A new article, 2011 Climate Change in Pictures and Data: Just the Facts, shares, in just two pages, seven of the most important graphs on the planet. The datasets are striking, and author Peter Gleick draws clear conclusions in a very tightly worded piece: ” CO2 in the atmosphere continues its inexorable rise. Higher concentrations […]
Archives for January 2012
Cheap Natural Gas Has the Potential to Weaken a Critical Feedback Loop Needed for the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy
Early adoption of renewable energy helps jump start the transition to a low-carbon economy via a reinforcing feedback loop. Anything that diminishes early adoption of renewable energy – including competition from ultra-cheap fossil fuels – slows down this transition. Recent reports that unusually low natural gas prices in the US may be weakening homeowner’s enthusiasm for […]
What we do and why are we doing it: a radio interview with Climate Interactive
What is it that keeps an organization like Climate Interactive ticking? Co-directors Drew Jones and Beth Sawin, along with team member and MIT professor, John Sterman, joined Radio Green Talk host Diana Dehm to discuss this and elaborate on why we provide the tools that we do. During the program John discusses how we use […]