[geo] Three years to save 1.5C climate target -UNEP

https://www.carbonbrief.org/only-three-years-save-1-5c-climate-target-says-unep "[annual emissions] reached around 53 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent (GtCO2e) in 2014, UNEP says." "…...countries’ climate pledges amount to less than half of the cuts needed to reach the goals they agreed in

Re: [geo] Trump, Energy and Climate

Fred and list, cc Mark Thanks for the reply. See few inserts below. > On Nov 10, 2016, at 11:13 AM, Fred Zimmerman > wrote: > > Ronal - > > I like the idea of starting with the food sector. For one thing, most people > have some opinion about climate

[geo] Re: Trump: Hot air and/or hot planet?

The prospect of Trump deep-sixing the Paris treaty highlights a pre-existing issue: the emission reduction targets are unachievable. The world economy is not a college marching band at a half-time show, which turns on a dime to march off in a different direction, drums beating. Most

Re: [geo] Trump, Energy and Climate

Ronal - I like the idea of starting with the food sector. For one thing, most people have some opinion about climate change, whereas few people outside enviro circles have (IMO) any settled ideas (or any ideas at all) about the possible role of biological CDR. So it's terra incognito, or terra

Re: [geo] Trump, Energy and Climate

Fred et al: I like all your points. The Forbes article (cite below) by Joel Kotkin should be helpful to this list as we attempt to keep the climate topic alive. Here is what Kotkin had to say on climate (under the heading “The Green Trap” (with two inserts): Clinton’s