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Back from Europe

Posted on September 6, 2022 by climatechangefork

As I have mentioned in previous blogs, after three years of COVID-19 hibernation, my wife and I just came home from visiting friends and family in England, Poland, and France. I will spend a few days teaching the first week … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy | Tagged air conditioning, Britain, C02, Coal, cooling, covid, Drought, dutch, Emissions, Energy, energy supply, Environment, Extreme Weather, France, Gas, Germany, inflation reduction act, Italy, Netherlands, Nuclear Energy, prices, Regulations, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, transportation, Ukraine, War, Water, Water Scarcity | 5 Comments

Managing the Energy Transition on a Global Scale

Posted on November 9, 2021 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 Figure 2 I have been (starting on September 21st) focusing on energy companies’ transitions away from fossil fuels; many are finally realizing that such global shifts are necessary if we cannot implement an acceptable way to capture the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability, US | Tagged Adaptation, Biden, Brazil, carbon capture, Chile, China, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, commitment, COP26, COVID 19, Economy, Egypt, Electricity, Energy, energy transition, ExxonMobil, fossil fuel, Future, Gas, greenhouse gas, MAGA, Mitigation, Morocco, Nuclear, Oil, Poland, Pollution, Renewable, Rex Tillerson, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Technology, Transition, UK, US, Vietnam | 1 Comment

The Green New Deal and Coronavirus: Intersections

Posted on July 28, 2020 by climatechangefork

Remember the Green New Deal (see the February 19, 2019 blog)? Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and Senator Ed Murphy introduced the broad resolution to both houses of congress last year. To emphasize the breath of the resolution, here is a … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Climate Change, politics, Sustainability, US | Tagged adapt, Adaptation, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, AOC, Biden, China, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, Drought, Economics, Economy, Ed Murphy, Election, equity, Extreme Weather, Fertility, fire, Future, GDP, Global Population, GND, green new deal, hope, Hurricane, India, intersection, Italy, Japan, jobs, Joe Biden, mitigate, Mitigation, overlap, pandemic, political, politics, Population, president, Spain, Trump, US, venn diagram | 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

Extreme Heat: Big Cities, 2050

Posted on July 23, 2019 by climatechangefork

We are entering new levels of extreme heat. June 2019 was the warmest June ever recorded. The Weather Channel summarized it: At a Glance Four separate analyses, including from NOAA and NASA, found Earth’s warmest June on record was in … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Sustainability | Tagged 1880, 2050, a/c, Adaptation, air conditioner, air conditioning, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Beijing, Britain, C40, Cairo, China, city, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Delhi, Drought, Dubai, Egypt, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Europe, extreme heat, Extreme Weather, Future, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Health, heat, heat wave, heatwave, India, Istanbul, Japan, Ljubljana, London, Madrid, Mexico, Mexico City, Mitigation, Moscow, NASA, New York City, NOAA, NYC, Renewable, renewable energy, risk, Science, Seattle, Slovenia, Solar, Spain, summer, Sustainability, Temperature, temperature change, Tokyo, urban population, US, Water, water crisis, Water Shortage, Water Stress, Wind | 1 Comment

Yellow Vests, Al Gore, President Trump, Conflicts Between Present and Future

Posted on December 18, 2018 by climatechangefork

I love France. I have family there and many dear friends. I always look for opportunities to visit. Some in my family are social activists who “enjoy” demonstrating. So when the Yellow Vest (Gilets Jaunes) demonstrations started to take place, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged administration, Al Gore, Andrew Wheeler, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Arc de Triomphe, belief, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, critical mass, Donald Trump, Economics, Emanuel Macron, Energy, energy affordability, energy cost, energy reliability, energy transition, Environment, EU, fissile material, France, Future, Gas, gas prices, GDP, Germany, gilets jaunes, gini coefficient, Global Warming, Gore, governance, Government, Italy, law, Macron, minimum wage, Mitigation, Paris, Paris Agreement, Population, president trump, Science, Social Media, Spain, taxes, trigger, Trump, UK, wildfire, yellow jackets, yellow vests | 12 Comments

Vulnerabilities

Posted on March 27, 2018 by climatechangefork

My last five blogs (starting on February 20, 2018) have focused on some key indicators of the global energy transition as they relate to climate change and the IPAT identity. I examined the 12 most populous countries, which together represent … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Africa, Agriculture, altitude, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Carbon, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, climate refugee, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, Congo, Denmark, Desalination, developed, developing, Development, driving force, Drought, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, employment, Energy, Energy Consumption, energy cycle, energy distribution, energy mix, energy production, energy transition, Environment, Ethiopia, Finland, Flood, Flooding, Fossil Fuels, France, Fresh Water, fuel mix, Future, GDP, Germany, Global Population, Global Warming, Greece, greenhouse gas, hydro, India, indicator, Indonesia, IPAT, Italy, Mexico, middle east, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, non-combustible, nonrenewable, Norway, Nuclear, Oil, Pakistan, petrochemical, petroleum, Poland, political refugee, Population, Portugal, Power, Power Plants, Precipitation, refugee, regional, Renewable, Russia, Science, Sea-Level Rise, Solar, Solar Energy, Spain, standard of living, Sustainability, Sweden, Technology, UK, UN, US, vulnerability, vulnerable, Water Cycle, Water Shortage, Water Stress, water withdrawal, World Bank, World Population | 3 Comments

Energy Transition: Regional Impacts and Highlights

Posted on March 20, 2018 by climatechangefork

I started this series (February 20, 2018) by introducing energy-related indicators for the ten most populous countries (with the addition of two African countries that are projected to join those ranks by 2040). I aim to use these indicators as … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Africa, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Austria, Belgium, Biofuel, BP, Brazil, Carbon, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, combustible, Denmark, developed, developing, Economics, EIA, electric car, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Consumption, energy distribution, energy production, energy transition, Environment, EU, Finland, Fossil Fuels, France, fuel mix, Future, GDP, Geothermal, Germany, Global Population, Global Warming, Greece, greenhouse gas, hydro, India, Indonesia, Italy, middle east, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Netherlands, non-combustible, Nuclear, Oil, petrochemical, petroleum, Poland, Population, Portugal, Power, Power Plants, regional, Renewable, Russia, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, Spain, standard of living, Sustainability, Sweden, Technology, UK, UN, US, World Bank, World Population | Leave a 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 | 2 Comments

Guest Blog by Jake Levin: Study Abroad in Havana, Cuba

Posted on February 16, 2016 by climatechangefork

Hello! This is guest blogger Jake Levin. By way of background, I’m a senior Macaulay Honors College student studying political science and philosophy at Brooklyn College, and I recently returned from a month spent studying abroad in Havana, Cuba. I … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Spain

Back from Europe

Managing the Energy Transition on a Global Scale

The Green New Deal and Coronavirus: Intersections

Extreme Heat: Big Cities, 2050

Vulnerabilities

Energy Transition: Regional Impacts and Highlights

My Global Family Vacation Part 2: England and Brexit

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