COP out?
Maybe the Kyotos and Copenhagens aren’t the way forward.
I realize this is a provocative statement, but let’s consider it for the sake of argument.
Pledge
One-hundred fifty years ago, a tourist might have stepped directly onto the Eigergletscher from just below the station buildings, where the train tracks burrow into the Eiger. Today, gray moraine protrudes like a fin and one looks up, not down, the valley to find the curled lip of the glacier.
Summer in Switzerland.
The trip to Switzerland gave us the opportunity to meet experts in the field of meta-analysis and meta-synthesis while exchanging ideas with our peers .I was introduced to new quantitative approaches that I believe will guide me in the world of science .Brenda and Prof. De Geest did a good job in organizing the course [...]
Elephant vocalization
Tackle climate change? Try studying elephant vocalization in the Savannah. No, seriously. The U.S. claimed this as one of its assistance programs to aid developing countries in their climate response efforts, the University of Zurich’s Axel Michaelowa told us yesterday.
Maybe it was a simple typo in the bureaucratic reporting, but this raises an interesting [...]
Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Hello, this is my first post. I have just completed the week-long NCCR Climate Summer School in Grindelwald. Though I am only now writing, I will contribute at least a few more times to express thoughts related to this past week’s experience.
Just before leaving the U.S. to the NCCR Climate Summer School, which just ended, [...]
Coming to a Close
Friday lunch, our final meal in Grindelwald, and it is warm and sunny outside. Quite a change from the rain and chill that characterized the start of the week.
At the beginning of the week, one of our first keynotes discussed climate science. This morning, our final keynote discussed climate change in the context of trade [...]
Who’s hungry for risk?
Today’s phrase: Risk Appetite. How much risk is a community willing to absorb?
With hurricane Earl approaching the U.S. eastern coastline, it seemed an appropriate afternoon to learn about how the insurance sector assesses natural hazard risks.Our lecturer was Marc Wuest of Swiss Re, an internationally-renowned reinsurance company. Reinsurance companies insure insurance companies, stepping in when [...]
Escaping the Inertia
As a participant in the NCCR Summer School, it is hard to believe both that we have been here for less than a week and simultaneously that our week-long immersion is nearly over. The days have been full and rich giving our time to date a sense of great magnitude, and yet there remains a [...]
Climate response scavenger hunt
Pondering yesterday’s adaptation lectures from the 9th International NCCR Summer School (and having survived a four hour crash course in integrated climate abatement and economic modeling this afternoon), I decided to take a quick snoop around Grindelwald to see what sort of climate response measures a small town in Switzerland has implemented.
I decided to [...]
Finally over the jet lag!
Made it back to 100 degree Arizona 24 hours after leaving Basel–Karen, Lora and I had fun trying to figure out the airline schedules–made me jealous of those who stayed the rest of the weekend in Basel!! My hotel–Hotel Buildingzentrum 21 was excellent, the summer school was excellent and the thinkswiss trip to Ben was [...]
