intensity, data transmission, electrical power, Electricity, electricity access, electricity intensity, Emissions, Energy, energy intensity, energy transition, France, fuel, GDP, Germany, heat, high income, India, indicator, Indonesia, intensity, IPAT, Japan, low income, Mexico, middle income, Natural Gas, Nigeria, Nuclear, Oil, Pakistan, Physics, power consumption, primary energy, Renewable, renewal, Russia, secondary energy, Solar, solar power, Sustainability, Sustainable, Thermodynamics, Turkey, UK, US, Wind, wind power, World Bank | 4 Comments

Primary Energy: What Fraction Do We Use for Electricity Production?

Posted on October 22, 2019 by climatechangefork

Last week I looked at changes in electricity use (from 2000-2014), as a fraction of primary energy use, specifically as an early indicator of the energy transition to a more sustainable mix. I paid special attention to a group of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Bangladesh, Brazil, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, China, Clean Energy, CO2 emissions, Coal, electrical power, Electricity, electricity access, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, France, Germany, heat, high income, India, Indonesia, Japan, low income, Mexico, middle income, Natural Gas, Nigeria, Nuclear, Oil, Pakistan, Physics, primary energy, Renewable, Russia, secondary energy, Solar, Sustainability, Thermodynamics, Turkey, UK, US, Wind | 1 Comment

The Shift to Electricity: Mitigation and Adaptation on a National Level

Posted on October 15, 2019 by climatechangefork

My last series of blogs concentrated on Germany’s energy transition. Since the country’s reunification in 1990, there has been a major increase in electricity and decrease in primary energy use, which paralleled a similar growth in sustainable energy sources such … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electricity, Energy | Tagged accurate, America, Bangladesh, Brazil, Britain, Carbon, carbon emissions, Carbon Footprint, carbon intensity, carbon production, China, CO2, coal intensity, data transmission, electrical power, Electricity, electricity access, electricity intensity, Emissions, energy intensity, France, GDP, Germany, India, Indonesia, intensity, IPAT, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, power consumption, primary energy, Renewable, renewal, reporting, Russia, solar power, Sustainable, Turkey, UK, US, wind power, World Bank | 13 Comments

Giving Up is Not an Option: Let’s Focus on What We Still Can Do

Posted on August 14, 2018 by climatechangefork

Bridge used to be one of my favorite social activities (when my free time was a bit more abundant). To those not familiar with the rules, the basic structure is simple: one deck of cards, two teams of two. Wikipedia … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Bangladesh

Trying Times and the Approaching Judgements: Part 1

Guest Blog: Loss & Damage Funds and the Developing Indian Subcontinent

Electricity in Developing Countries: Biomass and Availability

Carbon Footprints and Carbon Intensity: a Summary

Coal Intensity & Coal Consumption

Primary Energy: What Fraction Do We Use for Electricity Production?

The Shift to Electricity: Mitigation and Adaptation on a National Level

Giving Up is Not an Option: Let’s Focus on What We Still Can Do

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