Category Archives: Policy

Airtime for policy experts

Posted on June 7, 2018 by

As I discussed in this post, there’s been a lengthy discussion on Twitter about climate scientists publicly discussing policy/solutions. In response to this, David Roberts tweeted the following: I think a) the over-reliance on climate scientists to do all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, economics, Policy, Scientists | Tagged , , , , , | 110 Comments

Carbon budgets and the impacts of climate change

Posted on May 16, 2018 by

I’m somewhat stealing this from Stoat, but it’s an interesting topic, and it really originates from a tweet by Gavin Schmidt anyway 😉 I think this is correct. There's no connection to speak of between the impacts of carbon emissions … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon tax, Climate change, Gavin Schmidt, Policy | Tagged , , , , | 81 Comments

RCP8.5

Posted on May 10, 2018 by

There’s been a lengthy discussion on Twitter about RCP8.5. I think it was initiated by Roger Pielke Jr, who continues in his campaign to police the scientific community: RCP 8.5 is by far the favorite in climate impact studies (graph).I … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Climate sensitivity, ClimateBall, Policy, Research, Scientists | Tagged , , , , | 270 Comments

It’s mostly about risk

Posted on May 8, 2018 by

I wanted to post this video (see end of post), that I first came across in this comment (H/T Pehr Björnbom). It’s a few years old, so some things may have changed, but it’s still mostly relevent. It’s a discussion … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, ethics, Global warming, Policy, Roy Spencer | Tagged , , , , , | 147 Comments

Speaking out

Posted on May 6, 2018 by

There’s a current Twitter hashtag called #WeNeedToChangeTheWorld, which WMC has also discussed in this post. It’s bit cliché, but it’s probably true, for many reasons. As also mentioned in WMC’s post, Peter Jacobs tweeted the following The politics of the … Continue reading →

Posted in ClimateBall, ethics, Policy, Politics, Scientists | Tagged , , , , | 144 Comments

Criticising the critics

Posted on April 11, 2018 by

I’ve recently come across a number of examples of people objecting to the manner in which some people engage in public criticism. There is a podcast with Sam Harris and Ezra Klein. It relates to a situation in which a … Continue reading →

Posted in ClimateBall, Personal, Policy, Roger Pielke Jr | Tagged , , , , , | 341 Comments

Some impacts of warming by 1.5 and 2C

Posted on April 7, 2018 by

Something I’ve always struggled with when it comes to climate change is understanding the actual impacts of anthropogenic global warming. I think I understand the big picture quite well. If we continue to add greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Environmental change, Global warming, Policy, Research | Tagged , , , , , | 58 Comments