An Upper Limit of 3.9ยฐC for Climate Change?
One of the oldest quantitative claims in climate science is that the likely global average temperature increase due to a doubling of atmospheric COโ is between 1.5 and 4.5ยฐC. This…
One of the oldest quantitative claims in climate science is that the likely global average temperature increase due to a doubling of atmospheric COโ is between 1.5 and 4.5ยฐC. This…
According to the Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update published this week, the global mean temperature is projected to be more than 1ยฐC above the pre-industrial average in this and…
Presumably, you are aware that weโre in the middle of a disaster. Thatโs unpleasant โ to say the least โ but itโs also quite instructive. There is much we can…
(This is part 8 in the No Time for Utopia series.) I never liked Tolkienโs books โ I always found them badly written, reactionary garbage โ but when I was…
Apparently, an increasing number of people say that they believe that climate change will cause human extinction. To what extent all of these people are genuinely convinced about this I…
In a review of a number of books about the Anthropocene, British sociologist Leslie Sklair wrote that: Three main narratives have emerged: (1) While posing problems, the Anthropocene is a…
(This is part 7 in the No Time for Utopia series.) The main guiding principle of this series is a rejection of โideal theoryโ, that is, of idealizations and unwarranted…
(abstract) โ One of the effects of climate change is an increase in extreme weather and natural disasters. Unless COโ emissions are significantly reduced very soon, it is inevitable that…
(This is part 6 in the No Time for Utopia series.) In The Ethics of Climate Insurgency I argued that an insurgency aimed at overthrowing the enemies of our children…