Understanding climate change: science, policy, and practice
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| adam_text | Contents
Preface
xi
1.
Climate
Change
in the
Public
Sphere
3
1.1.
Communicating about climate change
6
1.2.
The state of the science
12
1.3.
Responding to climate change: Mitigation
and adaptation
14
1.4.
A brief history of climate change policy
14
1.4.1.
The United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol
17
1.4.2.
The Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change
19
1.5.
The scale of the challenge: Accelerating action
on climate change
21
1.6.
Roadmap of the book
22
2.
Basic System Dynamics
24
2.1.
What is a system?
26
2.1.1.
System parts and interactions
27
2.1.2.
Stocks and flows
28
2.1.3.
Feedbacks
32
2.1.4.
Lags
36
2Л.5.
Function or purpose
37
2.2.
Earth s climate system: The parts and
interconnections
38
vi
Contents
2.2.1.
Atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere,
geosphere, and anthroposphere
38
2.2.1.1.
The atmosphere
39
2.2.1.2.
The hydrosphere
41
2.2.1.3.
The biosphere
44
2.2.1.4.
The geosphere
47
2.2.1.5.
The anthroposphere
49
2.2.2.
The ins and outs of Earth s energy budget
51
2.2.2.1.
Does what comes in go out?
52
2.2.2.2.
Climate sensitivity: How much bang
for your buck?
55
2.3.
Integrating systems, science, and policy
57
3.
Climate Controls: Energy from the Sun
58
3.1.
Incoming solar radiation
60
3.1.1.
Blackbody
radiation: The Sun versus Earth
60
3.1.2.
Our place in space: The Goldilocks planet
67
3.2.
Natural variability
68
3.2.1. 4.5
billion years of solar energy
69
3.2.2.
Orbital controls: Baseline variability in the
past few million years
70
3.2.2.1.
Eccentricity: The shape of Earth s
orbital path
73
3.2.2.2.
Tilt
75
3.2.2.3.
Precession of the equinoxes
76
3.2.2.4.
The link to ice age cycles
77
3.2.3.
Sunspots: How important?
79
3.3.
Response strategies
82
4.
Climate Controls: Earth s Reflectivity
85
4.1.
Natural variability
89
4.1.1.
At Earth s surface: Ice, water, and vegetation
89
4.1.1.1.
Ice
89
4.1.1.2.
Water and sea level
92
4.1.1.3.
Vegetation
94
4.1.2.
In the atmosphere: Aerosols and clouds
95
4.1.2.1.
Aerosols
96
4.1.2.2.
Clouds
99
Contents
vii
4.2.
Anthropogenic variability
102
4.2.1.
Land-use changes
102
4.2.2.
Anthropogenic aerosols
104
4.3.
Response strategies
106
5.
Climate Controls: The Greenhouse Effect
109
5.1.
How does the greenhouse effect work?
112
5.1.1.
Characteristics of a good greenhouse gas
112
5.1.2.
Energy flows in a greenhouse world
117
5.2.
The unperturbed carbon cycle and natural
greenhouse variability
120
5.2.1.
Carbon stocks and flows
120
5.2.2.
Time scales of natural greenhouse
variability
122
5.2.2.1.
The long-term view: Hundreds of
millions of years
123
5.2.2.2.
The medium-term view: Hundreds
of thousands of years
125
5.2.2.3.
Abrupt change: Analogue for
our future?
127
5.2.3.
Feedbacks involving the greenhouse effect
129
5.3.
Anthropogenic interference
133
5.3.1.
Perturbed stocks, flows, and
chemical fingerprints
133
5.3.2.
Cumulative carbon emissions: A budget
136
6.
Climate Change Mitigation: Reducing Greenhouse Gas
Emissions and Transforming the Energy System
139
6.1.
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions:
An overview
143
6.2.
The global energy system
146
6.3.
Mitigation strategies
. 148
6.3.1.
