With the release of the discussion draft of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 colleagues have been asking an obvious question. If it were implemented, how much difference would it …
“We Want To Do Whatever We Can”
If the governments of the largest GHG emitting nations had the vision and the mandate of the low-lying Indian Ocean nation, The Maldives, we'd be already be aiming towards a different world. The …
We Aren’t On Track But We Could Be: CAI Presentation in Copenhagen
In a session on "Enabling Long Term Climate Policy" at the IARU Climate Conference in Copenhagen yesterday, I presented on behalf of the Climate Action Initiative, the team that has formed to use …
Risk of Ruin
One of the more interesting talks at the Climate Congress this week came a presentation by Nick Silver and Oliver Betts, professionals from the insurance industry who have been applying frameworks of …
Minister Hedegaard’s Challenge to C-ROADS
OK - she wasn't speaking to the C-ROADS team alone but to all of the assembled scientists: "You scientists have to tell the politicians what you know loud and clear. Bring your best game make your …
C-ROADS goes to Copenhagen
Hello from Copenhagen, where I've arrived (along with 2,000 other climate scientists) at the Climate Change, Global Risks, Challenges, & Decisions conference, which is aiming to collect the …
Senator Kerry Shares C-ROADS Findings
On March 5th Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts referred extensively to our work in remarks at a forum sponsored by Hitachi and featuring panels organized by the American Association for the …
Simulating Possibility
Just back from COP-14, it is clearer to us than ever that simple, user-friendly climate change simulations like C-ROADS have the potential to help decision makers of all sorts visualize the long-term …