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“BlackRock Investment Fund will include climate change as risk factor for portfolio”

Posted on 8 October 2016 by ecoquant

BlackRock, the world’s largest private investment fund, has announced that it will include climate change as an important factor in how it assigns risks to its investment portfolio … BlackRock is not your average investment fund. With $4.9 trillion in … Continue reading →

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Climate Scientist Michael Mann

Posted on 13 May 2015 by ecoquant

Professor Michael Mann is a personal hero of mine, principally because he connected, for me, the world of time series and principal components with climate science, showing there might be some small thing I can contribute to the discussion, and … Continue reading →

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“LONG CHOICES: On Climate and Being Carbon Dioxide”, a lecture

Posted on 14 December 2013 by ecoquant

LONG CHOICES: On Climate and Being Carbon Dioxide How does the Earth surface stay warm at night?  How much carbon have people added to our atmosphere? How long does it remain there? What is this doing to Earth’s climate? Why? … Continue reading →

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