Climate change mitigation in the context of the UNFCCC negotiationsJohn Romankiewicz
What are our options for climate change mitigation? What is the U.S. position in the UNFCCC negotiations? What were the outcomes in Copenhagen, Cancun, and Durban? Where does Cancun/Durban get us in terms of mitigation? What does a 2C pathway look like?
Testing the limits of US-China clean energy deploymentJohn Romankiewicz
Over the past eight years, my fascinations have consistently revolved around the various limitations of the world’s transition to clean energy: those defined by materials science on the technologies we can practically produce, those defined by macroeconomics on how we can deploy them, and those defined by politics on just how quickly that transition can take place. The critical centerpiece of that eight-year journey was undoubtedly my three-year stint living, studying, and working in China. Beyond testing personal limitations (such as my ability to adapt to a new culture and absorb a new language), my experience in this country set me on a path to understand the limitations of a clean energy economy -- and, ultimately, how those limitations can be challenged and potentially even surmounted.
These photographs are a mystery - who took them? They were probably taken between 1880 - 1920. Most all are contact prints made from 5X7 glass negatives.
Climate change mitigation in the context of the UNFCCC negotiationsJohn Romankiewicz
What are our options for climate change mitigation? What is the U.S. position in the UNFCCC negotiations? What were the outcomes in Copenhagen, Cancun, and Durban? Where does Cancun/Durban get us in terms of mitigation? What does a 2C pathway look like?
Testing the limits of US-China clean energy deploymentJohn Romankiewicz
Over the past eight years, my fascinations have consistently revolved around the various limitations of the world’s transition to clean energy: those defined by materials science on the technologies we can practically produce, those defined by macroeconomics on how we can deploy them, and those defined by politics on just how quickly that transition can take place. The critical centerpiece of that eight-year journey was undoubtedly my three-year stint living, studying, and working in China. Beyond testing personal limitations (such as my ability to adapt to a new culture and absorb a new language), my experience in this country set me on a path to understand the limitations of a clean energy economy -- and, ultimately, how those limitations can be challenged and potentially even surmounted.
These photographs are a mystery - who took them? They were probably taken between 1880 - 1920. Most all are contact prints made from 5X7 glass negatives.