Tag: global warming
Who caused climate change (and who should act)?
First, apologies for the long break. Source: Khalil Bendig, http://otherwords.org/climate-change-we-can-believe-in/ So, do we have a problem with a global warming? Pretty much everyone agrees that the world has warmed, and 97% of climate scientists agree that humans have caused it. Most of those also agree that it is going to get worse, and we should definitely …
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Daily Reading – 28/09/2014
Today: all about clouds. Clouds are some of the most important, yet least understood, parts of the feedback mechanism involved in climate change. Do they increase global warming or not? All over the world or not. The short answer is: it depends. The longer answer(s) will follow soon as this is one the most intense …
Daily Reading – 27/09/14
Read this: great interactive map on several issues on climate change: whose affected, who contributed the most to cumulative CO2 emissions, who has the money etc. One thing stands out: the US has one of the highest CO2 emissions (both cumulative and current) and is least vulnerable. So what's the incentive to change? http://interactive.guim.co.uk/embed/kiln/carbonmap/index.html?header=hidden&v=201409230753#Historical Still: …
Daily Reading – 22/09/2014
Excellent article (and idea) on how to make climate mitigation actions palatable. An emission tax. Again, this is an example wherein a small minority is holding the majority to ransom. http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-climate-for-change-a-solution-conservatives-could-accept/2014/08/27/782cba4e-2a01-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html What are the band-aids we can apply now to mitigate the impacts of climate change: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trees-offer-a-way-to-delay-the-consequences-of-climate-change/2014/09/19/8b24b636-3d04-11e4-b0ea-8141703bbf6f_story.html?Post+generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_twitter_washingtonpost Will this help? or is this a case of …
Daily Reading – 17/09/14
A great endorsement of pricing CO2 emissions from the corporate angle: http://blogs.worldbank.org/climatechange/energy-ceo-california-shows-how-carbon-pricing-can-reduce-emissions-cost-effectively?hootPostID=414f71427b0494a772a16cf9bee36a7d What if we didn't have to sacrifice growth, jobs etc. to protect our climate. A new report: http://newclimateeconomy.report/overview/ And then you have these; 97% of scientists agree the world is warming and humans are responsible for that. But this institution is balancing this …
A start
My 12 year old niece and I were speaking the other day. She's very smart - wants to be a Supreme Court Judge. I asked her "Do you know what Climate Change is". She replied while Instagramming: "Its stuff that's going to happen billions of years from now". I said, "No, its already happening. In …
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