Good afternoon! This week, on one end of the Arab world Riyadh hosted a climate meeting, while at the other end Marrakech hosted finance ministers. But it turns out they were both talking about the same thing. That’s what I get into today. I’ve got my media credentials,
Good Afternoon! Today, I’m trying out a new format as we get closer to Dubai. I’m working to put information into a more digestible form. Also, if you want to see more of this kind of reporting, please consider supporting my Kickstarter to send me to Dubai this
Good Afternoon, Today, I’m going to dive a bit into how the rest of the world thinks about climate negotiations, and how so many differing perspectives tangles up the process. But I’d also like to remind you about my Kickstarter underway. So far 18 (amazing!) people have chipped
Good Afternoon! I’m excited to tell you about the Kickstarter I’ve launched! As you know, I’m preparing to head to Dubai to cover the global climate negotiations and learn more about the negotiations news ecosystem. The Kickstarter will allow me to provide you daily, on-the-ground reporting from
Good Afternoon! Today, as I walked my dog in unseasonably Mediterranean-like weather for a late Chicago September, I thought that if climate change makes Chicago into a warm weather town, that would only benefit the world, because Chicago is so great. Period. Come at me on this one! -Mike Thank
Good afternoon! One of the things about politics – and let’s be honest, that’s what climate negotiations are – is that you often get unexpected outcomes from something that otherwise seems mundane. That’s what this last week’s U.N. meet up produced. Let’s get into it! -Mike
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Good Afternoon, Today I attempt to do some “napkin math” for how much it’s going to cost the world for climate change mitigation and adaptation. The inputs for the costs are incredibly complex. But for the sake of thinking about the true size of the problem, I’m taking
Good Afternoon, If you’re a normal human, you may not have heard, but the energy industry was roiled this week when a top European government energy analyst predicted that we’ll top out on fossil fuel use in 2030. Previous experience makes me dubious. And I brought graphs. -Mike
Good Afternoon, Today, I’ll dive into the biggest climate news of the day, the first release of the U.N. Global Stocktake Report, an every-five-years (“quinquennial”) report on whether carbon emissions reductions goals are being met. Short answer: Not enough. But first, I’m going to give you an
There’s a great deal of confusion about where exactly greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions come from. There’s also the idea of “carbon-dioxide equivalents” and what exactly counts as a greenhouse gas. Today, I’m going to try and clear things up, using some nifty charts to give a baseline
Good Afternoon, Lists, lists, lists! Everyone likes lists. They’re easy to read, provide perky facts that you can say, “Hmm!” about and then repeat them to your dinner partner. So, in the interest of improving your conversationalism, I’m gonna give you a list today. I’m not sending
Good Afternoon! A healthy society requires a certain amount of disagreement, but what if the disagreement makes no sense? Living with and talking to climate deniers can be exhausting. But their denial does make sense, from some perspectives. -Mike It’s talked about as a galvanizing moment, at last Wednesday’
Good afternoon! Missed you yesterday! I had a big project with a deadline, so the newsletter kinda got pushed back. But I’ll make it up to you with one today, and one tomorrow. Today, I’m writing about electricity transmission, and how it is the crux of the green
Good Afternoon, At some point we’re going to have to figure out how to start paying to remove all the carbon we’ve put in our atmosphere. Today I talk a bit about how that might be done – through a new currency. -Mike For decades there’s been this
Good Afternoon, If you haven’t already, start thinking about carbon capture. It’s going to become a major part of our economic lives. One way or another we’re going to have to start paying for it – and the cost will be in the trillions of dollars a year.