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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

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

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

Income Inequality: Climate Apartheid

Posted on August 20, 2019 by climatechangefork

About three months ago (May 14, 2019) I featured a student-written guest blog on income inequality. That blog centered on transportation. It wasn’t the first time that we have addressed the issue on Climate Change Fork. Previous blogs that focused … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics, Sustainability | Tagged Australia, Candidates, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, carbon intensity, census, climate, climate apartheid, Climate Change, climate refugee, CO2, CO2 emissions, Economics, Emissions, equality, Future, Gas, gini coefficient, govering, Government, green job, green new deal, housing, Human Rights, Income, income distribution, Income Inequality, Inequality, money, OECD, Oil, pension, politics, Pollution, shelter, society, strategy, transportation, UN, vote | 16 Comments

Electricity Use: Lighting – Incandescent vs. LED

Posted on July 16, 2019 by climatechangefork

In this blog, I would like to go through some details about judicious selection of the lighting devices that we use (e.g. incandescent, compact fluorescent, halogen or LED) and when or how much we choose to use our electricity. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability, US | Tagged a/c, air conditioning, appliances, carbon emissions, cfl, commercial, compact fluorescent, economic, efficient, electrical power, Electricity, electricity access, electronics, Energy, Energy Consumption, energy efficient, energy star, energy transition, Environment, environmental, EPA, fluorescent, GDP, global energy transition, halogen, heat, home, incandescent, industrial, LED, light, light bulb, lighting, lumens, rebate, residential, sector, transportation, US, use, Voltage, wasted energy, Water, wattage, watts | 4 Comments

Guest Blog: How Income Inequality Correlates with CO2 Emissions and What We Can Do About It

Posted on May 14, 2019 by climatechangefork

Hello readers! This week’s guest blog is from Benjamin K, Quinn Downes, and Michael Guerin. Combined, we carry degrees in the fields of physics, chemistry, and biology. Through this blog post, we hope to spread information on the correlation between … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Change, Education, Guest Blog, Sustainability | Tagged Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Carbon, carbon emissions, cattle, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, correlation, developed, developing, Economics, Economy, Electricity, electricity generation, Emissions, Environment, environmental degradation, equality, GDP, gini coefficient, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Guest Blog, Hypothesis, Income, income distribution, Income Inequality, industrial economics, Inequality, Kuznets, lognormal, Lorenz, Policy, Power, power plant, ratio, rural, Science, transportation, Turkey, urban, US | 9 Comments

Tag Archives: carbon emissions

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

Electricity in Developing Countries: Biomass and Availability

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

Income Inequality: Climate Apartheid

Electricity Use: Lighting – Incandescent vs. LED

Guest Blog: How Income Inequality Correlates with CO2 Emissions and What We Can Do About It

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