The Canadian Writer (and Climate Change Specialist)
Climate change is wrought with jargon, concepts that are very hard to summarize in plain English, and lots adjacent fields like 'sustainability' and 'environmentalism' that muddy the waters further and can make climate change seem like an incoherent, abstract, and overwhelming mess. But there's one interesting linguistic slight-of-hand that climate scientists pulled off to impress… Continue reading ‘Business as Usual’ Doesn’t Make a lot of Sense
Reading climate news over the last couple of weeks, you'd be forgiven for wondering what on Earth is going on with global efforts to slow and adapt to climate change. On the one hand, we've made progress on decarbonization to the point that the apocalyptic scenario of climate change destroying most life on Earth is… Continue reading When it Comes to Climate, Things are Getting Better and Worse at the Same Time
Greta Thunberg makes me uneasy these days. Which is not to discredit or diminish any of her accomplishments or to take away from the enormous impact she has had on the climate crisis. Greta Thunberg has made the single largest contribution to action on the climate crisis and her achievements and dedication are ones for… Continue reading On ‘So-Called Leaders’
Scenario planning is my favorite thing I learned about in a Master of Climate Change (MCC) program at the University of Waterloo. Hands down. I learned about it in an Adaptation class, shortly after deciding I was on 'team mitigation' in the 'Team Edward' vs 'Team Jacob' sort of debate that engulfs graduate students studying… Continue reading The Ancient, Rediscovered art of Scenario Planning
One of the open secrets in the climate change community is that the fossil fuels industry is facing a reckoning, perhaps even a complete and total meltdown, possibly on the scale of the financial industry's collapse in 2008. However, it is likely to be less impactful on the average person than 2008 was, because while… Continue reading Stranded Assets and Carbon Bombs
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