Simon Donner https://simondonner.com/ Climate scientist, UBC professor, and writer who studies how climate change affects society and the environment Tue, 26 Dec 2023 18:49:45 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://simondonner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-14498787490_8d868d069b_o-e1473902545744-32x32.jpg Simon Donner https://simondonner.com/ 32 32 Eight key issues to watch at COP28 https://simondonner.com/2023/11/30/eight-key-issues-to-watch-at-cop28/ https://simondonner.com/2023/11/30/eight-key-issues-to-watch-at-cop28/#respond Thu, 30 Nov 2023 18:26:49 +0000 https://simondonner.com/?p=1627 This year’s United Nations climate summit arrives at the end of what will be the warmest year in recorded history, possibly the warmest year in the history of human civilization. The atmosphere around COP28 might be as heated as the actual atmosphere. The summit is being held in a major oil producing nation, and is […]

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]]> https://simondonner.com/2023/11/17/three-observations-about-carbon-pricing/feed/ 0 Swimming among icebergs https://simondonner.com/2023/03/14/swimming-among-icebergs/ https://simondonner.com/2023/03/14/swimming-among-icebergs/#respond Tue, 14 Mar 2023 23:53:03 +0000 https://simondonner.com/?p=1462 I have been working on a book, loosely related to a TEDx talk I gave last year. Shortly after the talk, an Antarctic ice shelf about the size of Los Angeles broke into pieces and drifted off to sea. While the two events are unrelated – I don’t think I can be personally blamed for […]

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]]> https://simondonner.com/2023/03/14/swimming-among-icebergs/feed/ 0 What happened at COP27? Presenting the COP27 Awards https://simondonner.com/2022/11/23/what-happened-at-cop27-presenting-the-cop27-awards/ https://simondonner.com/2022/11/23/what-happened-at-cop27-presenting-the-cop27-awards/#respond Wed, 23 Nov 2022 11:40:26 +0000 https://simondonner.com/?p=1439 United Nations climate summits are dizzying affairs. At the core are the diplomatic negotiations between the official country delegations about an evolving and increasingly complex international framework for addressing climate change. Surrounding that core is the world’s largest climate change trade show: a circus of side events, pavilions, announcements, deal making, protests and press briefings, […]

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]]> https://simondonner.com/2022/11/23/what-happened-at-cop27-presenting-the-cop27-awards/feed/ 0 The Scientific Case for Courage https://simondonner.com/2022/10/24/the-scientific-case-for-courage/ https://simondonner.com/2022/10/24/the-scientific-case-for-courage/#respond Mon, 24 Oct 2022 19:43:44 +0000 https://simondonner.com/?p=1312 On climate policy in Canada, right now, we are at the top of the mountain choosing what slope to take. The longer we wait, the more the snow melts.

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