The FeliX Model

A systems dynamics model

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A potential breakthrough in algae cultivation technology

September 01, 2016 by Brian Walsh

Open-pond algae developer Global Algae Innovations began offering for sale a membrane system that, at scale, could use just 1% of the energy needed to run a centrifuge: 
http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2016/08/21/a-breakthrough-in-algae-harvesting/

September 01, 2016 /Brian Walsh
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American Oil Consumption

December 19, 2014 by Brian Walsh

Is the American addiction to oil coming to an end? Bloomberg charts make an interesting case: (Bloomberg) America Shakes Off Addiction to Oil

FeliX primary energy projections here and their emissions consequences here. 

December 19, 2014 /Brian Walsh
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Arctic Warming

December 18, 2014 by Brian Walsh in News

From NOAA: the Arctic is warming two times faster than anywhere else on Earth 

In just a few years, we could be wishing for the days when we didn't know the exact trajectory of global warming or the terrible consequences of business-as-usual. FeliX scenario temperature change predictions here.

 

December 18, 2014 /Brian Walsh
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The FeliX model is a project of the Ecosystems Services & Management program
at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg, Austria
with support from the European Research Council
(ERC-2013-SyG-610028 IMBALANCE-P).

Walsh, Rydzak, Obersteiner, Fritz, and McCallum

Contact: bwalsh1@worldbank.org