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Tag Archives: UNFCCC
Earth Day 2021
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
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Two Anthropocenes
The alarming tone of the new IPCC report caught the immediate attention of the world’s media and triggered a quick dismissal from the president of the United States. The report, which spans about 1,300 pages, covers all the indicators that … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC
Tagged 1945, Anthropocene, Anthropocene Working Group, Anthropogenic, AWG, boundary concept, Carbon, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, decarbonize, Earth, energy industry, energy supply, energy transition, Environment, environmental, epoch, extinction, Future, geological age, geology, Global Warming, green energy, greenhouse gas, holocene, human contribution, indicator, Industrial Revolution, inhabitable, IPCC, NOAA, Nuclear, nuclear waste, nuclear weapon, Paris, Paris accord, Paris Agreement, Physical Environment, pliocene, radionuclide, Report, Science, Temperature, time scale, UN, UNFCCC, uninhabitable, US, WWII
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Local Attributions
Myles Allen, one of the pioneers of the emerging science of determining how we attribute extreme climate events to humans, featured prominently in a Scientific American piece earlier this month: But the radio voice added that it would be “impossible … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged Adaptation, aerosol, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, attribute, attribution, carbon dioxide, climate assessment report, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, concept, conceptual, contribute, contribution, CSSR, drivers, Drought, el nino, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Extreme Weather, fire, forces, forcing, Fossil Fuels, framework, frost, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, heat, human, influence, IPCC, la nina, Meteorologist, Meteorology, Mitigation, model, Myles Allen, Philippines, precis, Science, simulation, snow, southeast asia, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC, Weather
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Dynamic Scoring: Taxes and Climate Change
Our government’s executive and legislative branches, are in the midst of discussing two important issues: tax breaks and climate change. Well, in truth, the only real discussion going on has to do with the tax legislation. Climate change is only … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, IPCC, law, Sustainability, Trump, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged Accounting, Adaptation, analysis, budget, business as usual, byrd rule, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, CO2 emissions, Congress, COP23, debt, deficit, Democrat, Donald Trump, dynamic accounting, dynamic analysis, Economics, Economy, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fiji, fire, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Warming, GOP, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, Growth, heatwave, IPCC, loss, Mitigation, Obamacare, Paris accord, Paris Agreement, Reagan, Republican, risk, Science, sea ice, sea level, Tax, tax cut, tax reform, Technology, Ted Cruz, Temperature, Trump, UN, UNFCCC, US, vote, voter
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Remedies for Abdication of Duties?
Figure 1 – Trends in global urbanization I am starting to write this blog on Tuesday, June 6th. I am doing this a bit earlier than usual in preparation for a trip that I will be taking in July to … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, law, Sustainability, Trump, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged Adaptation, administration, America, america's pledge, Anthropogenic, Antonio Guterres, auto industry, Bloomberg, bottom-up, British, CA, California, Canada, carbon dioxide, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, ceo, Chicago, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, company, Congress, D Day, D=Day, declare war, Democrat, democratic, Democratization, DNNer, Donald Trump, Economics, electric, electric car, Electricity, emission, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, FDR, federal, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Germany, Global, Global Population, global threat, Global Warming, governance, governing, Government, governor, greenhouse gas, imperial japan, initiative, invade, Japan, Jerry Brown, jobs, judiciary, London, Mexico, Mexico City, Mitigation, moyor, Nazi, New York, nissan, Normandy, North Korea, Nuclear, nuclear weapon, NY, Obama, Paris, Paris Agreement, Patricia Espinosa, Pearl Harbor, politics, Population, Power, Power Plants, president, renault, Republican, rural, Sadiq Kahn, safety, Science, Seoul, Solar Energy, South Korea, sovereign, Sovereign State, Sustainability, Technology, top-down, Trump, UK, UN, UNFCCC, urban, urbanization, US, Virginia, volkswagen, vw, War, we are still in, World Population, WWII
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Let There be Light!
