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Me vs. Them vs. We – Time

Posted on June 6, 2017 by climatechangefork

Thursday (June 1st) was an event to remember. President Trump did indeed turn his back on the world, declaring that he was elected to serve Pittsburg and not Paris – except for the small detail that Pittsburg didn’t vote for … Continue reading →

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Global Trends 2035

Posted on May 23, 2017 by climatechangefork

Last week’s blog opened with a figure from the January 2017 intelligence report titled, “Global Trends Paradox of Progress.” It showed the projected average surface temperature change based on two emission scenarios: RCP8.5 – a high emission scenario that approximately … Continue reading →

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Bret Stephens and Uncertainty

Posted on May 16, 2017 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Taken from the 2017 Intelligence Report Figure 1 might look familiar – I took it from the fifth IPCC report (AR5) and showed it in my October 28, 2014 blog where I discussed the IPCC’s use of … Continue reading →

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Guest Blog by Sofia Ahsanuddin: Marching for Science on Earth Day

Posted on May 9, 2017 by climatechangefork

In the span of a few months, the March for Science burgeoned into a global movement that galvanized support from hundreds of thousands of people in over 610 locations around the globe. The march’s organizers officially aim to create a … Continue reading →

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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

Let There be Light!

Posted on March 28, 2017 by climatechangefork

*Special note: I will stress that this blog pertains to my own reading/interpretation of the book described, but after hearing feedback from my friend, the author, I have made a few minor edits and added explanations. In last week’s blog … Continue reading →

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Perspectives

Posted on March 21, 2017 by climatechangefork

I had lunch the other day with a classics professor friend. He made a comment that in one of his classes, a student drew a parallel between the geographic pattern of the recent voting in the US and the differences … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Back to Energy Transition: Data

Posted on March 7, 2017 by climatechangefork

February in Brooklyn (Taken on our terrace toward the end of the month) It’s high time we return to climate change and the Anthropocene. My first target is the continuous availability of relevant data. The Anthropocene and climate change are … Continue reading →

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Stabilization of Additional Indicators

Posted on February 7, 2017 by climatechangefork

We have spent the last two weeks examining how to stabilize our main socioeconomic indicators in order to achieve a long-term sustainable existence. Since climate change is one of the main early signs of the emerging human-dominated geological era (Anthropocene), … Continue reading →

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Me vs. Them vs. We – Time

Global Trends 2035

Bret Stephens and Uncertainty

Guest Blog by Sofia Ahsanuddin: Marching for Science on Earth Day

Bottom-Up Is Not Enough!

Let There be Light!

Perspectives

The Paris Commitments and What to Expect

Stabilization of Additional Indicators

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