As a visual learner, I understand data better when it is shown in an excellent visual. Click here to see interesting visuals--MacDonald's Access around the World, Global Internet Usage based on Time of Day, Map of Alcohol Consumption around the World, and Drink Popularity. I don't think I will reveal anything else about my own tastes, check it out for yourself.
A new report on U.S. decarbonization from the Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project, shows how the world’s biggest emitters can jump on a pathway to put the world on track to limit global average temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius. To read a concise summary, click here.
For many people, picturing what energy neutral living looks like can conjure images of converted shipping containers or tiny off-grid yurts. They may feel this is not the right choice for them, their families or their lifestyle. As it stands today the construction industry is one of the biggest contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions. One organization based in Norway (called The Research Center on Zero Emission Buildings, or ZED), is trying to change the perception of what an eco-conscious home can really be.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has just released an animation showing the decline of sea ice since 1987, the first year for which accurate data is available on ice thickness. In 1987, sea ice that was 4 years old or older made up 26 percent of all sea ice. Fast forward to 2014 and it's down to about 10 percent. Both the decline in old ice and overall ice extent are due in part to increasing ocean and air temperatures.
What if a new technology has found a way to contribute power to the grid, makes use of already existing infrastructure, and has basically zero environmental impact; it would be a home run, wouldn't it? Lucid Energyhas developed a technology that can harness the downward flow of water in a city’s water pipes to generate energy that can either contribute to the management of the system itself, or be put back into the grid.
This year, the 2000 Millennium Development Goals expire and United Nations member states are now finalizing the sustainable development goals that will replace them. This interesting article shows the evolution in thinking and describes each of the seventeen steps in detail.
I don't often write personally on my academic blog, but on a cold wintery day in the East, when I am suffering from writer's block, seems appropriate. Robin Williams was one of my heros, and this clip is from a 1978 performance at the Roxy in which the phrase, you're only given a little spark of madness, you musn' lose it, is taken.
International business leaders are calling on governments to pledge a zero-net-emissions target for 2050. The B Team Leaders said the transition to a net-zero emissions economy could, if managed correctly, bring economic benefits to all countries, rich and poor, as well as cleaner air and a healthier environment.
How do you make climate change sexy? The poem played off Dr. Seuss is wonderfully humorous but so true, for why governments aren’t leading. Watch this excerpt taken from “seven Serious Jokes about Climate Change, an innovative comedy revue night held in association with COIN and the Climate Change Collaboration.
The global calculator tool has just been launched. A free and interactive tool for decision-makers, politicians and individuals, you can 'see' the link between our lifestyles, the energy we use, and the consequences for our climate. Explore what a low carbon world would look like in 2050.