Author Archives: Harry Katz
A Peek at Peaking
It’s official: 2023 was the hottest year on record. Yet the IEA predicts the world will reach peak carbon emissions before the end of this decade. Can both be true at the same time?
Here’s an infographic exploring the relationship between annual CO2 emissions, atmospheric CO2 concentration and global temperatures. Continue reading
2023 Reading Wrap-Up
Here’s a quick recap of the books I read in 2023. I read 27 books last year. That’s consistent with my pace for the past couple of years. I’m impressed by the truly prodigious tallies racked up by other readers … Continue reading
Unwinding Anxiety
Judson Brewer says anxiety is a habit, a learned behavior. In Unwinding Anxiety he presents a helpful framework for dealing with anxiety centered on hacking your brain’s reward system to reduce or eliminate it. Continue reading
Five Times Faster
We’re not on track to meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels by 2050. While there has been some progress, it hasn’t been nearly fast enough. In the last two decades, the amount … Continue reading
COP28 Wrap-up: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
They went into overtime at COP28, but delegates to the UN climate conference in Dubai emerged on the morning of December 13, 2023 with a unanimous agreement signed by nearly 200 countries. Here’s my summary. (For background on COP28, please … Continue reading
What’s happening at COP28?
Halfway through COP28, here’s a roundup of some of the key developments and announcements coming out of the conference. COP28 is the annual UN climate conference happening this year in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. For background on the conference, please … Continue reading
Nonfiction November 2023 Week 5: New To My TBR
It’s time to wrap up Nonfiction November for another year. Lisa @ Hopewell’s Public Library of Life is hosting. “It’s been a month full of amazing nonfiction books! Which ones have made it onto your TBR? Be sure to link back … Continue reading
Water Always Wins
Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of both flooding and drought all over the world. Erica Gies thinks our modern obsession with controlling water has made things worse. In her book Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age … Continue reading
Nonfiction November 2023 Week 4: Worldview Shapers
It’s Week 4 of Nonfiction November and Rebekah @ She Seeks Nonfiction is hosting. The topic is worldview shapers: “One of the greatest things about reading nonfiction is learning all kinds of things about our world which you never would have … Continue reading
COP28 Explainer
After a year of record-shattering heat waves, floods and forest fires, world leaders will gather in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from November 30 to December 12, 2023, for COP28, the most important annual international conference on climate change. Climate change … Continue reading
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