November 6, 2013 At a news conference presenting the annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, Secretary General Michel Jarraud of the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said that the agency has determined that volumes of greenhouse gases blamed for climate change hit a new record in 2012. “The trend is accelerating,” … Continue reading
Category Archives: SOLUTIONS
Depletion And Pollution
Depletion and Pollution of Water The world is facing extraordinarily serious fresh water depletion and pollution, both exacerbated by ever rising demand. Over the next 40 years estimates are that demand for water will rise 50% while demand for food will rise 70%, all in the same period that we’ll … Continue reading
$60 Trillion Cost Of Global Warming?
The Truth Behind That $60 Trillion Climate Change Price Tag If all the methane off the East Siberian seafloor was released, the fallout would cost $60 trillion—a huge, staggering number. For comparison’s sake, the world’s GDP is $70 trillion. The findings assume that 50 gigatons of methane would be released … Continue reading
Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change Report
Climate Change Report Predicts Tragedies November 2, 2013 According to a new report, starvation, poverty, flooding, heat waves, droughts, war and disease are likely to worsen as the world warms from man-made climate change. The Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report describes how global warming is already … Continue reading
Real Estate
The Secondary Market American institutional lenders commonly fund two types of real estate loans: conventional, and government-insured and/or guaranteed, primarily by the Federal Housing Administration (HUD), the Veterans Administration (VA) and the Farmers Home Administration (FmHa). While lenders may choose to keep loans in their portfolios, the vast majority do … Continue reading
Inconclusive Doha climate talks, questionable future
The conclusion to 2012’s talks in Doha, Qatar, which created a bridge from the old climate regime to a new one, set the stage for a cliffhanger in 2015, when a new comprehensive agreement will have to be reached. It reaffirmed the continuation of the Kyoto protocol for another eight … Continue reading
Carbon Dioxide Reaches 400 ppm
On May 9, 2013, worldwide levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) -the chief culprit for global warming- reached 400 ppm at the monitoring station in Hawaii, which sets the global benchmark. Humans have never been exposed to this level. The last time it happened was at least 2 million years ago, during the Pleistocene Era. In 1958, … Continue reading