Tag Archives: Paris

Integrate “Them” with “Me” and “We”: Omicron, Climate Change and Global Threats

Posted on December 14, 2021 by climatechangefork

Fall classes are over for the semester at my school (final exams are still coming, though, so it’s not over for the students). Christmas and New Year are around the corner and now’s the time to think and make wishes. … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, CO2, CO2 emissions, commitment, COP26, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, damage, developing, Economics, Emissions, finance, GHG, Glasgow, impact, Inequality, inequity, Investment, Mitigation, Paris, Piketty, pledge, socialism, Technology | 1 Comment

The American Commitment

Posted on November 30, 2021 by climatechangefork

COP26 ended with a unanimous decision on how to accelerate the global effort to mitigate climate change. This included plans to assist developing countries in their adaptation efforts and to monitor progress in these areas on an annual basis. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electric Cars, Energy, Extreme Weather, Sustainability, UN, US | Tagged Adaptation, Biden, bill, budget, build back better, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Coal, commitment, COP26, electric car, Electricity, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gas, Glasgow, Global, grid, IIJA, Infrastructure, legislation, Local, Manchin, Mitigation, Oil, Paris, progress, public transport, renewable energy, resilience, Science, Sinema, Transition | Leave a comment

Earth Day 2021

Posted on April 20, 2021 by climatechangefork

Earth Day is in two days. It’s a big day. Among other distinctions, it is both my wife’s birthday and that of this blog (this is now 9 years!). From a climate change perspective, this year’s celebration is special because … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Climate Change, Sustainability, UNFCCC, US | Tagged Adaptation, Biden, business, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, Earth Day, Emissions, Extreme Weather, Future, GHG, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, INDC, industry, Mitigation, Net-Zero, Paris, target, Trump, UNFCCC, US, warming | 1 Comment

The American Jobs Plan

Posted on April 6, 2021 by climatechangefork

I started to write this blog a day after President Biden presented his infrastructure plan in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The location’s symbolism was obvious; this was the same city where President Trump announced his withdrawal from the Paris Agreement: I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Sustainability, US | Tagged Adaptation, American jobs plan, Biden, budget, building, Climate Change, Cost, Electricity, Energy, Future, Infrastructure, jobs, law, manufacturing, Mitigation, Paris, Paris Agreement, Pittsburgh, Research, transportation, Trump, utilities | 1 Comment

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

Weaponizing Climate Change Ranking

Posted on March 3, 2020 by climatechangefork

Since I started this blog, I have habitually ranked countries with regards to their climate change indicators. These include changes in carbon emissions, energy use, forms of sustainable energy, and various ratios such as energy intensity (energy divided by GDP) … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, law, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC | Tagged Boris Johnson, BREXIT, carbon emissions, carbon intensity, Energy, energy intensity, energy use, Environment, environmental, EU, Future, GDP, greenhouse gas, Heathrow, Karl Popper, London, measurement, methodology, NDC, Netherlands, objective, Paris, Paris Agreement, Popperian, rank, Ranking, Science, scientific method, subjective, Supreme Court, Sustainability, Sustainable, sustainable development, theory, UK | 3 Comments

Around the World in 5 Weeks: Three Weddings, Climate Change, and the Holocaust

Posted on September 4, 2019 by climatechangefork

Travel My wife joined me on a whirlwind trip from New York City to Brisbane and Melbourne, Australia to Dubai, UAE to Paris, France to The Hague, Netherlands to Farsleben and Berlin, Germany to Krakow, Poland. We returned a few … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Holocaust, Sustainability | Tagged airplane, Anthropogenic, Australia, Berlin, Brisbane, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, contribution, D Day, Dubai, Emissions, Farsleben, flight, fossil fuel, France, fuel economy, fuel efficiency, Germany, Greta Thunberg, human contribution, invasion, Krakow, Melbourne, Mitigation, Netherlands, New York City, NYC, Paris, plane, Poland, Science, Sustainability, The Hague, travel, UAE, Vacation, Warsaw, WWII | 3 Comments

Guest Blog: How Electricity Production In America Is Changing

Posted on April 30, 2019 by climatechangefork

This week, guest bloggers Kyle O’Carroll, Daniel Kruglyak, and Vikash Tewari are taking over the Climate Change Fork blog. We are undergraduate students at Brooklyn College, class of 2020. We are all majoring in physics with minors in biochemistry, chemistry, … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Change, Guest Blog, Sustainability, US | Tagged Adaptation, alternative energy, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, biomass, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, Efficiency, EIA, Electricity, electricity generation, Emissions, Energy, energy source, energy transition, Environment, Future, generation, Geothermal, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, hydroelectric power, Idaho, kilowatt-hour, Mitigation, Natural Gas, nonrenewable, Nuclear, Oil, Paris, Paris Agreement, petroleum, Policy, Renewable, Science, Solar, stuttering transition, Sustainability, US, West Virginia, Wind | 7 Comments

Guest Blog: Would a Carbon Tax Reduce Carbon Emissions?

Posted on April 23, 2019 by climatechangefork

Hello! Happy belated Earth Day and happy 7th birthday to the Climate Change Fork blog! We are guest bloggers Nataly Azouly and Anelisa Defoe. Respectively, our majors are Actuarial Mathematics (BS) with a minor in Physics, and Physics (BA) and … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Electric Cars, Guest Blog, IPCC, law, Sustainability, US | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, assessment, bill, bipartisan, Carbon, Carbon Footprint, Carbon Tax, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Future, Global Warming, graph, greenhouse gas, inverse relationship, IPCC, law, Mitigation, Oil, Paris, Paris Agreement, Price, proportion, proposal, Science, statistics, Sustainability, US, variable | 11 Comments

Tag Archives: Paris

Integrate “Them” with “Me” and “We”: Omicron, Climate Change and Global Threats

The American Commitment

Earth Day 2021

The American Jobs Plan

Green Taxonomy

The Green Climate Fund

Weaponizing Climate Change Ranking

Around the World in 5 Weeks: Three Weddings, Climate Change, and the Holocaust

Guest Blog: How Electricity Production In America Is Changing

Guest Blog: Would a Carbon Tax Reduce Carbon Emissions?

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