I recently had an op-ed in the WSJ on long-term trends in the human impacts of disasters, measured as loss of life and direct economic damage. There is good news here. You can read the whole piece after the break.

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updated 17 August 2018

Publications

Pielke Jr., R. (2018). The Rightful Place of Science: Disasters and Climate Change, 2nd Edition (ASU/CSPO). (Amazon)

Pielke, Jr., R. and E. Boye, (2018, submitted). Scientific Integrity and Anti-Doping Regulation, Drug Science, Policy and Law.

Pielke, Jr., R., R. Tucker and E. Boye, (2018, submitted). Serious Problems Found in a Partial Replication of Bernier and Garmin (2017), British Journal of Sports Medicine. (PDF)

Pielke, R. (2018). Assessing Doping Prevalence is Possible. So What Are We Waiting For?. Sports Medicine, 48(1), 207-209.

Klotzbach, P. J., Bowen, S. G., Pielke Jr, R., & Bell, M. (2018). Continental United States hurricane landfall frequency and associated damage: Observations and future risks. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, July:1359-1377.

Weinkle, J. and R. Pielke, Jr. (2018). Weather and Climate Damage Studies, Oxford Bibliographies: Geography, DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780199874002-0194.

Pielke, Jr. R. (2018). Opening Up the Climate Policy Envelope. Issues in Science and Technology, 34, no. 4 (Summer). (HTML) (PDF)

Pielke, Jr., R. (2018). Some Good News—About Natural Disasters, of All Things, Wall Street Journal, 4 August. (WSJ $) (HTML)

Pielke, Jr. R. (2018). Weather-related natural disasters 2017: Was this a reversion to the mean?, Risk Frontiers (HTML)

Pielke, Jr., R. (2018). IAAF Opens up on Testosterone: Some Reactions, Sports Integrity Initiative. (HTML)

Pielke, Jr., R. (2018). A Call for Bermon and Garnier (2017) to be Retracted, Sports Integrity Initiative. (HTML)

Pielke, Jr., R. (2018). Science Communication as Intellectual Hospitality, The Honest Broker. (HTML)

Pielke, Jr., R. (2018). Donald Trump isn’t waging war on science. He just doesn’t care, The Guardian. (HTML)

Pielke on Climate #8 (link)

Pielke on Climate #9 (link)

Pielke on Climate #10 (link)

Pielke on Climate #11 (link)

Pielke on Climate #12 (link)

Pielke on Climate #13 (link)

Talks

• Scientific Authority and Political Myth, May 2018, Lyon, France
  • Twitter
  • PDF
• How University Faculty Can Help Fix College Athletics, April 2018, Boulder
  • PDF
  • Twitter
• Extreme Weather and Climate Change: Science and Politics, May 2018, Tokyo, Japan
  • PDF
  • Summary
• Seven Things Everyone Should Know About Climate Policy, June 2018, Tokyo, Japan
  • Blog post
  • PDF
• Extreme Politics and Extreme Weather, April 2018, University of Minnesota
  • Twitter
  • PDF
• Misusing the Future, February 2018, Tokyo, Japan
  • Twitter
  • PDF

These days I am giving a few talks on issues related to climate change. So I am trying to make them count. This page is an effort to organize these, mainly for myself. If you’d like to borrow PPT slides from the talks just drop me an email.

Some recent talks:

• Seven Things Everyone Should Know About Climate Policy, June 2018, Tokyo
  • Blog post
  • PDF
• Extreme Politics and Extreme Weather , April 2018, University of Minnesota
  • Twitter
  • PDF
• Misusing the Future, February 2018, Tokyo
  • Twitter
  • PDF
• Climate Politics as Manichean Paranoia, July 2017, London
  • YouTube
  • Twitter
  • PDF
• You Can’t Say That! Journalism, Science and Politics, November 2015, Delft
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Extreme Weather and Extreme Politics

A talk by Roger Pielke, Jr., University of Colorado
18 April 2018, 7PM

University of Minnesota
Molecular and Cellular Biology Building (MCB)
Room 2-122
420 Washington Ave. SE
Minneapolis, MN. 55455

Parking: Coffman Union Garage

In 2017, three major hurricanes struck the United States, causing as much as $200 billion in damage and considerable loss of life. Whenever extreme weather events occur, assertions are made about possible connections to human-caused climate change. We need not rely on assertions as there is a robust body of research and evidence available. I’ve studied extreme weather the damage that it causes for the past 25 years. I’ve also had a front row seat to the so-called “climate wars” — the highly politicized, often nasty and always passionate debate over human-caused climate change. This talk will present consensus science and data on the role of human-caused climate change in trends in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather, in the United States and around the world. I’ll also describe the significant challenges I faced in simply trying to present this science to policy makers and the public. The bottom line? Scientific integrity matters, regardless of your politics. All sides in the climate debate should do better. I’ll suggest how

This post summarizes my positions and endorsements related to 2018 US elections. These views are expressed in my private capacity and are not related to my work as a professor. Some endorsements are in races that directly affect me, others are not. I’ll update as races and issues become more clear. Caveat lector.

I’m expressing these positions here for two reasons. One is on the off chance that someone might see them and explore my recommendation a bit further. The other is that I am often asked my political views, so here they are.

Updated: 4 March 2018

• Jason Crow (D) – Colorado House of Representatives 6th District
• Phil Weiser (D) – Colorado Attorney General
• Michael Shellenberger (D) – California Governor
• No one yet – Colorado Governor