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Two Degrees: Guardrail? Or Guide Rail to Disaster?

June 6, 2024/8 Comments/in Climate Change, Environment, Steady State Economy, Steady State Herald /by Gary Gardner

by Kent Peacock

The idea that 2⁰C is a safe guardrail against global heating was a guesstimate by an economist almost fifty years ago, and it had a sketchy scientific basis even at that time. In November 2023, a consortium comprised of many of the top glaciologists and climate scientists in the world published a report entitled “The State of the Cryosphere 2023—Two Degrees is Too High.” (See also the review on Carbon Brief.) The only hope of preventing catastrophic sea-level rise,

Icebreakers in the Arctic: An Overlooked Environmental Concern

April 14, 2022/5 Comments/in Climate Change, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Governance, Politics, Steady State Economy, Steady State Herald, Sustainability, Technology /by Brian Czech

by Johanna Cohn

Global heating has a greater impact on the Arctic than the rest of the planet. In fact, the Arctic is warming at a rate almost twice the global average. This is due to Arctic ice’s high albedo, meaning the ice reflects a tremendous amount of sunlight into the atmosphere. As the ice melts, the sea water absorbs more sunlight than it reflects. The resulting water subsequently warms and evaporates,

Logic in the Face of Sea Level Rise

February 10, 2014/2 Comments/in Economic Policy, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian Czech

In a steady state economy, the government would handle coastal disasters differently than in today’s growth-obsessed society.

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