Carbon Visuals: Home Wood for Trees: Home die-erde-im-schwitzkasten.676.de Sendereihe: Klimawissen für Warschau Warschau ist die nächste Station auf dem Weg zu einem verbindlichen globalen Klimavertrag (AP) Die Karawane der Klimadiplomaten zieht weiter: Nächster Stopp ist Warschau, wo am 11. Bahnbrechende Beschlüsse im Kampf gegen die Erderwärmung sind aus Warschau nicht zu erwarten. Audio anhören Die Themen Melbourne Climate Change Forum - Centre for Strategic Economic Studies - Research - Business and Law After many years of debate, climate policy has moved squarely into the implementation stage. The next six months are critical in determining what policies will be put in place and how effective they will be in containing global warming. The Melbourne Climate Policy Forum (MCPF) hosted six briefing seminars on key policy issues facing Australia, set in the context of the global decision making process. Each of the briefings provided an assessment of current knowledge and its implications for the policy issue in question, based in part on the ongoing research activities of the MCPF partners. Following the briefing, a distinguished external discussant reviewed the briefing provided, commented on the policy issue and introduced general discussion. The MCPF is a joint initiative of Victoria University, through the Centre for Strategic Economic Studies (CSES), and Carbon Market Economics Pty Ltd (CME). Recent News 1. Briefing 1:Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change (PDF, 2617KB). Back to top 2. 3. 4.
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Climate Change, Climate Sceptics and Open Data With the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen starting on Monday, it is of vital important that there is consensus on the scientific evidence about climate change, in order to inform debates about the best course of action for the international community. Sharing the same basic picture about the climate, global warming and the impact of human sources of carbon dioxide (regardless of the details of this picture, regardless of differences in opinion about the most appropriate course of action in reponse to it) is surely a critical prerequisite to effective and fruitful negotiations. The recent illegally obtained emails from the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit (so-called ‘Climategate’) and the subsequent accusations of secrecy and malpractice from climate change sceptics have provoked debate in the media about the openness and availability of datasets related to climate change. This evening, the BBC reported: Furthermore, often access is not enough.
On the Frontlines of Climate Change | A global forum for indigenous peoples, small islands and vulnerable communities Saul Griffith: Climate Change Recalculated Good evening. How are we for signal, very good, I am Stewart Brand from the Long Now Foundation. You maybe wonder what this Twitter thing is about. This data, it turns out is helpful helpful for funders of Long Now and of these talks. OSS - Global Warming This section is dedicated to assessing empirical science and reasonable questions as well as expectations based on the current state of knowledge and understanding of the effects of anthropogenic global warming. Myths vs. Facts: Global Warming Myths vs. Facts in Global Warming: This news and analysis section addresses substance of arguments such as "global warming is a hoax", "global warming is a fiction", "global warming is created to make money for Al Gore". The main fallacy noted is that most arguments are facts out of context while others are simply false representations. Summary Reports Summarizing for policy makers current understanding of climate related science and potential impacts for risk assessment. Books Understanding science and economics are key to our standards of living. Links 1958 - Frank Capra warns of Global Warming In 1958, Director Frank Capra made a movie for Bell Labs to explain the expected effects of 'Global Warming'. 1989 - Margaret Thatcher Atmospheric Aerosols Solar
A tour of climate data at CKAN The following guest post is by David Jones who is, among other things, a curator of the climate data group on CKAN (the OKF’s open source registry of open data) and co-founder of Clear Climate Code (which was previously featured on our blog here and here). Take a tour of some of the additions we’ve made to the climate data group at OKF’s CKAN. The Mauna Loa observatory, Hawaii, has the longest period of continual recording of the amount of CO2 (carbon dioxide) in the air, the airborne fraction. CO2 is a relatively well mixed gas in the atmosphere, but even so, it would be unwise to rely on a single location for measurements. What about reconstructing historical CO2 levels? By drilling down through the ice we can reach older and older ice. By measuring the CO2 content of the gas trapped in the ice core, we can reconstruct the historical levels. (Other data from the Vostok ice core are also available) Vostok is well known for being the coldest place on Earth. References and Credits
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