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Climate change
- Deforestation and climate changeIn the years between 2010 and 2014, deforestation in tropical regions released an average of 2.6 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide each year.
- Global Carbon ProjectThe Global Carbon Project began its work in 2001 as a formal partnership among four major international science programs.
- Open Coalition on Compliance Carbon MarketsThe United Nations Climate Conference 2025 COP30 in Belém, Brazil became the birthplace of a new global alliance. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stood…
- Climate changeIn 1988, NASA climate scientist James Hansen testified before the U.S. Senate and used the phrase global warming to describe human-caused temperature rises.
- Greenhouse gas emissionsIn 2019, coal-fired power stations emitted over 25% of global greenhouse gases. This single source outpaced all other individual emitters combined.
- Abrupt climate changeThe climate system can be forced to transition at a rate determined by its own energy balance. This transition occurs more rapidly than the change in…
- Climate change adaptationClimate change adaptation is the process of adjusting to actual or expected climate and its effects. This adjustment aims to moderate harm for people and…
- Economic analysis of climate changeIn 2006, the British government commissioned a report that would become known as the Stern Review. Nicholas Stern led this massive project to quantify the…
- Global surface temperatureThe blue line on a graph represents global surface temperature reconstructed over the last 2,000 years using proxy data from tree rings, corals, and ice…
- Assisted migrationThe phrase assisted migration describes the intentional establishment of populations or meta-populations beyond a species' historic range.
- Ocean heat contentOcean heat content describes the thermodynamic potential energy stored within seawater. Scientists define this value using the equation of state for seawater.
- Climate change litigationIn 2019, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands confirmed that the government must cut carbon dioxide emissions. This ruling relied on one specific legal…
- Climate emergency declarationThe first government to declare a climate emergency was the City of Darebin in Melbourne, Australia. This local council made the decision on the 5th of…