Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

The Paris Agreement Set an Unrealistic Target for Global Warming. Now What?

Is the 2 degree global warming target unrealistic? What now follows?

400 Million Locked Down in China To Fight Coronavirus

Another estimate of the severity and potential broader impact of the coronavirus.

Climate Change Needs To Be on the Balance Sheet

Serious people are finally calling for serious climate change accounting.

Iraq Is on the Brink of an Energy Crisis

A case study of the struggle for influence in Iraq.

Coronavirus Starting to Hit Auto Industry Supply Chains

A coronavirus worry is starting to manifest.

Libya Is Being Torn Apart by Outsiders

An update on the armed intervenetions in Libya.

Public Health Officials Offer Scant Details On U.S. Coronavirus Patients

Experts discuss US measures for dealing with coronavirus cases.

Coronavirus: Australia Faces Calamity

Identifying likely economic road kill from the coronavirus outbreak.

Do Davos Billionaires and Bankers Really Believe Booms and Busts Are Over Because They’ve Trained the Fed?

Fed tightening is no longer needed to create recessions, given fragile credit structures and a growing pandemic out of China.

Brexit D-Day

The big Brexit day is here.

The War in Libya Will Never End

Looking at the gap between posturing and positions in Libya

How CEOs, Experts and Philosophers See the World’s Biggest Risks Differently

Trying to understand CEOs’ blinkered view of risks.

Blue Acceleration: Our Dash for Ocean Resources Mirrors What We’ve Already Done to the Land

Will we drive the Blue Acceleration toward sustainable and equitable trajectories, or will we foul the ocean as we have fouled the land?