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Politicizing Science or Quantifying Governance?

Posted on May 2, 2017 by climatechangefork

I opened last week with a sarcastic sign from the March for Science in New York City. I attended, along with thousands of others in NYC and hundreds of thousands all over the world, in celebration of Earth Day. This … Continue reading →

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Assessment: Earth Day and the Shifting Baseline Syndrome

Posted on April 18, 2017 by climatechangefork

The April assessment is usually a busy time here. It coincides with Earth Day, my wife’s birthday, and birds singing to celebrate the arrival of spring. Today is no different. The last three months have been kind of dark. Accordingly, … Continue reading →

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Searching for Limits – Stability for a Distant Future

Posted on January 24, 2017 by climatechangefork

I am finishing this blog on Friday, January 20th – Inauguration Day for our new president. I didn’t recognize the country that he described in his acceptance speech. Nevertheless, I wish him – and all of us – the best. … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Change, COP21, Election, IPCC, Sustainability | Tagged #MakeAmericaGreatAgain, Adaptation, Affluence, Anthropocene, business as usual, calculus, Carrying Capacity, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, Coal, COP21, Democratization, Desalination, Donald Trump, Economics, Education, Election, Electricity, Emissions, End of Now, Energy, energy intensity, energy mix, energy transition, Environment, epidemic, Equilibrium, Exponential Growth, Fertility Rate, Fertility Replacement Rate, Fossil Fuels, Future, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Growth, impact, indicator, interest rate, IPAT, IPCC, limit, livability, Logistic Growth, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Oil, opportunity, Physical Environment, Physics, Population, Population Density, Power, Power Plants, saturation, scenario, Science, sea level, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Sustainable, Technology, tumor, UN, US, Wealth, wealth distribution, World Population | 3 Comments

Educating for the Anthropocene: Trying to Climb Over the Obstacles

Posted on May 31, 2016 by climatechangefork

In previous blogs I have tried to summarize the transformation of the international educational system that is needed to accommodate the coming global shift to the Anthropocene (May 3, 2016): The real point is that governing has reached a greater … Continue reading →

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A Redefinition of Sustainability: The Unilever Case

Posted on January 5, 2016 by climatechangefork

The 1987 United Nations’ Brundtland Report (World Commission on Environment and Development) was the first platform to articulate the idea of “sustainable development” to a wide audience. The Report framed it as “…development that meets the needs of the present … Continue reading →

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The Drop in Oil Price and What it Means

Posted on July 14, 2015 by climatechangefork

The test of any major transition is in its response to a sharp perturbation. Often such disturbances come in the form of a major war. Fortunately, the present global energy transition is being tested in a much more peaceful manner. … Continue reading →

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Income Inequality – Climate Change

Posted on September 9, 2014 by climatechangefork

I just came back from a very intense week in Israel. I went there in the “middle” of a war between Hamas and Israel, which paused for a cease-fire a day after my arrival. This war has been between a … Continue reading →

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First Post

Posted on April 22, 2012 by climatechangefork

It’s with excitement and some trepidation that I write my very first blog post today. As a trained scientist, it really isn’t in my nature to write short blips about weighty subjects like climate change. But I’ve taken up this … Continue reading →

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Politicizing Science or Quantifying Governance?

Assessment: Earth Day and the Shifting Baseline Syndrome

Searching for Limits – Stability for a Distant Future

A Redefinition of Sustainability: The Unilever Case

The Drop in Oil Price and What it Means

Income Inequality – Climate Change

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