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Sputnik and China: US Response to Tech Rivalry

Posted on June 15, 2021 by climatechangefork

Back in April, I outlined President Biden’s new American Job Plan. Granted, the $2.3 trillion plan was more of a wish list than a proposal; given the 50-50 split in the Senate and the narrow majority in the House, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics, law, politics, US | Tagged Adaptation, American jobs plan, Biden, bipartisan, China, Climate Change, Competition, Development, Economy, Education, engineering, GDP, Global Warming, Government, house, innovation, law, Math, Mitigation, NDEA, PPP, r&d, Research, rivalry, Russia, Science, senate, space race, Sputnik, stem, tech, Technology, Trump, US, USSR | Leave a comment

Can We Reopen Schools? Who Loses Out if We Don’t?

Posted on September 29, 2020 by climatechangefork

I just read an important op-ed in the New York Times by Nicholas Kristof, “‘Remote Learning’ Is Often an Oxymoron: We need to try harder to get kids back in school.” The essence of the piece is that, while rich … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Education | Tagged Arizona, Barron Trump, Brooklyn College, campus, China, Class, computer, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, CUNY, Development, distanced learning, Donald Trump, dropout, Economics, Education, Food, Holocaust, Hurricane, in person, infected, infection, Katrina, learning, lunch, mandate, mask, off-line, offline, online, open, Palestine, pandemic, parents, privilege, quarantine, Race, reopen, resource, safety, School, social, social distance, social distancing, socio-economic, socioeconomic, spread, students, support system, teachers, Teaching, Trump, university, Uruguay, US, Warsaw, Warsaw Ghetto, Wuhan | 9 Comments

Dubai: City of Contradictions

Posted on September 10, 2019 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – The proposed “Mall of the World” in Dubai Last week, I posted some outlines of the trip that my wife and I took over the summer. The trip anchored on three family weddings that took place in … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Sustainability | Tagged a/c, air conditioner, air conditioning, business as usual, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Development, dome, Dubai, Electricity, Energy, greenhouse, Mitigation, old, ozonater, ozone, Power, proposal, Renewable, renewable energy, Solar, solar power, sterilization, Sustainable, sustainable city, Technology, UAE, United Arab Emirates, Water | 8 Comments

Vulnerabilities

Posted on March 27, 2018 by climatechangefork

My last five blogs (starting on February 20, 2018) have focused on some key indicators of the global energy transition as they relate to climate change and the IPAT identity. I examined the 12 most populous countries, which together represent … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Africa, Agriculture, altitude, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Carbon, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, climate refugee, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, Congo, Denmark, Desalination, developed, developing, Development, driving force, Drought, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, employment, Energy, Energy Consumption, energy cycle, energy distribution, energy mix, energy production, energy transition, Environment, Ethiopia, Finland, Flood, Flooding, Fossil Fuels, France, Fresh Water, fuel mix, Future, GDP, Germany, Global Population, Global Warming, Greece, greenhouse gas, hydro, India, indicator, Indonesia, IPAT, Italy, Mexico, middle east, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, non-combustible, nonrenewable, Norway, Nuclear, Oil, Pakistan, petrochemical, petroleum, Poland, political refugee, Population, Portugal, Power, Power Plants, Precipitation, refugee, regional, Renewable, Russia, Science, Sea-Level Rise, Solar, Solar Energy, Spain, standard of living, Sustainability, Sweden, Technology, UK, UN, US, vulnerability, vulnerable, Water Cycle, Water Shortage, Water Stress, water withdrawal, World Bank, World Population | 3 Comments

Visible Transition to the Middle Class

Posted on August 1, 2017 by climatechangefork

I am back from a family vacation that took me to Australia, South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and a few other Asian countries. I still haven’t completely recuperated from the jet lag (distance, duration, and age) so this blog will … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Australia, automobile, Bangkok, bicycle, bike, Cambodia, car, Cars, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, developed, developing, Development, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Hanoi, Korea, middle class, Population, Power, power plant, Power Plants, rural, Science, scooter, Solar Energy, South Korea, Sustainability, Technology, Thailand, transportation, urban, Vietnam, World Population | Leave a comment

Europe in June: The Schedule of the Sixth International Conference on Climate Change

Posted on June 10, 2014 by climatechangefork

By the time that this blog is posted I will be in England on my way to the Netherlands and France, ending up in Reykjavik, Iceland. In Iceland I will attend the Sixth International Conference on Climate Change. This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Activism, Adaptation, Agriculture, Antarctic, Anthropogenic, Arctic, Arid, Australia, Austria, Awareness, Bangladesh, Biology, Botswana, Brazil, California, Canada, Carbon, carbon dioxide, China, Class, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Colombia, Conference, Crisis, Denmark, Development, Disolved Organic Nitrogen, Ecohydrologic, Ecotourism, Education, Emissions, Energy, Energy Saving, Environment, Finland, Fish, Food, Fossil Fuels, France, Gender, Germany, Ghana, Global, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Grizzly Bear, Health, heat, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Stroke, Heat Syncope, Hurricane, Iceland, Impacts and Responses, India, International, IPCC, Japan, Lake, Mauritius, Media, Meteorology, Mitigation, Modernization, Net-Zero, Netherlands, News, Nitrogen, Nutrition, Ocean, Permafrost, Pesticide, Physics, Plants, Polar Bears, Policy, Power Plants, Precipitation, Race, Reykjavík, Science, Sea, Sequestration, Social Science, Sustainability, Teaching, Technology, Thermal, Tibet, Tornado, TRMM, Typhoon, UK, Urban Development, Video Games, Water, Water Cycle, Water Stress, Watershed, Workshop, World, World Population | 1 Comment

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