Investments‒ While Browning Media does not offer investment advice, we do recognize that there are opportuni­ties when sweeping global agreements are made. It should once again be noted that for the next 15 years the type of climate that has created more extreme storms, billion-dollar insurance losses, multi-year droughts and record breaking tempera­tures will persist. We as a culture will likely adapt, but much of that adaptation will be structured by the actions taken during conferences such as the Paris Summit.

Eventually our climate will naturally improve. Until then, we have 15 more years that will continue to fuel the belief of man’s impact on climate. As such there is close to two trillion dollars’ worth of investment capital and opportunity for any and all “environ­mentally-friendly” services, products and technologies. There are the op­portunities in developed coun­tries to become more green, utiliz­ing solar and wind energies while reducing water usage. In developing countries there should be over $100 billion per year start­ing in 2020 to help those economies grow while keeping greenhouse emissions at a minimal.

David Fuller's view

Here is a PDF of the Browning World Climate Bulletin.

There are no climate calls in our charts but I can say that so far the Gulf Stream has been very kind to us this winter in London.  Our gardens have been blooming since mid-January with the earliest spring that I can recall.  Winter coats, hats and gloves have stayed in the closets.  We have had some rain on most days but I am not complaining because it helps to keep the air clean. 

I have been occasionally frightened but mostly wryly amused by the extreme weather forecasts that I have heard during my life.  So far, Mother Nature has been a mostly benign influence, without much help from our species, although that is beginning to change.