On the Move
“Humanity is on the precipice of a great climate migration, and Americans will not be spared,” says Abrahm Lustgarten, the author of a new book released March 26, 2024. “Tens of millions of people are likely to be driven from the places they call home. Poorer communities will be left behind, while growth will surge in the cities and regions most attractive to climate refugees. America will be changed utterly.” On the Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America by Abrahm Lustgarten is a new book published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. It is a vivid, journalistic account […]
Decarb Economics 101
To mitigate the consequences of climate change, the world requires international coordination. In 2015, the Paris Agreement was signed by 195 nations. Its long-term temperature goal is to keep the rise in mean global temperature to well below 2°C (3.6 °F) above pre-industrial levels, and preferably limit the increase to 1.5 °C (2.7 °F), which would reduce the worst effects of climate change. Many countries are developing policies to get themselves on a path toward achieving the agreed-upon 1.5 °C goal. Although present progress may seem piecemeal, in the words of a Chinese proverb, “A great journey begins with a single step.” The figure below […]