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Doomsday Predictions – Disaster Porn?

Posted on August 29, 2017 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Doomsday Clock Three weeks ago (before Charlottesville) I summarized the climate-change-related events that took place during my July vacation and promised to expand upon those issues. Given my necessary digression, I am reposting some of those elements … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Advocacy, Al Gore, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, attribute, Australia, biodiversity, business as usual, charlottesville, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, daniel aldana cohen, David Wallace-Wells, disaster, disaster porn, Donald Trump, doom, doomsday, doomsday clock, Economics, ecosystem, Electricity, Emissions, End of Now, Energy, energy mix, energy transition, Environment, EPA, extinct, extinction, Fossil Fuels, Future, global nuclear war, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Holocaust, human contribution, inconvenient, IPCC, Mitigation, New Zealand, North Korea, Nuclear, nuclear weapon, Paul Ehrlich, PNAS, porn, Power, projection, Russia, Science, Sustainability, Technology, US, World Population | 2 Comments

Limits to Global Affluence?

Posted on January 31, 2017 by climatechangefork

[TEVYE] “Dear God, you made many, many poor people. I realize, of course, that it’s no shame to be poor. But it’s no great honor either! So, what would have been so terrible if I had a small fortune?” If … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Affluence, Amancio Ortega Gaona, Australia, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Bill Gates, billionaire, Brazil, Carlos Slim Helú, China, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Denmark, dream, Economics, Education, Electricity, Energy, Environment, fiddler on the roof, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, impact, Income, income distribution, India, Indonesia, influence, IPAT, Japan, Jeff Bezos, Jew, Jewish, Lawrence J. Ellison, Lichtenstein, limit, Luxembourg, Macau, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael R. Bloomberg, millionaire, Mitigation, Monaco, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Population, Qatar, rabbi, Rich, richest, Rothschild, Russia, saturation, saturation point, Switzerland, Technology, Tevye, US, Warren E. Buffett, Wealth, World Population | 6 Comments

Election: Clustering

Posted on November 1, 2016 by climatechangefork

By the time this blog goes up, we will be exactly one week from the election. Most of us will be greatly relieved (almost independent of the results) when this presidential campaign is over. This was probably the most disturbing … Continue reading →

Posted in Election | Tagged baby boomer, Bill Bishop, California, campaign, census, Class, climate, Clinton, cluster, conservative, constitution, democracy, Democrat, Donald Trump, Education, Election, elector, electoral college, Florida, founding fathers, GDP, geography, gerrymandering, governance, governing, Government, Hamilton, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, hipster, house, housing, Iowa, liberal, Massachussetts, migration, millenial, move, New York, North Dakota, Obama, political, politics, poll, Population, president, Putin, Republican, Russia, Science, segregate, segregation, senate, Sustainability, Tax, Texas, Trump, US, vote, voter, Voting, Wikileaks, World Population | 1 Comment

My Global Family Vacation Part 2: England and Brexit

Posted on August 16, 2016 by climatechangefork

Family grave in Golders Green Jewish Cemetery I’m going to try to connect my personal history (August 2) and the pieces of my family history that I gleaned from my recent travels with the global refugee issues. Above is my … Continue reading →

Posted in Election, immigration | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, anti-immigrant, Asia, Baltic, Boris Johnson, BREXIT, Britain, bureaucracy, Canada, Civil War, communication, Cyprus, David Cameron, David Davis, deadline, demagogue, democracy, Denmark, direct democracy, discrimination, Donald Trump, Economics, Economy, Election, emigrant, emigration, England, EU, Europe, exit, Family, fear, foreign, foreign-born, France, geographical distribution, geography, Global Population, Great Britain, Greece, Holocaust, immigrant, immigrate, immigration, India, Israel, issue, Jeremy Corbyn, Jew, Jewish, Latin America, leave, liar, lie, lies, London, Malta, Mexico, migrant, migration, nationalism, nationalist, Nazi, Nigel Farage, Norway, Philip Hammond, Poland, Polish, political, politics, Population, Real Estate, refugee, representation, representative democracy, revote, Russia, Spain, stay, stock market, Sustainability, Switzerland, symptom, terms, Theresa May, Timeline, trade, trend, Trump, Turkey, UK, US, vote, voter, War, Warsaw, Warsaw Ghetto, World Population, world trade organization, WTO | Leave a comment

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

Democracy vs. Oligarchy Part 2: Which People Vote?

