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Reversing the Entropy of Climate Change
According to the second law of thermodynamics, the state of disorder or chaos of a system, also known as entropy, increases over time, defining the so-called arrow of time. Applying this analogy to Earth, is the world headed into chaos as climate change unfolds? Not necessarily. Just as entropy can decrease if useful work is…
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Momentum for a Low-Carbon Economy – A Postcard From Poland
It is now three years since the historic events at the UN Climate Conference in Paris in December 2015. At that event, with much relief and emotion, the countries of the world came together to agree that global emissions should be limited. We would collectively seek to contain the temperature rise to within 2 degrees…
Trimming the Emissions Tree
Some market participants may (understandably) get confused about the difference between “fossil fuel free” indices and “carbon efficient” indices. They do sound a lot alike! However, there are some important differences, and I thought I’d use this post to explain. In a previous post, I discussed the elements of sustainability investing and the nature of…
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