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Back from Vancouver

Posted on April 14, 2015 by climatechangefork

I have just returned from Vancouver, Canada, where I attended the Seventh Climate Change Symposium. This is the same forum held in previous years in Reykjavik, Iceland (July 2014), Mauritius (July 2013) and Seattle (July 2012). I attend these conferences … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Canada, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Conference, Democratization, Desalination, Earth Day, Economics, Education, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Iceland, India, IPCC, Mauritius, Mitigation, Nuclear, NYC, Paris 2015, Physics, Population, Power, Power Plants, Rekjavic, Science, Seattle, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, US, Vancouver, Water, World Population | 4 Comments

2014 – Flat Carbon Emissions Rate With a 3% GDP Increase: One Year is Not a Trend Maker But Can be an Attractive Candidate for a Reference.

Posted on March 25, 2015 by climatechangefork

Dear Readers: We apologize for the delay in this week’s post. We were experiencing technical difficulties with the website, but are now back up and running thanks to Brooklyn College’s excellent support staff. Recently, a number of publications came out … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Carbon Footprint, CCPI, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Economics, Efficiency, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Consumption, Environment, Fossil Fuels, GDP, IEA, India, IPAT, OECD, Paris 2015, Physics, Poland, Policy, Population, Renewable Energy Act, Science, Sustainability, World Population | 6 Comments

India – Energy Policy and Climate Change

Posted on March 17, 2015 by climatechangefork

Last week I summarized India’s current energy policy in terms of three objectives: access, security and climate change. While I looked into the challenges and apparent contradictions in the first two objectives, I left the discussion of its policy on … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Economics, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, IEA, India, Mitigation, Narendra Modi, Obama, PACE, Paris 2015, Population, Power, Power Plants, Solar, Sustainability, UNFCC | 8 Comments

India – Energy Policy

Posted on March 10, 2015 by climatechangefork

Today I will focus on India’s current energy use and the policy decisions that are associated with its energy needs. Next week I will focus on future plans with an emphasis on mitigation and adaptation to climate change. This should … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy security, Environment, fuel, IEA, India, Mitigation, Oil, Policy, Pollution, Power, Sustainability | 5 Comments

India – Climate Change Deniers?

Posted on March 3, 2015 by climatechangefork

Last week, I looked at the IPAT identity and the conflict between striving for affluence and aiming to keep greenhouse gas emissions from energy use low. One of the graphs showed that of the 25 major countries presented, India has … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged 3 shades, action, Bangladesh, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, climate vulnerability, Coal, commitment, Democratization, DNNer, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Environment, Fatalists, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, India, IPAT, IPCC, Mitigation, Pachauri, Population, Power, Quest For, Science, Solar Energy, Sundarbans, Sustainability, Technology, US | 4 Comments

India – Lighthouse for the IPAT

Posted on February 24, 2015 by climatechangefork

India is “hot” now. I just got the recent issue of The Economist (February 21st), whose cover features a personification of India, riding high on a very attractive elephant that has a jet engine strapped to its side. With most … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Chen, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, DNNer, Economics, Electricity, Energy, Global Warming, India, IPAT, IPCC, Microgrids, Mitigation, Ostrovskiy, Population, Quest for Energy, Sustainability, Technology | 9 Comments

The Stuttering Energy Transition and the Sharp Drop in Oil Price

Posted on January 13, 2015 by climatechangefork

Economically, the recent global event that has attracted everybody’s attention is the sharp and major decline in oil prices. Figure 1 shows the decline. I am writing this blog on Friday, January 9th, and the price of Brent Crude is … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, budget, Cape-Wind, China, Clean Energy, crude oil, Demand, Economics, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gasoline, Iran, Iran-Iraq War, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, Kuwait, Oil, Oil Companies, oil embargo, oil price, Price, price elasticity, production, Russia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Yom Kippur War | 1 Comment

Assessment: Winter 2015

Posted on January 6, 2015 by climatechangefork

In my July 8, 2014 blog, I promised to check in with four self-assessment reports throughout the year, at the following times: The commemorations of the American and French Revolutions (first two weeks of July) The Jewish religion’s holy day, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Education | Tagged academia, Adaptation, assessment, Breakthrough, citation, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Democratization, Facebook, New Year, plagiarism, quarterly report, Quarterly Reports, references, Report, Social Media, Twitter | 1 Comment

Stuttering Energy Transitions: Germany – Storage

Posted on December 30, 2014 by climatechangefork

As I have mentioned before, electric utilities must necessarily store electricity in order to keep up with the fluctuations in consumer demands (July 29 – August 12 blogs). For example, all around the world (where people are connected to electrical … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Agora Energiewende, Clean Energy, client, Climate Change, Coal, Cost, David MacKay, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Sources, Energy Storage, energy transition, Environment, EROI, feed-in tariff, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Germany, intermittency, Investment, John Morgan, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Photovoltaic, photovoltaics, Pollution, Power, Renewable, Renewable Energy Act, Solar Energy, Supply, tariff degression, Technology, Utility | 1 Comment

Stuttering Energy Transitions: Germany – Producers

Posted on December 23, 2014 by climatechangefork

As I discussed in the in the last blog, the feed-in tariff that was introduced as a key element in the German energy transition has resulted in the Germans paying among the highest electricity rates in the world. It was … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, China, Clean Energy, client, Climate Change, Coal, Cost, Crystalline Modules, duty, E.ON, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Sources, Energy Storage, energy transition, Environment, EROI, EU, feed-in tariff, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Germany, Investment, Malaysia, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Photovoltaic, photovoltaics, Pollution, Power, Price, producers, quota, Renewable, Renewable Energy Act, Solar, Solar Cells, Solar Energy, Solyndra, Supply, Tariff, tariff degression, Technology, US, Utility, Wind, WTO | 1 Comment

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Back from Vancouver

2014 – Flat Carbon Emissions Rate With a 3% GDP Increase: One Year is Not a Trend Maker But Can be an Attractive Candidate for a Reference.

India – Energy Policy and Climate Change

India – Energy Policy

India – Climate Change Deniers?

India – Lighthouse for the IPAT

The Stuttering Energy Transition and the Sharp Drop in Oil Price

Stuttering Energy Transitions: Germany – Storage

Stuttering Energy Transitions: Germany – Producers

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