Environment
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 [...]
