Mexico Hurricane Patricia
October 23, 2015 | No Comments
México.- protection is important to emphasize that we can not skip hydrometerological concerns. The magnitude of this phenomenon we have never seen in this country, there is a history of hurricanes we’ve had in the…
Expert Forum Video on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Antalya, Turkey 2015
June 08, 2015 | No Comments
Disasters occur when natural extremes encounter communities who are ill-prepared to cope with these forces. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategies outline preventative measures to reduce the impacts of foreseeable hazardous events. Time and time…
GUEST EDITORIAL “Politicians need to get their act together on climate change“ Justus Morisse (Germany)
August 30, 2014 | No Comments
“Politicians need to get their act together on climate change.“ This quote from Chancellor Angela Merkel´s climate advisor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber is almost two years old now and was originally pinpointed at the global warming…
GUEST EDITORIAL : “Are Marvel Comics characters society’s current “Fix” for real world problems?” Robert Jay Ross, CCB, Boulder. Colorado
August 30, 2014 | 1 Comment
Guest Editor, Robert Ross, at CCB Boulder Colorado wrote an article called “Are Marvel Comics characters society’s current “Fix” for real world problems?”. Click here to download the pdf article of “Are Marvel Comics characters…
GUEST EDITORIAL (September 12, 2012): “The Curse of Creativity.” Ilan Kelman, CICERO, Norway
April 25, 2014 | No Comments
The Curse of Creativity By Ilan Kelman, CICERO, Norway I am often treated to the quotation, or variations thereof, “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used to create them”.…
Russia Grabs the Crimea…and More???. April 24, 2014 {My first BLOT (cross between Twitter and Blog)}.
April 24, 2014 | 3 Comments
Russia Grabs the Crimea…and More??? {My first BLOT (cross between Twitter and Blog)}. Mickey Glantz, April 24, 2014 Ok. So Putin’s Russia made a play to take over the Crimea, deemed to be important to…
Global Warming: Stakeholders can’t see the forest for the trees.
January 27, 2012 | 5 Comments
Each tree represent an organization or perspective about the climate change issue. Without looking at the big picture — climate change as a global phenomenon — one’s views are distorted by what is going on…
Posted in All Fragilecologies, Climate Affairs
Insight into the American Election Re-Cycle
January 06, 2012 | 3 Comments
I was listening to election results on the radio recently and a phrase caught my attention. The commentator said that the Iowa caucus in the first week of 2012 was the beginning of the 2012…
Posted in All Fragilecologies, Politics
A Cynical Optimist’s View of CO2
December 13, 2011 | 1 Comment
– An interview with Mickey Glantz From an Email interview on climate change; what is needed to cope with greenhouse gas emissions. In late November 2011, I was asked by a reporter from a foreign…
Posted in All Fragilecologies, Climate Affairs
Whose Flood is it Anyway?
December 07, 2011 | No Comments
Floods occur on the earth’s surface in scores of different locations every year. Some cause minor damage, while others can be labeled blockbuster events. For example, consider two major flood episodes from 2011: the tens…
True Believers and Naysayers – Durban, S. Africa
December 02, 2011 | No Comments
Views on climate change negotiations converge at COP17 – Durban, South Africa The views of those setting up the COP 17 event in South Africa, many negotiators and skeptics’ seem to have converged. Generally speaking,…
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