@rgunns Either you can’t maximize both goal A and goal B or, in cases of a strict trade off, as you increase A, B has to decrease. In a non-policy example: digital camera sensors trade off light sensitivity for resolution because of the underlying physics of the sensor.
@mattyglesias It’s widely used in UN circles and the entire ecosystem around them. Not sure you would consider us normal, but many haven’t been to grad school in developed countries.
PWH Interim Director @weisbergm, who has been advising the Republic of Palau for climate negotiations and serving as an advisor to HE Minister Hajja Naseem, shares his thoughts on today's historic decision on the loss and damage fund and funding arrangements. 👇 #COP28#PennCOP28
We sat down with PWH Interim Director @weisbergm ahead of #COP28 to discuss the purpose of the conference, and the outcomes he hopes to see around #LossandDamage. Watch here ⬇️
(#PennCOP28)
PWH Interim Director @weisbergm and former PWH postdoc Michael Franczak have a new paper, which looks at a possible an approach to loss and damage funding through a simulation from the fictional Delta Republic. Read here: https://t.co/lB1f8kc55r
This @nytimes piece by @anuahsa details the financial difficulties developing countries face when moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy, and the Maldives' approach to this switch, work that is supported by PWH's @weisbergm and @raad_zeid. https://t.co/KuJc4AA40Q
As part of our Global Order Colloquium, we're sitting down with @RachelBronson1 of @BulletinAtomic and @JoanRohlfing of @NTI_WMD to discuss how the world might work to deescalate risks of nuclear attacks, and ultimately avoid nuclear catastrophe. Register: https://t.co/rYJMoVCM68
My first peer-reviewed piece is out (open access!) today. All thanks to co-authors @ARestrepoMieth, @j_garnick, @weisbergm for seeing this one through its MANY year journey + to @perryworldhouse & our Climate Action Research Group for support along the way https://t.co/yiGY9Z4T8Q
@JoshuaLWatson Some (eg Wood, Hatfield, Guyer) mean that one of the best ways to understand the presuppositions of our current ways of thinking is to make a serious study of historical texts grappling with the same questions.
Congratulations to D.Zinta Zommers of Latvia 🇱🇻 on election to @IPCC ! Best wishes on addressing the pressing challenges of #climate change adaptation mitigation! 🙏 thanks to all members for 💪 support! Pirmo reizi latviešu zinātniece ievēlēta Starptautiskajā klimata panelī!
Released the same day on July 21, one of these movies will ignite a geopolitical firestorm, and the other will recount the origins of the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
#barbiennheimer#Barbie#Oppenheimer
Read the latest report by IPI’s Dr. Michael Franczak on “Options for a #LossAndDamage Financial Mechanism" ahead of the policy forum:
https://t.co/hiom1d9Sml