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The Social Cost of Carbon

Posted on August 24, 2021 by climatechangefork

Things are changing. My courses start tomorrow. Originally, I was scheduled to teach face-to-face but for a variety of reasons, I’m back to online-only. Many of my colleagues are still scheduled for either face-to-face or “hybrid” teaching, where at least … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Economics, Sustainability, US | Tagged Agriculture, business as usual, Carbon, carbon emissions, Climate Change, CO2, Cost, damages, Demand, Economics, Emissions, Energy, equity, Extreme Weather, Global Warming, mortality, Obama, scc, Science, social cost, socioeconomic, Supply, Trump, US | 1 Comment

Heath Death Indicators

Posted on August 3, 2021 by climatechangefork

I have been spending most of my evenings watching the Tokyo Olympics. One of the most frequent questions directed to athletes who have performed outdoors is how they handle the heat. Right now, Tokyo is having highs of 90oF, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather | Tagged acclimatization, Adaptation, business as usual, Climate Change, danger, dehydration, extreme heat, Extreme Weather, fire, Global Warming, heat, heat death, heat index, heat stress, humidity, IPCC, Olympics, safety, Tokyo, warming, Water, wildfire | 3 Comments

Breaking With Business as Usual

Posted on July 20, 2021 by climatechangefork

My last three blogs focused on our collective attempts to limit anthropogenic global warming to an increase of 1.5oC in global temperature or, failing that, no more than 2oC. The series of blogs started with a detailed road map recently … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC, Sustainability, US | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Biden, business as usual, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, commitment, Emissions, EU, Europe, Future, green climate fund, IPCC, law, Mitigation, Paris Agreement, Policy, proposal, radiative forcing, SPM, Trump | Leave a comment

Pay Now or Pay Later: The Economic Costs of Climate Change

Posted on December 17, 2019 by climatechangefork

As an old guy who still teaches students and does scientific research, I have to be up-to-date on the science that relates to what I do. To study and teach climate change, I have to be current not only with … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics, Sustainability | Tagged action, biodiversity, business as usual, carbon emissions, cartoon, children, climate, Climate Change, climate change denier, climate denier, CO2, CO2 emissions, Cost, damage, denial, doubt, economic impact, Economics, Economist, Economy, effect, externality, Future, generation, GHG, greenhouse gas, Greta Thunberg, kids, Merchants of Doubt, Naomi Oreskes, News, Nicholas Stern, ocean acidification, Price, quid pro quo, risk, Science, stationarity, Stern report, worst-case | 6 Comments

Back to “Self-Inflicted Genocide”: Roger Hallam & the Holocaust

Posted on December 3, 2019 by climatechangefork

My original plan was to follow up on last week’s blog and look into the recurring complexities of the California fires. In light of the major power outages, some residents have gone so far as to claim that California has … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Holocaust | Tagged Adaptation, ADL, Anti-Defamation League, anti-semitic, antisemitic, business as usual, Climate Change, climate change denier, Climate Skeptics, Comment, denial, deniers, divest, extinction rebellion, Fork, Fossil Fuels, Future, Genocide, Holocaust, Holocaust denier, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jew, Jewish, Mitigation, moral evil, morality, Roger Hallam, Self Inflicted Genocide, self-inflicted, Timothy Snyder | 2 Comments

Dubai: City of Contradictions

Posted on September 10, 2019 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – The proposed “Mall of the World” in Dubai Last week, I posted some outlines of the trip that my wife and I took over the summer. The trip anchored on three family weddings that took place in … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Sustainability | Tagged a/c, air conditioner, air conditioning, business as usual, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Development, dome, Dubai, Electricity, Energy, greenhouse, Mitigation, old, ozonater, ozone, Power, proposal, Renewable, renewable energy, Solar, solar power, sterilization, Sustainable, sustainable city, Technology, UAE, United Arab Emirates, Water | 8 Comments

Expanding Environmental Impact Statements

Posted on March 5, 2019 by climatechangefork

I use the cartoon above to teach my students one of the most fundamental tenets of physics, unimaginatively called the “Second Law of Thermodynamics.” A quick Google search will tell you that thermodynamics is, “the branch of physics that … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Change, IPCC, Sustainability | Tagged adapt, Adaptation, alternative, asbestos, bipartisan, business as usual, carbon dioxide, chemical, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, disorder, Economics, effect, EIS, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Entropy, Environment, environmental impact statement, EPA, evaluate, FERC, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gas, glass, Global Warming, governance, green new deal, greenhouse gas, impact, IPCC, law, mineral, mitigate, Mitigation, Natural Gas, NEPA, Oil, paper, Physics, pipeline, proposal, RCP, Recycling, regulation, SC-CO2, scenario, Thermodynamics, waste | Leave a comment

Governing Through Denial

Posted on December 4, 2018 by climatechangefork

The consequences of continuing the business as usual activities that result in climate change are not a mystery. We are in the middle of an avalanche of credible reports about the present state of the world and near future prognoses … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Climate Change, IPCC, law, politics, Sustainability, Trump | Tagged Adaptation, administration, air quality, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Balance, bias, black friday, business as usual, Carbon, Carbon Footprint, censor, China, Clean Energy, clean power, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, conspiracy, Donald Trump, doubling time, economic damage, Economics, Economy, Emissions, energy transition, Environment, EPA, Exponential Growth, FEMA, Flood, Flooding, GHG, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Heartland, Heartland Institute, heat, heat wave, hoax, IPCC, Japan, keystone xl, Labor, mortality, NASA, NCA, Policy, Power, Power Plants, RCP, Report, security threat, Thanksgiving, Trump, tweet, US, Weather, WMO, worst, worst-case | Leave a comment

Balanced Arguments or False Equivalence?

Posted on September 4, 2018 by climatechangefork

In the July 31st blog and several of the ones following it, I focused on an effort by four Republican senators to investigate federal grant making as it pertains to climate change: “Research designed to sway individuals of a various … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability | Tagged a/c, Adaptation, air conditioner, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Balance, Brooklyn College, business as usual, carbon dioxide, censorship, China, Chinese hoax, Climate Change, climate change denier, consensus, coverage, Debate, denier, deniers, Economy, Electricity, Energy, energy transition, fake news, false equivalence, Future, Google, heat, heat wave, hoax, John Holdren, mccain, Media, Meteorologist, Mitigation, NCA4, Obama, Power, probability, projection, propaganda, risk, Science, science adviser, Sustainability, Sustainable, Trump, Twitter, USGCRP, worst-case | 1 Comment

The Domino Effect

Posted on August 21, 2018 by climatechangefork

Last week’s title was resolutely optimistic, drawing inspiration from the game of bridge and summing up the philosophy behind my teaching. After this summer, however, this attitude is a bit difficult to maintain. One thing I am constantly learning from … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: business as usual

Heath Death Indicators

Breaking With Business as Usual

Pay Now or Pay Later: The Economic Costs of Climate Change

Back to “Self-Inflicted Genocide”: Roger Hallam & the Holocaust

Dubai: City of Contradictions

Expanding Environmental Impact Statements

Governing Through Denial

Balanced Arguments or False Equivalence?

The Domino Effect

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