Vital Climate Graphics - Update

Ice

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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melting

Clouds

Average temperature rise

limate change processes

foreword / preface

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Carbon cycle disturbances CHAPTER 01 FUNDAMENTALS

Greenhouse effect (enhanced) INTRODUCTION unravelling the climate change story CLIMATE PREDICTIONS back to the future: the science of building scenarios RISING TEMPERATURES it’s getting hot in here THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT cooling or heating, a balancing act THE CARBON CYCLE carbon, carbon everywhere GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS emissions continue to increase

Sea level rise

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CHAPTER 02 IMPACTS

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TRENDS AND CHALLENGES changing weather IMPACT AND VULNERABILITY adaptation and mitigation

A spanner in the climate wheel

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CO 2

N 2 O

CHAPTER 03 CONCLUSIONS

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CH 4 THE INTERNATIONAL ANSWER we’re in this together MITIGATION AND REDUCED GDP at what cost?

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references

credit / disclaimer

Greenhouse gas emissions