Today the IPCC came out with “A Special Report on the Impacts of Global Warming a 1.5C” Essentially, it outlines how bad things will get as the Earth’s climate increases to 1.5 degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels but also how much worse things will get if the Earth warms to 2 degrees celsius above […]
Personally, one of the reasons I am so concerned about climate change is that I, quite literally, can’t stand the heat. One of the hardest things for me to adjust to since I moved to Texas is the extreme heat. Its not that I miss the North Dakota winters of my youth but I would […]
A new “Climate Change in the American Mind” survey was recently released. This is a survey which periodically measures American beliefs and attitudes about climate change. The most recent survey has some interesting results showing that the average American is becoming more concerned about climate change. For example, 6 in 10 Americans are “worried” about […]
This blog is somewhat future obsessed. I can’t help it but I worry constantly about what the future holds and nothing worries me more that catastrophic climate change and ecological collapse. Perhaps, I am just cranky because it was 90 degrees here today (November 18th!) in San Antonio. Regardless I was ruminating a bit on […]
In his book Four Futures, Peter Frase develops four future scenarios based on three structural forces that he believes will shape our political-economic system well into the future. They are economic inequality, automation, and climate change. I agree wholeheartedly that the future will be largely determined by the politics we develop to deal with these forces, and […]
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