*Special note: I will stress that this blog pertains to my own reading/interpretation of the book described, but after hearing feedback from my friend, the author, I have made a few minor edits and added explanations. In last week’s blog … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, Election, IPCC, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged Adaptation, ash, Biology, bipartisan, bottom-up, budget, Clean Energy, climate, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, DOE, Donald Trump, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, emphasis, Energy, energy transition, Environment, EPA, Fossil Fuels, Future, Genocide, Global Warming, governance, Government, grassroots, Health, Hebrew, History, Holocaust, IPCC, Israel, Jew, Jewish, law, light, Mitigation, NIH, NSF, Obama, Palestine, Paris Agreement, Physics, Poland, Policy, president, protection, refugee, regulation, Relli Robinson, Research, Science, Scott Pruitt, Self Inflicted Genocide, Sustainability, Technology, top-down, Trump, UN, UNFCCC, US, Warsaw, Warsaw Ghetto
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The Paris Commitments and What to Expect
Figure 1 – IEA-projected impact of the Paris Agreement on the global energy sector The Paris Agreement, negotiated at the end of 2015, is the current anchor of global efforts to mitigate anthropogenic contributions to climate change (December 14, 2015 … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, COP21, Election, IPCC, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged Adaptation, Anthropogenic, auto, Bannon, carbon dioxide, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, commitment, DAPL, Donald Trump, Economics, Emissions, Energy, energy secretary, energy sector, energy transition, Environment, EPA, Fossil Fuels, Future, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, IEA, INDC, Infrastructure, Inhofe, IPCC, Ivanka, Ivanka Trump, Keystone, mining, Mitigation, Obama, Oil, Paris, Paris Agreement, pipeline, politics, Power, regulate, regulation, Rex Tillerson, Rick Perry, Scott Pruitt, Steve Bannon, Sustainability, Trump, UN, UNFCCC, US, withdraw
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Regulating Subsidies
The figure above shows the price of Brent crude oil as recorded at the end 2014, along with predictions by two respected financial organizations and the futures market for this past year. The real price today (December 30, 2015) is … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Conference, COP21, IPCC, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged Adaptation, Cap and Trade, Carbon, Carbon Footprint, carbon pricing, Carbon Tax, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CNG, CO2 emissions, coalition, Conference, consumer, Consumers, COP21, decarbonization, diesel, Economics, Education, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy source, energy transition, Environment, FFFSR, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Gasoline, Global Warming, green, greenhouse gas, IEA, IMF, Indonesia, IPCC, Kuwait, Kyoto Protocol, lobby, LPG, Malasia, Mitigation, New Zealand, OECD, Oil, oil prices, Paris, Power, Prince of Wales, Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group, progress, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, subsidies, subsidy, Sustainability, Sustainable, Technology, UN, UNFCCC, US, Venezuela, Wind
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COP21: Industry Commitments to Sustainability and Using Consumer Pressure to Keep Promises
Last week’s blog looked at Unilever’s CEO’s attempts to make his company sustainable. Unilever is not alone in promising to be more environmentally friendly in the long term. One of the less discussed achievements of COP21 was the mobilization of … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, IPCC, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC
Tagged Adaptation, Apple, Australia, Autodesk, Belgium, Carbon, carbon dioxide, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, commitment, consumer, consumer pressure, COP21, Economics, Elion Resources, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Finland, Fossil Fuels, France, Germany, Global Warming, Goldman Sachs, Google, greenhouse gas, H&M, IKEA, India, Infigen Energy, Investment, investor, IPCC, Italy, Marks and Spencer, Mars, Microsoft, Mitigation, Nestle, Netherlands, Nike, Organization, peer pressure, Power, Power Plants, Procter and Gamble, Renewable, Royal Philips, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, Spain, Starbucks, Sustainability, Sustainable, sustainable development, sustainable production, Sweden, Switzerland, Technology, UK, UN, UNFCCC, Unilever, US, Walmart, Wind
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COP21- Anticipations
The COP21 meeting is over, as is my student’s final exam, 60% of which depended on an evaluation of the conference. What’s next for my students and the world at large? My class material for next semester will answer the … Continue reading
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Tagged accord, adapt, Adaptation, agreement, Bill Gates, candidate, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, commitment, Conference, contribution, convention, COP21, Decline, Democratization, developed countries, developing, Earth Summit, Economics, Economy, Education, Election, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, energy transition, enforcement, Environment, finance, Fossil Fuels, Future, GDP, Global, Global Population, global suicide, Global Warming, globe, greenhouse gas, implementation, India, Industrial Revolution, IPAT, IPCC, Kyoto, mitigate, Mitigation, Natural Gas, NIMBY, Obama, objective, Oil, Paris, Physics, Policy, political, politics, pollute, polluter, Pollution, Pope, Pope Francis, Population, Power, Power Plants, president, progress, punishment, renege, Republican, responsibility, responsible, Rio, scenario, Science, security council, Self Inflicted Genocide, senate, socioeconomic, Solar, Solar Energy, stuttering energy transition, suicide, Sustainability, Technology, treaty, UN, UNFCCC, US, Wealth, World, World Population
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