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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

Guest Blog: The Correlation and Effect of Wildfires and Climate Change

Posted on December 27, 2022 by climatechangefork

Hello, this week’s guest blog is from Mohdhar Yafai, Ariel Rukhlis, and Safiyah Mumin. We are all physics majors at Brooklyn College. As a previous blog (October 25, 2022), describes, wildfires are often large and rapidly spreading fires affecting forests, … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Guest Blog | Tagged aerosol, black carbon, California, cause, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, correlation, damages, Drought, Emissions, Extreme Weather, fire, forest, Guest Blog, Guyana, Health, hospitalization, human activity, human contribution, Population, Population Density, Population Growth, Precipitation, rain, rainfall, realty, respiratory disease, Siberia, waterfront, wildfire | 2 Comments

Can we Advance the Transition to a More Sustainable Future?

Posted on August 23, 2022 by climatechangefork

Where are we now and how can we advance or accelerate the energy transition to a more sustainable future? I am now in Europe, and this is the last blog that I wrote before I left. In fact, I started … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electricity, Energy | Tagged Australia, Canada, Carbon, carbon dioxide, climate, Climate Change, CO2, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, EU, Extreme Weather, Future, Japan, Russia, Ukraine, US, Weather | 4 Comments

Campus as a Lab: Part 1

Posted on July 19, 2022 by climatechangefork

Source: Rutgers Living Laboratories Campus as a lab (CAL) is becoming a teaching and organizational tool across campuses. I am including a schematic diagram of the dynamics of the concept, taken from the Rutgers University site, above. If you Google … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged academic, Adaptation, Brooklyn College, CAL, campus, carbon dioxide, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, Columbia, CUNY, curriculum, decarbonization, diversity, Duke, Education, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, environmental studies, Florida State, Future, Interdisciplinary, lab, Mitigation, Net-Zero, offset, plastic, Princeton, Research, Sustainability, transportation, Water | Leave a comment

Analyzing Global Energy Inflation

Posted on June 14, 2022 by climatechangefork

In almost every news broadcast, fuel inflation holds the top spot. This is not surprising. With an energy inflation growth of around 30% per year (see Figure 1) and the average price of gasoline at around $5/gallon (occasionally up to … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy | Tagged Adaptation, Biden, Brazil, carbon dioxide, Clean Energy, CO2, CO2 emissions, covid, COVID 19, CPI, decarbonization, decarbonize, economic, Economy, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, EU, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gas, GHG, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, inflation, Infrastructure, LNG, Military, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Oil, oil company, pandemic, petrostate, politicians, politics, Power, Price, renewable energy, Russia, sanctions, security, Solar, Sustainability, Sustainable, Technology, Turkey, Ukraine, US, vaccination, vaccine, Wind | 2 Comments

Changes Too Quick to Follow!

Posted on June 7, 2022 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Brooklyn College graduation at Barclays Center My summer break started last week. A day after Memorial Day we had our first in-person commencement ceremony since the start of the pandemic. It took place in the local Barclays … Continue reading →

Posted in Electricity, Energy, Russia/Ukraine, Sustainability | Tagged alternative energy, Atmosphere, Brooklyn College, climate, Climate Change, CO2, Coal, covid, COVID 19, CUNY, Electricity, embargo, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Future, Gas, GHG, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, gun, Mitigation, NOAA, Oil, petroleum, Policy, politician, prices, Russia, Science, strategy, Sustainable, target, Ukraine | 3 Comments

Electric Utilities Through the Lens of the IPAT Identity

Posted on May 31, 2022 by climatechangefork

The last two blogs focused on applying the IPAT identity to sub-country organizations. For obvious reasons, I started this analysis with a focus on oil companies and their supposed commitments to net-zero carbon emissions in the “near” (mid-century) future. One … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy | Tagged carbon capture, CCS, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, coned, decarbonization, Desalination, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, fossil fuel, G7, Gas, GDP, GHG, global energy transition, greenhouse gas, IPAT, Net-Zero, Oil, Population, Russia, Ukraine, US, utilities, Water Stress | Leave a comment

Incorporating Carbon Capture into the IPAT Identity

Posted on May 24, 2022 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – An artist’s depiction of carbon capture (Credit: Walter Newton) Last week, I opened the discussion about what it takes for oil companies to change their business model and fulfill the commitments that some of them are making … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy | Tagged carbon capture, carbon dioxide, CCS, CO2, CO2 emissions, decarbonization, Emissions, Energy, Environment, environmental, ESG, fossil fuel, Gas, index, Investment, IPAT, IPCC, Net-Zero, Oil, Renewable, stocks, Tesla | 1 Comment

The Role of Oil Companies in the Energy Transition

Posted on May 17, 2022 by climatechangefork

In last week’s blog, I included a citation from Nicholas Kusnetz’s article, “What Does Net Zero Emissions Mean for Big Oil?” which pointed out: Most glaring is that none of the companies has committed to cut its oil and gas … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, IPCC, Russia/Ukraine, Sustainability | Tagged bioenergy, biomass, BP, budget, capex, capital expenditure, carbon capture, carbon dioxide, carbon intensity, CCS, Chevron, CO2, CO2 emissions, Economics, Emissions, energy intensity, energy transition, ExxonMobil, Fossil Fuels, Gas, GDP, Investment, IPAT, IPCC, Koch, Koch brothers, legislation, legislature, life cycle, Net-Zero, Nuclear, Oil, Oil Companies, Paris 2015, Paris Agreement, Plants, Population, Renewable, renewable energy, Russia, Sequestration, Shell, Solar, Technology, trees, Ukraine, warming, Wind | Leave a comment

Fighting Russian Aggression & Learning How to Fight Global Wars in the Nuclear Age

Posted on April 19, 2022 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Source: Interest.co.nz The world is busy right now with several simultaneous global transitions that will leave an impact long after they are over. I have mentioned these transitions in earlier blogs. They include climate change, demographic saturation, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Antarctica, Anthropogenic, Atmosphere, atomic bomb, Carbon, Carbon Cycle, Climate Change, CO2, Coal, covid, COVID 19, Demand, economic, Economy, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Gas, human caused, inflation, Mauna Loa, Nuclear, nuclear bomb, Oil, petrostate, Putin, Russia, sanctions, Supply, tree rings, Ukraine, War, WWI | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: CO2

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

Guest Blog: The Correlation and Effect of Wildfires and Climate Change

Can we Advance the Transition to a More Sustainable Future?

Campus as a Lab: Part 1

Analyzing Global Energy Inflation

Changes Too Quick to Follow!

Electric Utilities Through the Lens of the IPAT Identity

Incorporating Carbon Capture into the IPAT Identity

The Role of Oil Companies in the Energy Transition

Fighting Russian Aggression & Learning How to Fight Global Wars in the Nuclear Age

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