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Investing In Asia

Investing In Asia

Investing in Asia is tricky because every country is so different – different languages, laws, cultures, etc. This means the learning never ends, and when it comes to investing in the region, we’re only as good as we are informed.

Arshad August 11, 2021 Climate Adaptation, My Projects, Self Improvement Read more

What Are Climate Adaptation Startups?

What Are Climate Adaptation Startups?

In looking for climate-adaptation startups to invest in, I’ve struggled to define exactly what is and what is not an adaptation business. Do alternative meat and milk startups count? How about platforms to manage power from renewables? How I’ve been

Arshad September 20, 2020 Climate Adaptation, Investments Read more

Pandemics Will Increase With Climate Change

In all the news about the fast-moving COVID-19 pandemic, few outlets pause to remind their audience that pandemics are a byproduct of climate change and will be more prevalent as the planet heats up. Creatures that act as disease-vectors –

Arshad March 12, 2020 Climate Adaptation, Predictions, Strategy Read more

Drought: Anticipating A Parched Future

Drought: Anticipating A Parched Future

In May, 2019 a close family friend who I’ll call Auntie N (to protect her privacy), was, in her beautiful Connecticut home, deeply distraught. “Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Fani” (that’s what Wikipedia calls it) had just struck Odisha, India, where her

Arshad January 29, 2020 Climate Adaptation, Environment, Predictions Read more

Notes from Dhaka: Bad Air

Notes from Dhaka: Bad Air

Air pollution has now been a daily fact of life in Asia for over 20 years, with a permanent brown-tinted haze doming entire cities and blotting out blue skies and sunshine on most days. My frequent travel to Dhaka gives me

Arshad January 20, 2020 Climate Adaptation, Environment Read more

Earth Is Burning And You’re Working On What?

Earth Is Burning And You’re Working On What?

The Paris Climate Agreement aimed to avoid a “catastrophic” 2ºC increase in global temperatures. We have just a decade left to cut current carbon emissions by half, and unfortunately we are nowhere near achieving this goal.  Here’s what happens if we

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How To Build A Business When The World Is Ending

Mathematician Safa Motesharrei of the US National Science Foundation-supported National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, working with a team of natural and social scientists, recently published a shockingly dark report on the near future of Western civilization. According to these credible researchers,

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How To Build For The Future

We have to stop building businesses, and start solving for scarcity. Our planet is running out of natural resources like titanium, silver and copper at an alarming rate.  Antimony, a product used in many batteries, will be exhausted from known mines

Arshad October 8, 2013 Climate Adaptation, Predictions 2 Comments Read more

Postpone The Long Emergency

In 2005, investigative journalist James Howard Kunstler published The Long Emergency, a book that ominously describes economic and social collapse caused by climate change, crashing financial markets, and high oil prices. Hurricane Sandy (officially dubbed “Superstorm Sandy”) and the challenges

Arshad November 4, 2012 Climate Adaptation, Predictions No Comments Read more

We Have Work To Do

According to Napster founder and former Facebook president Sean Parker, “It’s technology, not business or government, that’s the real driving force behind large-scale societal shifts.” Thanks to improvements in technology across all sectors, we now produce sufficient goods and services

Arshad August 18, 2012 Climate Adaptation, Predictions No Comments Read more
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