Tag Archives: Hong Kong

Educating for the Anthropocene: The Global Picture

Posted on June 7, 2016 by climatechangefork

Just as the Anthropocene is global, so its governance must be as well. Of course, this is easier said than done; countries are the only sovereign entities we have, meaning that any such global governance can only be attained through … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, assessment, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, common core, country, Democratization, Economics, Education, education index, EI, Emissions, Energy, England, Environment, EYS, France, Global Population, Global Warming, governance, Government, Hong Kong, immigration, index, India, Indonesia, international ranking, Israel, Japan, Macao, Malta, migration, Mitigation, MYS, Nigeria, OECD, Pakistan, PISA, Poland, Policy, poll, Population, rank, refugee, Russia, School, schooling, Science, security, Shanghai, Singapore, survey, Sustainability, Syria, Taipei, teacher, Teaching, Technology, TERCE, test, TIMSS, US, World Population | Leave a comment

Assessment: Shenzhen’s Mudslide and a Prognosis for the Planet?

Posted on December 29, 2015 by climatechangefork

Figure 1– Shenzhen Mudslide New Year’s Eve is around the corner, which makes this a great time to reflect on the last three months and follow up on my Fall Assessment (September 22, 2015). As far as global focus on … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, IPCC, UN, UNFCCC | Tagged abelian, Abelian Sandpile Model, Adaptation, agreement, assessment, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, Conference, COP21, Democratization, DNNer, Economics, Education, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, energy transition, Environment, Facebook, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, Government, greenhouse gas, Growth, Hong Kong, IPCC, IPCCC, landslide, meeting, megacity, Mitigation, mud, mudslide, New Year, NIMBY, Paris, Physics, Population, Power, Power Plants, sandpile, Science, SEZ, Shenzhen, Social Media, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, Twitter, UN, US, World Population | Leave a comment

Guest Blog by Jay Pei: Taoism

Posted on September 15, 2015 by climatechangefork

We were approaching Shanghai’s City God Temple (Chenghuang Miao), a well-known Taoist temple. Our guide, Jay Pei, started to explain the essence of Taoism. He had done his homework before meeting us and learned of my background on climate change, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Buddhism, China, culture, doctrine, Earth, Fengshui, Guest Blog, Hong Kong, Japan, kongfu, Korea, kung fu, Nature, path, Pope, Pope Francis, religion, Sanqing, Shanghai, Shangqing, Shenzhen, spiritual, Tai Chi, taichi, Taiji-Bagua, Taiqing, Taiwan, tao, Taoism, way, yang, yin, Yuqing, Zhanguo | 1 Comment

China – How Many Cars Can a City Handle?

Posted on August 11, 2015 by climatechangefork

Right now, China has the largest global market for new cars. According to the last count by the International Organization of Motor Vehicles Manufacturers, there are 833 million light vehicles currently (2015) in use worldwide. About 10% of these cars … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Beijing, car ownership, Cars, China, Economics, Emissions, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Gasoline, GDP, Global Population, Hong Kong, New York, New York City, NYC, Oil, Population, saturation point, Science, Shanghai, Sustainability, Technology, traffic, World Population, Xian | 1 Comment

China – The Price of Progress: Inequality and Transparency

Posted on August 4, 2015 by climatechangefork

While I was in China (see last week’s blog), one of the questions that I asked most often – especially of those who mentioned that they have small children – was how people imagine China 20 years from now. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Algebra, censorship, China, data source, Economic Growth, Economics, Economy, GDP, Gini Coefficients, Hong Kong, Kuznets curve, Mongolia, NBS, PNAS, reference, World Bank | 1 Comment

Back From China

Posted on July 28, 2015 by climatechangefork

In a previous blog (December 3, 2012) I described a common exercise that I give to students to highlight the important skill of scenario building: In the table below I ask undergraduates from my course (General Education – no prerequisites) … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged 1992, 2012, China, CO2 emissions, Developing Countries, Economic Growth, Economy, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, GDP, generation, Hong Kong, India, indicator, Shanghai. Beijing, Shenzhen, Urban Development, urban population, US, World Bank, Xian | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Hong Kong

Educating for the Anthropocene: The Global Picture

Guest Blog by Jay Pei: Taoism

China – How Many Cars Can a City Handle?

China – The Price of Progress: Inequality and Transparency

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