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Population Transition Projections For the End of the Century

Posted on January 11, 2022 by climatechangefork

In last week’s blog, I mentioned a prediction that the global population would peak before the end of the century. This prediction was based on an analysis that was conducted by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, birth rate, childbirth, death rate, demographic, Fertility Rate, Future, IHME, migration, model, natural increase, pandemic, Population, Prediction, Transition, UN, work from home | Leave a comment

Population Transition

Posted on January 4, 2022 by climatechangefork

Happy New Year 2021 was not a great year. We are all hoping that 2022 will be better but I doubt that will be the case. I do think, however, that we will be up to the challenges it brings. … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged age, birth rate, Brazil, China, demographic, Fertility Rate, Fertility Replacement Rate, France, global trend, Italy, Japan, Jim Foreit, Pope, Population, Population Growth, Transition, World Population | Leave a comment

Wisdom from Germany: How to Transition Away From Coal

Posted on October 8, 2019 by climatechangefork

This is the end of my series about my summer trip and the lessons I learned when I visited Germany. In last week’s blog, I promised to finish up my examination by comparing Germany’s energy transition efforts with those of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, law, Sustainability | Tagged Angela Merkel, biomass, Capacity, carbon neutral, Coal, coal commission, coal mining, Electrical Grid, Electricity, Energy, energy mix, energy transition, EU, European Union, Fertility Rate, Fukushima, generation, Germany, global energy transition, goal, Infrastructure, Ireland, Japan, legislation, lignite, mineral oil, Natural Gas, Net-Zero, Netherlands, New York City, nuclear power, NYC, Policy, Power, power source, Renewable, renewable energy, Solar, target, US, Wind | 6 Comments

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

Immigration: IPAT

Posted on June 29, 2016 by climatechangefork

Noah Smith wrote an article in Bloomberg about how to convince the Japanese to have more kids: Japan would like to stabilize its rapidly aging population, and there are really only two ways to do that. It can let in … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC, Sustainability | Tagged Abortion, Adaptation, adult, Affluence, Anthropocene, carbon dioxide, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, child, China, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Contraception, developed countries, Developing Countries, Economics, Economy, Education, elderly, emigrant, Emissions, Energy, Environment, Fertility, Fertility Rate, Fertility Replacement Rate, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, identity, immigrant, immigration, impact, India, indicator, individual, IPAT, IPCC, Japan, labor force, migration, Mitigation, one child, One-Child Policy, Population, Romania, Romney, social security, Sustainability, Technology, US, World Population | Leave a comment

Back From Cuba

Posted on January 26, 2016 by climatechangefork

For the semester break I decided to “unwind” with a book about the Holocaust and one on the consequences of a nuclear Armageddon – one covering the painful past and the other looking at a possible end of human civilization. … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, Sustainability | Tagged car, Castro, Chevrolet, Chevy, CIA, CO2, CO2 emissions, colonial, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Education, educational, Electricity, embargo, equality, export, factbook, Fertility, Fertility Rate, Fidel, Fidel Castro, GDP, Gini Coefficients, Government, Habana, Haiti, Havana, hdi, History, Honduras, human development index, import, incarceration, Income, Income Inequality, Inequality, Infant Mortality, jail, life expectancy, literacy, migrant, Obama, Population, prison, Spain, tour, travel, Trinidad, UN, US, Vacation, vintage, vintage car, World Bank, World Population | Leave a comment

China – Cap and Trade With Babies?

Posted on November 10, 2015 by climatechangefork

Last week I started discussing the upcoming COP21 conference in Paris. I talked about the Earth Summit, which sanctioned the IPCCC, and included the near term commitments from the 10 most carbon emitting countries as to reduction of their emissions … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Age Distribution, babies, baby, birth, Cap and Trade, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, China, CO2, CO2 emissions, COP21, Economics, elderly, Emissions, Environment, Equilibrium, Family, Fertility, Fertility Rate, Fertility Replacement Rate, Gender, gender gap, Government, IPCC, Mitigation, One-Child Policy, Policy, Pollution, Population, pregnancy, pregnant, restriction, sex ratio, Sustainability, World Population | Leave a comment

Top-Down Stabilization Attempts

Posted on February 25, 2014 by climatechangefork

In a previous blog (February 11, 2014) I summarized some of the current measures being taken to reverse the existing trend of fertility rates lowering to below replacement levels in countries throughout the world. These attempts include restricting abortions (although, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Abortion, Arabs, China, Contraception, Democratization, Demographics, Family Planning, Fertility, Fertility Rate, Global Population, Israel, Jews, Muslims, One-Child Policy, Populationstat, Stabilization, Thermostat, Workforce, World Population | Leave a comment

Economic Impact of Fertility Rates Below Replacement

Posted on February 18, 2014 by climatechangefork

The golden rule of free enterprise economy seems to be that everything that contributes to economic growth is good, while anything that detracts from the same is bad. The rationale behind this is that as the population grows, the economy … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropogenic, Baby Boomers, Brazil, Britain, Climate Change, Demographics, Economics, Economy, Fertility, Fertility Rate, Fertility Replacement Rate, Global Population, Growth, Obamacare, Population, Secular Stagnation, Stagnation, Unemployment, Workforce, World Population | 1 Comment

Crossing the Fertility Replacement Rate – the Last 20 Years

Posted on January 28, 2014 by climatechangefork

As I have shown in previous blogs, long-term (I use 1000 years as the “magic” number – see the December 17, 2013 blog) exponential growth (or decline) cannot continue unabated without serious consequences. Lately, I have emphasized this concept mainly … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Age Dependency Ratio, China, Climate Change, Demographics, Fertility, Fertility Rate, Fertility Replacement Rate, Global Population, Italy, Japan, Jim Foreit, Population, Population Decline, Population Growth, Spain, Thailand, World Population | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: Fertility Rate

Population Transition Projections For the End of the Century

Population Transition

Wisdom from Germany: How to Transition Away From Coal

Searching for Limits – Stability for a Distant Future

Back From Cuba

China – Cap and Trade With Babies?

Top-Down Stabilization Attempts

Economic Impact of Fertility Rates Below Replacement

Crossing the Fertility Replacement Rate – the Last 20 Years

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