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Climate Reform

May 15
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Already On Track to Meet Paris?

By Climate Reform, climate solutions, CO2 emissions, economics, Emissions, emissions goals, Emissions Reductions, energy generation, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, Paris, Paris Climate Commitments, solar, Solutions, wind, wind energy

Naam, Smaller, cheaper, faster: Does Moore’s law apply to solar cells?, Scientific American, March 16, 2011. Click for link. Paris commitments are generally about 80 percent emissions reductions by 2050…

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May 02
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A Healthy Climate: Isn’t This the Goal?

By Climate Culture, Climate Policy, Climate Reform, climate restoration, climate solutions, communications, Emissions Reductions, Emissions Scenarios, global warming, Healthy Climate, Legacy Policy, Messaging, Negative emissions, Policy, politics, Psycho, Solutions, Strategy

Most of us think a healthy climate will result from emissions reductions. Time and again however, the science says this is not so. The reason? Emissions reduction strategies are about…

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Apr 18
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Global Environmental Sustainability and a Healthy Climate: Climate Policy 2.0

By adaptation, alternatives, Climate Catastrophes, Climate Change Counter Movement, Climate Culture, Climate Policy, Climate Reform, climate restoration, climate solutions, CO2 Removal and Sequestration, communications, Deniers and Delayers, Emissions, Emissions Reductions, Emissions Scenarios, Extreme Weather, fossil fuels, global warming policy, Global Warming psychology, global warming solutions, Healthy Climate, Impacts, Legacy Policy, Messaging, negative emisions, Negative emissions, Paris, Paris Climate Commitments, Paris Climate Conference, Policy, politics, Psycho, Scenarios, sequestration, Solutions, Strategy, What we can do

April 13, 2018: Recent ocotillo mortality from drought stress and flathead borer, Glen Springs Road, Big Bend National Park. Mortality is anywhere from triple to 10x normal and includes pines,…

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Mar 25
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Sing Delay, Delay, Delay: 0.5 C Limit to Dangerous Climate Change

By 0.5 C, 1.5 C, 2 C, abrupt change, Abrupt changes, abrupt climate change, Arctic, Arctic sea ice collapse, Climate Policy, Climate Reform, climate restoration, CO2, dangerous climate change, delay, Emissions, Greenland, Gulf Stream, Gulf Stream Collapse, ice sheet, Impacts, Legacy Policy, Methane, modeling, Policy, sea ice, Strategy, West Antarctic Ice Sheet, West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse

Point 660, Greenland Ice Sheet, 20 miles east of Kangerlussuaq on the west coast. Physics is important. An enormous amount of heat is required to melt ice. This is why…

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Mar 18
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CO2 Capture – We have The Technology

By atmospheric CO2 capture, carbon dioxide capture, Climate Culture, Climate Policy, Climate Reform, climate restoration, climate reversal, climate solutions, CO2 Removal and Sequestration, DAC, direct air capture, Emissions, Emissions Scenarios, Healthy Climate, Legacy Policy, Negative emissions, Policy, politics, sequestration, Solutions, strategies, Strategy

The full-scale prototype above is Global Thermostat’s Menlo Park, CA, atmospheric CO2 capture technology. It’s not mention in the Nature Outlook article, but preliminary numbers show it can remove 1…

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Feb 28
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Thirty Years of Warnings: Union of Concerned Scientists 1988

By 1988, 30 years, Climate Culture, Climate Policy, Climate Reform, climate restoration, climate solutions, communications, delay, fossil fuels, legacy climate policy, Legacy Policy, Messaging, Policy, Solutions, Strategy, summary, Union of Concerned Scientists

Thirty Years of Warnings: Union of Concerned Scientists 1988 Thirty years of warnings and very little has changed. Except for a few numbers, this letter from the Union of Concerned…

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Feb 24
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What’s the Big Deal With Climate Change?

By Abrupt changes, climate change, Climate Culture, Climate Reform, communications, deniers, Deniers and Delayers, desert, die-off, Drought, Emissions Scenarios, Extreme Weather, extremes, forest health, Forest Mortality, global warming, Global Warming psychology, Impacts, Messaging, Myths, pine beetle, Psycho, Shifting Ecology, Solutions, Strategy, The Unexpected, weather, What we can do

Big Bend National Park, March 2015, River Road near Soliz. Climate change has come to the heart of the Chihuahuan Desert. The dead sticks in the photo are creosote bush…

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Feb 21
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Abrupt Sea Level Rise Warning From NOAA: Paris Inadequate

