Tag Archives: commitment

Renewable Energy in Germany: Windmills

Posted on October 1, 2019 by climatechangefork

One of the main stops on my extensive summer trip (September 4th blog) was Germany. I have talked about that throughout September (with the exception of my September 10th blog, when I focused on Dubai). This blog will be the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Angela Merkel, biomass, carbon dioxide, Cars, climate, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, commitment, Electricity, Energy, Energy Consumption, energy transition, Fiat, Germany, GHG, greenhouse gases, hydro, manufacture, mineral oil, Natural Gas, Nuclear, nuclear power, Power, power consumption, renewables, Solar, target, Toyota, Wind | 2 Comments

Bottom-Up Is Not Enough!

Posted on April 4, 2017 by climatechangefork

During the first two months of the new Trump administration, climate change and science were hardly visible on the agenda; things have changed in a major way over the last two weeks, with the government living up to some of … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, IPCC, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC | Tagged Adaptation, administration, bitcoin, Bloomberg, bottom-up, California, carbon dioxide, clean air, Clean Energy, clean power, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, commitment, Congress, Demand, Donald Trump, Economics, Economy, EIA, electric, electric car, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, EPA, fossil fuel, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, governance, Government, grassroots, greenhouse gas, house, IPCC, LA, law, low emission, Mayor, Mitigation, Obama, Oil, Paris, Paris 2015, Paris Agreement, Pollution, Power, Power Plants, progress, regulation, Renewable, Science, senate, Solar, Solar Energy, standards, Supply, Sustainability, Technology, top-down, Trump, white house | 1 Comment

The Paris Commitments and What to Expect

Posted on March 14, 2017 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – IEA-projected impact of the Paris Agreement on the global energy sector The Paris Agreement, negotiated at the end of 2015, is the current anchor of global efforts to mitigate anthropogenic contributions to climate change (December 14, 2015 … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, COP21, Election, IPCC, UN, UNFCCC | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropogenic, auto, Bannon, carbon dioxide, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, commitment, DAPL, Donald Trump, Economics, Emissions, Energy, energy secretary, energy sector, energy transition, Environment, EPA, Fossil Fuels, Future, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, IEA, INDC, Infrastructure, Inhofe, IPCC, Ivanka, Ivanka Trump, Keystone, mining, Mitigation, Obama, Oil, Paris, Paris Agreement, pipeline, politics, Power, regulate, regulation, Rex Tillerson, Rick Perry, Scott Pruitt, Steve Bannon, Sustainability, Trump, UN, UNFCCC, US, withdraw | Leave a comment

Decision Time: What Will the Election Mean For the US and Abroad?

Posted on March 8, 2016 by climatechangefork

I am starting to write this blog two days after Super Tuesday. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump came out way ahead of their competition as the leading candidates for the Democratic and Republican Party nominations for November’s election of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC | Tagged Adaptation, America, Berlusconi, Bernie Sanders, campaign, candidate, censor, censorship, Citizenship, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, commitment, constitution, Cuba, Debate, democracy, Democracy Index, Democrat, Democratization, DNNer, Donald Trump, Economics, Education, electoral system, electorate, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, fascist, flawed democracy, Fossil Fuels, France, full democracy, Genocide, Germany, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Hillary Clinton, Holocaust, Hungary, IPCC, Iran, Italy, Jacques Chirac, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Jew, Jewish, Jews, John Dewey, Le Pen, Lionel Jospin, Marco Rubio, Marine Le Pen, Mitigation, National Front, natural born citizen, Nazi, neo-Nazi, nominate, nomination, nominee, Obama, participate, participation, Physics, pluralism, Policy, political party, Power, president, President Obama, Presidential Debates, presidential election, prime minister, qualification, reformist, refugee, Republican, Science, shah, sharia law, Silvio Berlusconi, Slovakia, socialism, socialist, Solar, Sustainability, Technology, Ted Cruz, Trump, US, Victor Orban, vote, voters | 1 Comment

COP21: Industry Commitments to Sustainability and Using Consumer Pressure to Keep Promises

Posted on January 12, 2016 by climatechangefork

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 | Leave a comment

COP21- Anticipations

Posted on December 22, 2015 by climatechangefork

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 | Leave a comment

Paris: Measurements for the Future

Posted on November 24, 2015 by climatechangefork

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 | Leave a comment

COP21 and Paris – Evaluation of Commitments

Posted on November 17, 2015 by climatechangefork

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 →

Posted in Climate Change | 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 | Leave a comment

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

Tag Archives: commitment

Renewable Energy in Germany: Windmills

Bottom-Up Is Not Enough!

The Paris Commitments and What to Expect

Decision Time: What Will the Election Mean For the US and Abroad?

COP21: Industry Commitments to Sustainability and Using Consumer Pressure to Keep Promises

COP21- Anticipations

Paris: Measurements for the Future

COP21 and Paris – Evaluation of Commitments

India – Climate Change Deniers?

Recent Posts

Archives

Categories

About Micha

CCF around the Web

My Favorite Climate Change Sites

Publications

Social Media

Meta