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Tag Archives: World Population
Jim Foreit Guest Blog: How Does Population Decline?
In the last few posts, I have discussed the global population (both current and future), as it relates to both economic input and contribution to climate change. I promised to ask a friend who specializes in demographics for his comments. … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Abortion, Bangladesh, Breastfeeding, Climate Change, Contraception, CPR, Distal Determinants, Family Planning, Fertility, Global Population, Guest Blog, India, Infant Mortality, Malthus, Margaret Sanger, Menarche, Menopause, Nigeria, Population, Population Control, Proximate Determinants, Replacement Rate, TFR, United Nations, World Population
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Why Do We Care About Inequality?
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
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Poverty and Population
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
Future Populations
Last week’s blog established various time targets for the existence of our civilization and thus tried to establish an absolute level of sustainability. Granted, some of the targets I provided were rather trivial, like the desire to see another “Thanksgivukkah,” … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Fertility Rate, Global Population, Growth, Los Angeles, Mumbai, Population, Projections, Replacement Rate, Sustainability, Thanksgivukkah, UN, World Population
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Hanukkah, Thanksgiving and the Drake Equation
I recently finished celebrating Thanksgiving and Hanukkah with my family; enjoying the wonderful meal, lighting the 2nd Hanukkah candle and thanking God both in English and Hebrew. Following this, we also prepared to celebrate the end of the semester, and … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Aliens, Alpha Centauri, Astrobiology, Avatar, Calendar, Christmas, Climate Change, Climate Change Fork, Drake Equation, Extrarerrestrial, Frank Drake, Future, Global Population, Gregorian, Hanukkah, Hebrew, Helios 2, James Cameron, Jew, Jewish, Kepler, NASA, New Year, Now, Population, Present, Thanksgiving, Thanksgivukkah, UFOs, Voyager 1, World Population
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A Return to “Self Inflicted Genocides” – this Time in the Present.
About two weeks ago, I was asked to write a blog about the ongoing climate change meeting that was taking place at the time in Poland (COP 19). I was born in Poland and speak the language, and my blog … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Conference, Desalination, Egypt, Energy, Environment, Fatah, Fossil Fuels, Gaza, Genocide, Global Warming, Holocaust, Israel, Mediterranean, Mitigation, Palestine, Poland, Pollution, Power Plants, Residence Time, Self Inflicted Genocide, Sewage, Sewer, Water, Water Pollution, Water Stress, Water Table, Water Treatment, World Population
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Feedback on Desalination
Last week, after posting the newest blog here on CCF, I immediately received a response from Peter Gleick, one of the authors of the report about water desalination that I had discussed. Through my twitter account, he led me to … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged California, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Cost, Desalination, Economics, Emissions, Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Mitigation, Pacific Institute, Peter Gleick, Power Plants, Price, Science, Seawater, Sustainability, Technology, Water, Water Cycle, Water Stress, World Population
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Desalination – Where Are We?
After last week’s detour, I would like to take the chance now to refocus on desalination as a possible remedy to the global fresh water stress the world is currently suffering. Here, I will discuss specific aspects of the prevalence … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Clean Energy, Climate Change, Desalination, Economics, Emissions, Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Global Population, Science, Technology, Water, Water Cycle, Water Stress, World Population
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Out Of Date?
In the last few blogs (starting with the September 24 blog) I alternated between two topics – the continuing discussion of fresh water stress and my reactions to the beginning of the publication of the 5th IPCC report (AR5). Here, … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Atmosphere, Carbon, Carbon Cycle, Climate Change, Data, Future, Global Population, IPCC, Light Cone, Observation, Past, Present, Science, Time, World Population
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Syria and the Meaning of “Self”
Before the Jewish New Year, I got the following message from a friend: On Rosh Hashanah, it is written… On Yom Kippur, it is sealed. May it be written and may it be sealed that you and all your loved ones have … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Bergen-Belsen, Chemical Weapons, Civil War, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Collective Suicide, Environment, Genocide, Global Warming, Hitler, Holocaust, International Law, International Treaties, Kyoto Protocol, Nazi, Rosh Hashanah, Science, Self Inflicted Genocide, Syria, UN, United Nations, US, Warsaw Ghetto, World Population, Yom Kippur
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