[google-translator] This September 2014 Low Carbon Economy Index by multinational accounting firm Pricewaterhouse-Coopers measures how G-20 countries are performing relative to their agreement at the 2009 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to do what they must to keep global temperatures within 2 degrees Celsius of pre-industrial levels. The … Continue reading
Category Archives: Climate Change
Climate Change Economics
[google-translator] A report released 09/2014 by The Global Commission on Climate and the Economy -a group of former senior government officials advised by some of the world’s leading economists- found that “an ambitious series of measures to limit emissions would cost $4 trillion or so over the next 15 years, … Continue reading
Saving New York & Low-Lying Cities From Sinking
[google-translator] April 4, 2016 There are two main components to the global water crisis exacerbated by climate change: drought and flooding. While temporary phenomena like El Niño mask the long-term nature of the former, doing nothing will not save cities like New York, Miami, New Orleans or Dacca from the … Continue reading