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Tag Archives: China
Goodbye Cuba – Hello Trump!
This blog is being posted on Tuesday, March 1st (Super Tuesday). Eleven states (and American Samoa) will select about 25% of the delegates that will choose the two party’s nominees to be elected President of the United States in November. … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Education, Sustainability
Tagged ad, advertisement, America, basket case, candidate, Castro, China, Citizen, Citizens United, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, Cuba, delegate, democracy, democratic, democratic index, Donald, economic freedom, Economics, Economist, Economy, Education, Election, fact, fact check, federal, Fossil Fuels, GCP, Global Population, Global Warming, heritage foundation, India, Mauritius, Mitigation, money, North Korea, Obama, op-ed, PAC, Physics, Population, president, Rattner, Research, Samoa, Science, Sri-Lanka, Steven Rattner, Super Tuesday, Supreme Court, Sustainability, Swaziland, Technology, travel, Trump, UN, Uruguay, US, Vacation, World Bank, World Population
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COP21: Industry Commitments to Sustainability and Using Consumer Pressure to Keep Promises
Last week’s blog looked at Unilever’s CEO’s attempts to make his company sustainable. Unilever is not alone in promising to be more environmentally friendly in the long term. One of the less discussed achievements of COP21 was the mobilization of … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, IPCC, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged Adaptation, Apple, Australia, Autodesk, Belgium, Carbon, carbon dioxide, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, commitment, consumer, consumer pressure, COP21, Economics, Elion Resources, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Finland, Fossil Fuels, France, Germany, Global Warming, Goldman Sachs, Google, greenhouse gas, H&M, IKEA, India, Infigen Energy, Investment, investor, IPCC, Italy, Marks and Spencer, Mars, Microsoft, Mitigation, Nestle, Netherlands, Nike, Organization, peer pressure, Power, Power Plants, Procter and Gamble, Renewable, Royal Philips, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, Spain, Starbucks, Sustainability, Sustainable, sustainable development, sustainable production, Sweden, Switzerland, Technology, UK, UN, UNFCCC, Unilever, US, Walmart, Wind
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COP21- Anticipations
The COP21 meeting is over, as is my student’s final exam, 60% of which depended on an evaluation of the conference. What’s next for my students and the world at large? My class material for next semester will answer the … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Conference, Education, IPCC, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged accord, adapt, Adaptation, agreement, Bill Gates, candidate, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, commitment, Conference, contribution, convention, COP21, Decline, Democratization, developed countries, developing, Earth Summit, Economics, Economy, Education, Election, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, energy transition, enforcement, Environment, finance, Fossil Fuels, Future, GDP, Global, Global Population, global suicide, Global Warming, globe, greenhouse gas, implementation, India, Industrial Revolution, IPAT, IPCC, Kyoto, mitigate, Mitigation, Natural Gas, NIMBY, Obama, objective, Oil, Paris, Physics, Policy, political, politics, pollute, polluter, Pollution, Pope, Pope Francis, Population, Power, Power Plants, president, progress, punishment, renege, Republican, responsibility, responsible, Rio, scenario, Science, security council, Self Inflicted Genocide, senate, socioeconomic, Solar, Solar Energy, stuttering energy transition, suicide, Sustainability, Technology, treaty, UN, UNFCCC, US, Wealth, World, World Population
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COP21 – We Have an Agreement!!!!
This is going to be a long blog and to top it off, I’m posting it a day early. I often write these posts mid-week; this time, I waited to start writing it until the final resolution came out in … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, agreement, annex, China, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Conference, COP21, Economics, Education, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, energy transition, Environment, final, France, Francois Hollande, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, guide, India, IPCC, Laurent Fabius, Mitigation, Paris, Paris Agreement, Power, resolution, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, study, Sustainability, Technology, test, UN, UNFCCC, US, Water, World Population
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Mini-Post: 15 Links From the Week of December 7th
I’ve decided to try something new today. With all of the fervor around COP21, stories about the meeting and climate change have been everywhere. Of course, I share links regularly on my social media accounts (Twitter, Facebook), but I thought … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Africa, Arctic, Canada, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Conference, COP21, Emissions, Energy, Environment, Europe, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, India, Inuit, IPCC, links, Mitigation, Paris, sea ice, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC, Uruguay, US
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Paris: COP21-Decisions and Issues
I am starting to write this blog on Thursday, December 3, four days after the opening of COP21 in Paris, which will conclude on December 11. Expectations are very high for this conference to finally decide upon a global response … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, ADP, agreement, Carbon, carbon clock, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Conference, COP21, Copenhagen, developed countries, Developing Countries, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Europe, Fossil Fuels, free veto, Genocide, global energy transition, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, INDC, India, IPCC, keeling, Keeling Curve, Liberum Veto, Mitigation, Narendra Modi, NDMC, Paris, Poland, Polish, polish parliament, Pope, Pope Francis, Power, Resources, Science, sejm, Self Inflicted Genocide, Sisto Activitatem, stuttering energy transition, suicide, Sustainability, treaty, UN, UNFCCC, US, whorf, World Population
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Paris: Measurements for the Future
Last week I evaluated the commitments that various countries have made in preparation for the COP21 meeting that is scheduled for the end of this month. Specifically, I looked at the difficulty in converting the commitments from individual countries into … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, carbon dioxide, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, commitment, COP21, countries, Data, Earth Observation Fleet, Economics, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, France, GDP, GES DISC, Global, Global Population, Global Warming, green tourist, greenhouse gas, individual, IPCC, measurement, Mitigation, NASA, OCO-2, Paris, Paris 2015, Paris attacks, Population, Power, satellite, Science, spectrometer, stuttering energy transition, Sustainability, Technology, Transition, UN, UNFCCC, US, variable, World Population
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COP21 and Paris – Evaluation of Commitments
Two weeks ago, through this blog, I was “on my way” to Paris. I wish I could actually be there (see the last two paragraphs for my sentiments on Friday’s terrorist attack and its ramifications); I like the city, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Accounting, Adaptation, attack, Carbon, carbon dioxide, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, China, Clean Energy, climate, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, commitment, Conference, COP21, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, EPA, European Commission, Family, Fossil Fuels, France, global energy transition, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, IEA, INDC, IPCC, John Kerry, JRC, meeting, Mitigation, model, Paris, ratify, scenario, Science, senate, stuttering energy transition, Sustainability, Technology, terrorist, Transition, treaty, UN, UNFCCC, US
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