Tag Archives: Emissions

Green Taxonomy

Posted on March 16, 2021 by climatechangefork

On December 27, 2016, I posted a blog, “Impact Assessment: Self-Inflicted Genocide and the Toronto Principle.” I cited an Op-Ed from Benjamin A. Franta: Last December, a committee at the University of Toronto released a report on the issue of divestment, drawing … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electric Cars, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged bonds, Carbon, classify, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, COP21, coronavirus, covid, decarbonization, electric car, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Global Warming, green, IEA, Investment, IPCC, Paris, Paris Agreement, Pollution, Solar, taxonomy, Toronto | 3 Comments

The Green Climate Fund

Posted on March 2, 2021 by climatechangefork

President Biden signed 15 executive orders and two agency directives on the day of his inauguration (January 20th). Most of this activity was targeted at trying to reverse President Trump’s previous directives. One of the new executive orders that attracted … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics, immigration, Sustainability, US | Tagged Adaptation, Agriculture, Biden, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, CO2, disaster relief, Drought, Economy, emigration, Emissions, Extreme Weather, Flood, Global Warming, green climate fund, immigration, labor force, Mitigation, Paris, Paris 2015, Paris accord, Paris Agreement, Precipitation, US, World | 2 Comments

How to Use COVID-19 to Make your Workplace Greener

Posted on June 30, 2020 by climatechangefork

The “lonely” Brooklyn College in June This is the beautiful campus where I teach. There are almost no students; it looks lonely. Granted, I took the photograph on Sunday, June 21st, a day when the campus likely wouldn’t look much … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged blackout, Brooklyn College, brownout, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, CO2, CO2 emissions, college, coronavirus, covid, CUNY, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Fossil Fuels, Gosaba, Hydroelectric, India, Infrastructure, legislation, lockdown, Microgrid, New Year, NYC, pandemic, Power, power grid, Renewable, social distance, Solar, Transition, virus, Wind | 1 Comment

COVID-19-Inspired Longer-Term Changes to the Energy Transition

Posted on June 16, 2020 by climatechangefork

I started to write this blog on Thursday, June 11th. On that day, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced that, “we can’t shut down the economy again.” The Federal Reserve and others had already made grim predictions about the long-term economic … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged CO2, CO2 emissions, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, death, discounting the future, economic, Economy, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy intensity, energy transition, federal reserve, GDP, Health, healthcare, IEA, immunity, jobs, legal, lockdown, Mnuchin, negative emissions, pandemic, Science, scientist, shutdown, social distance, social distancing, spanish flu, stocks, Transition, US, waiver | 16 Comments

Earth Day in a Pandemic

Posted on April 21, 2020 by climatechangefork

Tomorrow is the 50th Earth Day, my wife’s birthday, and the 8th birthday of this blog. Happy Birthday to everybody. This year, however, Earth Day will not be the same festive occasion that will include community events out in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy | Tagged China, Climate Change, coronavirus, COVID 19, Drought, Earth Day, Economy, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, EPA, GDP, Himilaya, India, megadrought, Oil, Policy, Pope Francis, Price, renewable energy, shutdown, social distancing, Solar, Southwest, US, Wind | 1 Comment

Do-It-Yourself Ranking: How We Measure

Posted on March 10, 2020 by climatechangefork

When I first became a professor, I taught chemistry and physics. Both are traditional sciences with well-defined prerequisites. For physics you must first learn about mechanics (Kepler, Newton, etc.); in chemistry you have to start with the periodic table before … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, assessment, Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability, UN | Tagged air quality, biodiversity, chemistry, company, Data, database, ecosystem, Emissions, Environment, environmental science, EPI, ESG, framework, higher education, index, indicator, Kepler, method, methodology, Nature, Newton, Physics, Policy, policymakers, Pollution, prerequisite, proximity to target, Ranking, sanitation, scale, School, Science, score, scoring, subjective, Sustainability, Sustainable, sustainable development, UN, Water | Leave a comment

Is California Unlivable?

Posted on December 10, 2019 by climatechangefork

A few weeks ago, I read an eye-opening op-ed in the NYT: “It’s the end of California as we know it” – By Farhad Manjoo But lately my affinity for my home state has soured. Maybe it’s the smoke and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, law, Sustainability, US | Tagged atomic bomb, BlackBerry, Blockbuster, California, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, CO2, CO2 emissions, Cost, electric, electric grid, electrical, Emissions, Evacuation, fire, Flood, floods, Future, GDP, GHG, greenhouse gas, Insurance, neutron, PG&E, Pollution, Population, Power, power lines, power outage, Prediction, Price, smoking, trigger, undergrounding, unlivable, Utility, Voltage, WMO, yellow vest | 1 Comment

Electricity in Developing Countries: Biomass and Availability

Posted on November 19, 2019 by climatechangefork

I have been following a set of fifteen countries over the past month (starting on October 15th). Together, they make up approximately 65% of the global population. I split them into three groups, based on income. The largest of these … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, availability, available, Bangladesh, Bengal, biomass, carbon capture, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, Cycle, Documentary, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Fossil Fuels, GDP, global energy transition, Gosaba, Income, India, Indonesia, Mangrove, Microgrid, Nigeria, Pakistan, photosynthesis, Poverty, Sundarbans, Vinit Parmar | 2 Comments

Coal Intensity & Coal Consumption

Posted on October 30, 2019 by climatechangefork

Today I am continuing my series (which started October 15th) examining the early signs of the global energy transition. In the previous two blogs my emphasis was on use of primary energy and electricity. This week, I’m looking at coal … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, America, Bangladesh, BP, Brazil, Britain, Carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, Carbon Footprint, carbon intensity, carbon production, China, Clean Energy, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, coal intensity, data transmission, electrical power, Electricity, electricity access, electricity intensity, Emissions, Energy, energy intensity, energy transition, France, fuel, GDP, Germany, heat, high income, India, indicator, Indonesia, intensity, IPAT, Japan, low income, Mexico, middle income, Natural Gas, Nigeria, Nuclear, Oil, Pakistan, Physics, power consumption, primary energy, Renewable, renewal, Russia, secondary energy, Solar, solar power, Sustainability, Sustainable, Thermodynamics, Turkey, UK, US, Wind, wind power, World Bank | 4 Comments

Primary Energy: What Fraction Do We Use for Electricity Production?

Posted on October 22, 2019 by climatechangefork

Last week I looked at changes in electricity use (from 2000-2014), as a fraction of primary energy use, specifically as an early indicator of the energy transition to a more sustainable mix. I paid special attention to a group of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Bangladesh, Brazil, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, China, Clean Energy, CO2 emissions, Coal, electrical power, Electricity, electricity access, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, France, Germany, heat, high income, India, Indonesia, Japan, low income, Mexico, middle income, Natural Gas, Nigeria, Nuclear, Oil, Pakistan, Physics, primary energy, Renewable, Russia, secondary energy, Solar, Sustainability, Thermodynamics, Turkey, UK, US, Wind | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Emissions

Green Taxonomy

The Green Climate Fund

Do-It-Yourself Ranking: How We Measure

Is California Unlivable?

Electricity in Developing Countries: Biomass and Availability

Coal Intensity & Coal Consumption

Primary Energy: What Fraction Do We Use for Electricity Production?

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