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Science, risk management or just politics?

February 3, 2012 by David Hone
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An opinion piece that appeared in the Wall Street Journal (Europe) on Tuesday (a few days earlier in the USA) presented the views of sixteen scientists on the issue of climate change under the heading “No Need to Panic About Global Warming“. Unfortunately there isn’t much in the way of science discussed and the reality of the policy world is very different from the story they have written. [read more]

New Study Says Climate Change Inevitable, Severity Depends on Current Decision-Making

January 11, 2011 by Nathanael Baker
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New research produced by scientists at the University of Calgary and Environment Canada's climate centre at the University of Victoria shows that even if the world stops emitting carbon dioxide right now, it will still be subjected to cataclysmic climate change. Using a computer modeling system, the researchers analyzed how the... [read more]

Geoengineering: A congressman’s thumbs up

October 31, 2010 by Marc Gunther
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Before we get to today’s topic–engineering the climate– let me call your attention to a couple of news items that got my attention last week. First, a Chinese company called the Shanghai Electric Group signed a $10-billion deal to sell 42 coal-fired thermal-generation units to an Indian conglomerate called the Reliance ADA Group, the... [read more]

An Aside into Domestic US Politics

June 10, 2010 by Andrew Holland
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I have spent very little time on this blog delving into the US political debate about climate policy.  Frankly, in the short to medium term, it doesn't matter very much for security policy what any nation does.  Most scientists say that we're locked-in for the next 30 years or so with an escalating concentration of carbon and... [read more]

Web2.0 for Planet 3.0

August 14, 2009 by Michael Tobis
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Following up on Wednesday's thoughts about communicating science, especially on the web.While science is conducted in the details, policy is conducted in the whole. This is a big part of the disconnect we are facing.It's clear that I'm not the only person who is ready to expend a lot of effort in pursuit of better approaches to... [read more]

As Climate Bill Passes Tough Committee, Why Am I So Worried?

May 22, 2009 by Jesse Jenkins
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Late Thursday night, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 33-25 to pass landmark legislation that promises to address our nation’s urgent energy challenges and help avert potentially catastrophic climate change.  The legislation, known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act (or ACES), also presents an unprecedented... [read more]

Why We Must Make Clean Energy Cheap

March 23, 2009 by Jesse Jenkins
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Renewing America’s economy, responding to the threat of global climate change, and finally securing the nation’s energy independence all compel the transformation of United States energy system. Accomplishing this transformation requires the rapid development and deployment of a suite of clean, affordable, and scalable energy... [read more]

Climate policy in China and the U.S.

February 5, 2009 by Daniel Hall
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China is in some ways the mirror image of the United States. Whereas in the United States the most serious efforts to date to address climate change have been made at the state and local levels and in the private sector, in China the major initiatives have come from the national-level party and government and have often been blunted by... [read more]