Demand-side mitigation: Energy efficiency
and conservation
149
6.3.1.1.
Energy-efficient technologies
150
6.3.1.2.
Conservation and behavior change
151
6.3.2.
Supply-side mitigation
154
6.3.2.1.
Wind power
156
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Contents
6.3.2.2.
Solar power
157
6.3.2.3.
Biomass and
biofuels
158
6.3.2.4.
Geothermal
energy
160
6.3.2.5.
Tidal power
162
6.3.3.
Carbon capture and storage
164
6.3.3.1.
Carbon capture and storage
164
6.3.3.2.
Carbon sequestration
167
6.4.
Fostering accelerated and transformative
mitigation
168
7.
Climate Models
169
7.1.
Climate model basics
172
7.1.1.
Physical principles
172
7.1.2.
The role of observations
173
7.1.3.
Time and space
176
7.1.4.
Parameterization
178
7.1.5.
Testing climate models
179
7.2.
Types of climate models
180
7.2.1.
Energy balance models
180
7.2.2.
Earth system models of
intermediate complexity
· 184
7.2.3.
General circulation models
185
7.2.4.
Regional climate models
186
7.2.5.
Integrated assessment models
188
7.3.
Certainties and uncertainties
189
8.
Future Climate: Emissions, Climatic Shifts,
and What to Do about Them
191
8.1.
Emissions scenarios
194
8.1.1.
SRES scenario families and storylines
196
8.1.2.
Post-SRES and representative concentration
pathways
200
8.2.
The global climate in
2100 201
8.2.1.
Temperature, precipitation, sea-level rise,
and extreme weather
201
8.2.1.1.
Temperature
202
8.2.1.2.
Precipitation
204
8.2.1.3.
Sea-level rise
205
Contents ix
8.2.1.4. Extreme
weather and
abrupt
changes
206
8.2.2.
Uncertainty
207
8.3.
Backcasting
209
8.4.
The scale of the challenge: Transforming
emissions pathways
210
9.
Impacts of Climate Change on Natural Systems
212
9.1.
Observed impacts
215
9.1.1.
Impacts on land
215
9.1.1.1.
The changing timing of events,
migration of species, and altered
morphology
217
9.1.1.2.
Coastal erosion and rising sea levels
221
9.1.2.
Impacts in the oceans
222
9.2.
Adaptation in natural systems
226
9.3.
Policy tools and progress
230
9.3.1.
International tools
231
9.3.2.
National and
subnational
tools
232
9.3.2.1.
Ecosystem-based approaches
at work: The Wallasea Island Wild
Coast project
233
9.3.2.2.
Ecosystem-based approaches at
work: Peatland rewetting in Belarus
234
9.3.2.3.
Ecosystem-based approaches:
Conclusion
236
9.4.
Conclusions
236
10.
Climate Change Impacts on Human Systems
237
10.1.
Introduction
239
10.2.
Key concepts in climate change impacts
and adaptation
240
10.3.
Observed and projected impacts of
climate change
244
10.3.1.
Impacts on water and food
244
10.3.2.
Impacts on cities and infrastructure
247
10.3.3.
Equity implications: Health and the
global distribution of wealth
248
χ
Contents
10.4. Adaptation in human
systems
250
10.4.1.
How to do adaptation
251
10.5.
Policy tools and progress
254
10.5.1.
Policy tools for adaptation
254
10.5.2.
International and national adaptation
256
10.5.3. Subnational
adaptation
257
10.5.4.
Social movements and human behavior:
The root of the adaptation conundrum
259
11.
Understanding Climate Change: Pathways Forward
261
11.1.
Integrating adaptation and mitigation:
A sustainability approach
263
11.2.
Development paths and transformative change
266
11.3.
Ethics, equity, and responsibility
269
11.4.
Individual choice and collective action: Moving
forward
271
11.4.1.
Evidence-based decision-making and
the science/policy interface
272
11.5.
Next steps
273
Notes
275
Index
299
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