This September 2014 Low Carbon Economy Index by multinational accounting firm Pricewaterhouse-Coopers measures how G-20 countries are performing relative to their agreement at the 2009 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to do what they must to keep global temperatures within 2 degrees Celsius of pre-industrial levels. The result: … Continue reading
Category Archives: Climate Change
National Security & Climate Change -2014
2014 National Security & Climate Change Report (in English, .pdf file) issued by the Center for Naval Analyses Military Advisory Board.
U.S. Climate Change Review -2014
Overview (in English, .pdf file) of the 3rd National Climate Change Assessment Review, explaining its impact on the United States
2014 Climate Change Report
A special supplement to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 95, No. 9, September 2014 entitled Explaining Extreme Events of 2013 From a Climate Perspective.
Climate Change Economics
A report released 09/2014 by The Global Commission on Climate and the Economy -a group of former senior government officials advised by some of the world’s leading economists- found that “an ambitious series of measures to limit emissions would cost $4 trillion or so over the next 15 years, an … Continue reading
Global Climate Report Feb. 2017
2017 year-to-date temperatures versus previous years. Report from National Centers of Environmental Information.
Regulations Could Preserve Assets in the $Trillions
April 5, 2016 A 2016 study from the London School of Economics and Political Science argues that regulations to limit carbon emissions could actually help to preserve $trillions in assets.
Impact Of Climate Change On Portfolios
April 5, 2016 A report from Blackrock Investment Institute analyzing the impact of global warming on portfolios.
Cost of Climate Change
April 5, 2016 This 2010 report from Yale University is widely used by agencies and others to calculate the potential economic damages from climate change.
Saving New York & Low-Lying Cities From Sinking
April 4, 2016 There are two main components to the global water crisis exacerbated by climate change: drought and flooding. While temporary phenomena like El Niño mask the long-term nature of the former, doing nothing will not save cities like New York, Miami, New Orleans or Dacca from the ocean’s … Continue reading