Tag Archives: Poverty

Inequity: The Intersection of Coronavirus, Poverty & Other Expected Trends

Posted on August 4, 2020 by climatechangefork

As with most of my blogs, I wrote this one over the weekend (starting Friday). Last week, I looked at the Sierra Club’s Venn diagram of the Green New Deal. I argued that in order to address the near future … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics, Sustainability, US | Tagged Arab states, Bahrain, Climate Change, coronavirus, COVID 19, Education, equity, essential services, essential worker, Florida, foreign labor, Future, green new deal, Gulf, hot spot, Hurricane, inequity, jobs, Kuwait, minority, Oman, pandemic, pay cut, Population, Poverty, Qatar, Race, socio-economic, socioeconomic, Texas, venn diagram, work force | 1 Comment

Scaling Properties of COVID-19

Posted on May 5, 2020 by climatechangefork

Saturday was a beautiful spring day. The Brooklyn green market downstairs was open. The street and the market were relatively (in the pandemic era) crowded; well managed social distancing was enforced but many people went without masks. The talk of … Continue reading →

Tagged Bangladesh, Bill Gates, Brazil, Brooklyn, case, China, coronavirus, COVID 19, death, Distribution, Economy, effect, epidemic, essential workers, Europe, Future, hot spot, India, Indonesia, Infrastructure, Italy, medical, Mexico, New York, Nigeria, NYC, outbreak, Pakistan, pandemic, Population, Poverty, repercussion, Russia, social distance, Spain, UK, US, virus | Leave a comment

Electricity in Developing Countries: Biomass and Availability

Posted on November 19, 2019 by climatechangefork

I have been following a set of fifteen countries over the past month (starting on October 15th). Together, they make up approximately 65% of the global population. I split them into three groups, based on income. The largest of these … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, availability, available, Bangladesh, Bengal, biomass, carbon capture, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, Cycle, Documentary, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Fossil Fuels, GDP, global energy transition, Gosaba, Income, India, Indonesia, Mangrove, Microgrid, Nigeria, Pakistan, photosynthesis, Poverty, Sundarbans, Vinit Parmar | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, immigration, IPCC, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC | Tagged Adaptation, Affluence, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Bangladesh, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Democratization, Desalination, economic, Economic Growth, Economics, Education, Election, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy source, energy transition, energy use, Environment, equality, Fossil Fuels, GDP, GDP per capita, Global Population, Global Warming, governance, Government, gravity, greenhouse gas, hunger, immigrant, immigration, India, indicator, influence, Infrastructure, IPAT, IPCC, Japan, migrant, migration, Mitigation, Physical Environment, Physics, politics, Population, Poverty, Power, refugee, rural, Science, sea level, security, socioeconomic, Solar Energy, Stabilization, Stabilizing, Sustainability, Sustainable, sustainable development, Technology, Temperature, UN, urban, US, Water, Water Scarcity, Water Stress, watercycle, Wealth, wealth distribution, World Bank, World Population | 2 Comments

Climate Change and the Election: What is at Stake?

Posted on April 19, 2016 by climatechangefork

I started writing this blog on Wednesday, April 13. On that day, 71 years ago, I was liberated by American Army soldiers while on my way from Bergen-Belsen to Theresienstadt (Terezin). This blog will be posted on Tuesday, April 19 … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, American, analysis, Bergen-Belsen, Bernie Sanders, camp, candidate, China, civilization, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, concentration camp, death, democracy, Democrat, Democratization, detail, disaster, DNNer, Donald Trump, Economics, Economy, Education, Election, election day, eligible, Emissions, employment, Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Future, Germany, Global Warming, governance, greenhouse gas, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, Holocaust, income distribution, indicator, Infrastructure, Jew, John Kasich, Judaism, liberator, Marco Rubio, Mitigation, Murder, Nazi, New York, NY, Obama, Past, Physics, political party, politician, politics, Population, Population Growth, Poverty, Power, president, presidential election, primary, Republican, sanitation, Science, soldier, State, survivor, Sustainability, Technology, Ted Cruz, Terezin, Theresienstadt, Unemployment, US, victim, vote, voter, Voting, Water, World Bank, World Population, Yom Hashoa | Leave a comment

Guest Blog by Denis Ladyzhensky: My 4 Hours of the 4 Day Forum on Sustainable Energy 4 All

Posted on May 26, 2015 by climatechangefork

I got involved in the second annual SE4All (Sustainable Energy For All) forum through an email from Brooklyn College’s Magner Center. The United Nations staff needed interns for the event so they asked for volunteers. Of course I agreed because … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Africa, America, Angola, Asia Pacific, Bahrain, Barbados, Biofuel, biomass, Brazil, Brooklyn College, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Caribbean, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, Conference, Congo, Economic Growth, Economics, Economy, Education, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, Environment, Europe, Expo 2017, Fiji, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, green energy, greenhouse gas, Guest Blog, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Kasakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Magner Center, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mitigation, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nuclear, Pacific Island, Philippines, Population, Poverty, Power, Power Plants, Romania, Science, SE4All, Sierra Leone, Solar, Solar Cells, Solar Energy, Sudan, Sustainability, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tanzania, Technology, Turkey, UAE, UK, UN, United Nations, US, Wind, World, World Bank, World Population | Leave a comment

What Do I Think of the World Bank Data? What Do You Think?

Posted on April 7, 2015 by climatechangefork

If you look at the World Bank database’s website, there is a section under Data called Indicators. Scrolling down that page gets us to the section on those that apply to climate change: Climate Change Access to electricity (% of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Comments, Earth Day, Economics, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Consumption, Energy Storage, Environment, Facebook, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, GNI, greenhouse gas, indicator, Investment, IPAT, Methane, Mitigation, Physics, Population, Population Density, Poverty, Science, Social Media, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Twitter, World Bank, World Population | 37 Comments

Why Do We Care About Inequality?

Posted on January 7, 2014 by climatechangefork

Happy New Year! My last blog ended with a quote from Karan Singh, a former minister of population in India, who said, “Development is the best contraceptive.” This was supported by data which shows that fertility rates and population growth … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Bjorn Lomborg, Clean Energy, Climate Change, de Blasio, Education, Emissions, Energy, Environment, Fertility Rate, Fossil Fuels, Gallup, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, Mayor, New York, NYC, Paul Krugman, Pollution, POP 19, Poverty, Sustainability, Warsaw, WHO, World Population | Leave a comment

Poverty and Population

Posted on January 2, 2014 by climatechangefork

Happy New Year! My last two blogs raised the issue of a timeline for “absolute” sustainability; one that would give us enough time to move any remnants of the human population to another planet in case we are “successful” in … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Demographic-Economic Paradox, Education, Fertility Rate, Global Population, Malthusian Trap, Mumbai, Population Control, Population Density, Poverty, Replacement Value, Sustainability, Thanksgivukkah, Timeline, World Population | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Poverty

Inequity: The Intersection of Coronavirus, Poverty & Other Expected Trends

Electricity in Developing Countries: Biomass and Availability

Stabilization of Additional Indicators

Climate Change and the Election: What is at Stake?

Guest Blog by Denis Ladyzhensky: My 4 Hours of the 4 Day Forum on Sustainable Energy 4 All

Why Do We Care About Inequality?

Poverty and Population

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