Posted on March 22, 2016 by climatechangefork

Last week (March 15) we looked at three key findings: From the Pew Research survey of voters cast in OECD countries, the United States (ranked 4th from the bottom in the voters participation survey (2012 presidential elections) records about 55% … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropogenic, attendance, Bernie Sanders, California, campaign, candidate, census, China, Citizens United, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change and tagged Adaptation, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, constitution, contribution, couple, democracy, Democracy Index, Democrat, Democratization, Distribution, Donald Trump, donation, Economics, Economy, Education, Election, electoral system, electorate, eligible, Family, finance, financial, flawed democracy, founding fathers, full democracy, fund, GDP, Global Warming, Hillary Clinton, household, Income, income distribution, Income Inequality, Inequality, Jeffrey Winters, Koch, Koch brothers, Marco Rubio, married, median, Mitigation, money, New York, Obama, OECD, oligarch, oligarchy, Olklahoma, PAC, participation, pew, political, political party, politician, politics, Politifact, Population, presidential election, registered voter, registration, Republican, restriction, Russia, russian federation, Science, single, soviet union, Supreme Court, Sustainability, Ted Cruz, Texas, Thomas Piketty, turnout, US, USSR, vote, voter, voter restriction, voter turnout, Voting, voting age, Wealth, World Population | Leave a comment

Democracy vs. Oligarchy Part 1: The Money of the Few Can Be Balanced by the Will of the Many

Posted on March 15, 2016 by climatechangefork

I have mentioned before that according to the Democracy Index compiled by The Economist, the US comes in last (#20) among the “full democracies.” Its score on this index is 8.05, compared to Norway (#1) which gets 9.93. One of … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Bernie Sanders, candidate, China, Citizens United, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, constitution, democracy, Democracy Index, Democrat, Democratization, Distribution, Donald Trump, Economics, Economy, Education, Election, electoral system, electorate, flawed democracy, founding fathers, full democracy, Global Warming, Hillary Clinton, Income, income distribution, Income Inequality, Jeffrey Winters, Marco Rubio, Mitigation, money, Obama, OECD, oligarch, oligarchy, participation, political, political party, politician, politics, Politifact, presidential election, registered voter, Republican, Russia, russian federation, Science, soviet union, Supreme Court, Sustainability, Ted Cruz, Thomas Piketty, turnout, US, USSR, vote, voter, Voting, voting age, Wealth, World Population | Leave a comment

The Holocaust, Nuclear Winter, and the Cuban Embargo

Posted on February 2, 2016 by climatechangefork

I am starting to write this blog on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Wednesday, January 27th. Today marks 71 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. The end of the week will also mean the beginning of a new semester and back … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Conference, Education, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, air strike, anti-aircraft, armageddon, arsenal, Auschwitz, Austria, Baltic, Batista, bay of pigs, Belgium, bunker, Carl Sagan, Castro, Che Guevarra, CIA, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Congress, congressional, Cuba, cuban missile crisis, cuban revolution, Czechoslovakia, death, Denmark, embargo, Environment, Fidel Castro, France, Genocide, Germans, Germany, Global Warming, Habana, Havana, Hiroshima, Holland, Holocaust, Holocaust Remembrance Day, immigrant, immigration, Jew, Jewish, Jews, limit, Marco Rubio, missile, Murder, Nagasaki, Nazi, Norway, Nuclear, Nuclear Winter, Obama, Paul Ehrlich, Poland, Republican, Revolution, Russia, sanction, Science, Self Inflicted Genocide, soviet, soviet union, strike, suicide, Sustainability, Technology, Ted Cruz, Timothy Snyder, US, USSR, War, weapon | 1 Comment

On the Way to Paris

Posted on November 3, 2015 by climatechangefork

The twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) and the eleventh session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) will take place from 30 November to 11 December … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropogenic, Brazil, Canada, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, Conference, COP21, Earth Summit, Electricity, Emissions, emitter, Energy, Environment, EU, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, India, Indonesia, IPCC, Japan, Korea, Kyoto Protocol, Mitigation, Paris, Pollution, Russia, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC, US, World Population | Leave a comment

The Stuttering Energy Transition and the Sharp Drop in Oil Price

Posted on January 13, 2015 by climatechangefork

Economically, the recent global event that has attracted everybody’s attention is the sharp and major decline in oil prices. Figure 1 shows the decline. I am writing this blog on Friday, January 9th, and the price of Brent Crude is … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, budget, Cape-Wind, China, Clean Energy, crude oil, Demand, Economics, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gasoline, Iran, Iran-Iraq War, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, Kuwait, Oil, Oil Companies, oil embargo, oil price, Price, price elasticity, production, Russia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Yom Kippur War | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Russia

Doomsday Predictions – Disaster Porn?

Limits to Global Affluence?

Election: Clustering

My Global Family Vacation Part 2: England and Brexit

Educating for the Anthropocene: The Global Picture

Democracy vs. Oligarchy Part 2: Which People Vote?

Democracy vs. Oligarchy Part 1: The Money of the Few Can Be Balanced by the Will of the Many

The Holocaust, Nuclear Winter, and the Cuban Embargo

On the Way to Paris

The Stuttering Energy Transition and the Sharp Drop in Oil Price

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