By 300x2050, abrupt change, Abrupt changes, Abrupt sea level rise, Antarctica, Beaches coastal, Climate Culture, Climate Policy, Climate Reform, climate restoration, climate solutions, economics, emisions reductions, Emissions, Emissions Scenarios, Healthy Climate, ice sheets, Impacts, Negative emissions, net zero, non CO2 greenhouse gases, Paris, Scenarios, Sea Level Rise, Solutions, West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Padre Island National Seashore, 52 miles beyond the “Four-wheel Drive Only” sign. Dune erosion from normal biannual high tides — the King and Spring Tides in October and April. NOAA’s…

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Feb 04
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Healthy Climate Alliance and 300 ppm CO2 by 2050 (300×2050)

By 300 ppm CO2, 300x2050, carbon dioxide removal, CDR, Climate Culture, Climate Policy, Climate Reform, climate restoration, climate solutions, CO2 Removal and Sequestration, DAC, decarbonization, direct air capture, Emissions, Emissions Reductions, Emissions Scenarios, Extreme Weather, feedback, Global Warming psychology, Healthy Climate, Legacy Policy, Negative emissions, Policy, politics, sequestration, Solutions, Strategy

Emissions reductions alone allow Earth’s temperature to continue to rise, sea level to continue to climb, and our beaches to mostly disappear. What can we do to not only prevent…

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Nov 17
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The Moral Imperative Dilemma

By alternatives, BECCS, carbon dioxide removal, CDR, Climate Reform, climate solutions, CO2 Removal and Sequestration, DAC, direct air capture, geoengineering, Global Warming psychology, Legacy Policy, Messaging, moral imperative, Negative emissions, Policy, Psycho, REDD, Solutions, Strategy, Uncategorized

The “moral imperative dilemma” is that thing where we feel it is our duty to create a fossil fuel extinction in order address climate change. This is something our climate…

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Nov 04
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Very Large Negative Emissions: Beyond Paris Emissions Reductions to a Safe and Healthy Climate

By abrupt change, Abrupt changes, Antarctica, California Fires, Climate Catastrophes, Climate Policy, Climate Reform, climate solutions, CO2 Removal and Sequestration, Emissions Scenarios, Extreme Weather, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Sandy, Impacts, modeling, Negative emissions, Paris Emissions Reductions, Policy, Scenarios, Sea Level Rise, Strategy, Texas Drought, West Antarctic Ice Sheet

The Devil’s Elbow: Just about as far as one can get from anywhere in Texas, this area is the big bend in the Texas coast on Padre Island, 35 miles…

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Aug 28
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New Climate Culture

By Abrupt changes, alternatives, Climate Culture, Climate Policy, Climate Reform, climate solultions, climate solutions, communications, Emissions, Emissions Scenarios, Global Warming psychology, Legacy Policy, Messaging, Negative emissions, Policy, politics, Psycho, Scenarios, Solutions, Strategy, What we can do

In 2015, new energy generation construction from wind and solar accounted for 70 percent of the total globally. Natural gas was 27 percent and coal was relegated to the 3%…

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Aug 17
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Falling Emissions: With Offshored Goods and Fugitive Emissions — Not So Much

By Climate Policy, climate pollutants short-lived, Climate Reform, CO2, CO2 Removal and Sequestration, Emissions, Emissions Scenarios, Legacy Policy, Negative emissions, Policy, politics, Scenarios, sequestration, Solutions, Strategy, What we can do

Observations on Declining U.S. Emissions: It’s a widely held belief that the U.S. has been reducing emissions since the peak  2005-2007 before the recession. This is just barely valid today,…

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Jul 17
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Climate Change: What Should We Do?

By Abrupt changes, Climate Catastrophes, Climate Policy, Climate Reform, CO2 Removal and Sequestration, Emissions Scenarios, Extinction events, forest health, Forest Mortality, ice sheets, Myths, Negative emissions, pine beetle, Scenarios, sequestration, What we can do

One of the biggest myths about climate change is that emissions reductions cool Earth. This is nowhere close to reality. Even the Paris Commitments of 80 percent emissions reductions by…

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Jul 16
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Fundamental Climate Science:  Time Frames, Net Warming and Implications for Strategy

By Abrupt changes, Climate Reform, CO2 Removal and Sequestration, Emissions, Emissions Scenarios, global cooling pollutants, Legacy Policy, Negative emissions, Policy, Scenarios, Solutions, Strategy

The IPCC changed their fundamental philosophy on how they evaluate scenarios of our future climate in their 2013 reporting, but they have yet to acknowledge the most common and meaningful…

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