The Evolution of Climate Change

Ever wonder how ideas proliferate, gather momentum, and then are taken as fact? Take climate change. Regardless of its factual basis, it was not mainstream even in the late 1990s. From whence did it come?
I did some research that presents insights into how climate change as an issue has evolved. But its even more revealing [...]

Random Nuggets: Patents, Generics, and Climate Change

The IHT reported two interesting pharma related news items.

It may be high season for patent reform in the US. According to the IHT, Democratic control of Congress, pressure to control healthcare costs, and lobbying by the high-tech industry for weaker patent legislation and protection from frivolous patent infringement suits might finally overturn the stranglehold of [...]

Lehman Brothers on Climate Change: Who Looses

Lehman Brothers this month published a report on climate change and its impact on business. Reported in the IHT, I came across it at work, but could not find it publicly.
Despite its length (143 pages), the report is an excellent summary of what has happened and what options lie ahead, and makes a quick browse [...]

IPCC Report: Global Warming is Certain and Man-made

The Toronto Star is reporting on the upcoming 4th report of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It says this IPCC report will place the burden of global warming fairly squarely on humanity:
The report, to be released in Paris Feb. 2, should all but end any debate on climate change and compel governments [...]

BBC Climate Change Experiment

Climate change worries me. So I’m glad to learn that the BBC is sponsoring an experiment, to simulate climate change. It uses the power of individual computers, similar to the immensely popular SETI@Home.
I downloaded it to my puny laptop, only to realize it cannot run it. For now I’ll have to be content biking to [...]

Climate Change & Equity

What does climate change portend for the planet? And for the citizens of Asia and Africa?
BBC World’s Horizon program today aired an episode on a phenomena called Global Dimming. Put simply, the amount of sunlight reaching the earth’s surface has declined by between 5-25% over the past 50 years. This is an empirical fact, proven [...]