This series consists of links and excerpts from my last 12 months of posts touching on the science and politics of climate change.
Mitigation Measures for a Less Warm Planet, Part IIIb: Reduce Black Carbon November 9, 2017
Diesel transportation and household burning of solid fuels together account for almost 60% of global black carbon emissions. Transitioning to cleaner, more efficient transportation and household technologies would go a long way to making a serious dent in BC emissions.
Mitigation Measures for a Less Warm Planet, Part IIIa: Reduce Emissions of Short-Lived Pollutants November 8, 2017
This post will the first of many addressing the second lever: reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs). The main SLCPs are black carbon, methane, tropospheric ozone, and some hydrofluorocarbons.
Mitigation Measures for a Less Warm Planet, Part II: Energy Efficiency October 14, 2017
But will the gains erode without additional mandates? I don't know. Sometimes you need to push to get the ball rolling, but do you need to continue pushing with the same force for the ball to accelerate? We're about to find out (or at least get some relevant data) from the US example, where the mandates are being emasculated.
Mitigation Measures for a Less Warm Planet, Part I October 13, 2017
Unfortunately, a rise of 3.5°C could very well be catastrophic for our planet long before we even hit the 3.5 degree mark or get to 2100. Better to keep warming within 1.5°C...
Staying within a 1.5° C Rise by 2100 is Still Possible Plus the Obligatory Warnings October 9, 2017
So what did this 'carbon budget' paper actually say? That various climate models have projected slightly more warming for slightly less cumulative CO2 than what the authors have seen in the real world, so there’s a teeny bit more wiggle room for achieving the goal of no more than 1.5° C warming this century, assuming very aggressive Green House Gas (GHG) mitigation efforts.