Tag Archives: Kevin Anderson

IAMs – Open Thread

Posted on September 21, 2019 by ...and Then There's Physics

There’s been an interesting debate about IAMs. IAMs are Integrated Assessment Models that are used to develop mitigation pathways. In this article, Kevin Anderson argues that IAMs are simply the wrong tools for the job, while Jessica Jewel clarifies the … Continue reading →

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Promises and perils of the Paris agreement?

Posted on June 2, 2019 by ...and Then There's Physics

A few people were sharing, on Twitter, a Science article called Promises and Perils of the Paris Agreement. It mostly seemed unobjectionable. It discusses the linear relationship between warming and emissions, and how this allows one to define carbon budgets … Continue reading →

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The impact of 4C of global warming

Posted on May 20, 2019 by ...and Then There's Physics

On a number of occasions I’ve highlighted Kevin Anderson saying At 4oC most of the scientists I talk to about this, and the social scientists as well, would say it’s incompatible with organised global community. I don’t know if this … Continue reading →

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Going Nuclear

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Willard

An epic tweetspat with pseudo-modern engineers made me think of the following confutation of the Breakthrough playbook: First, nuclear energy needs to compete with fossil fuels, not renewables like wind or solar. This point rests on the basic observation that the … Continue reading →

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Carbon budget constraints

Posted on November 23, 2017 by ...and Then There's Physics

I’d been meaning to highlight a statement from Kevin Anderson for quite some time. A brief lull in postings gives me a chance to do so. It relates to the Paris goal of keeping global warming below 2oC. I haven’t … Continue reading →

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Kevin Anderson: how numbers reveal another reality

Posted on August 9, 2017 by ...and Then There's Physics

I’ve finally watched the video of Kevin Anderson’s talk (posted in a comment that I currently can’t find) which was part of the Cambridge Climate Lecture Series. I found it quite uncomfortable. He addressed things that we typically avoid. The … Continue reading →

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Kevin Anderson on Paris

Posted on January 11, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

I realise Marc Hudson has already posted this on his site, but I thought I would also post it here. It’s a video of Marc interviewing Kevin Anderson about the Paris agreement. I think the video is a touch too … Continue reading →

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Precautionary measures

Posted on January 7, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

Nassim Taleb, who is the originator of the Black Swan theory, is – amongst others – the author of a short essay called Climate models and precautionary measures. The basic premise seems to be that because this is a global … Continue reading →

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Censoring their own research?

Posted on November 30, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

This is going to be my last post about the whole 2oC pathways issue, I promise 🙂 I was wanting, however, to discuss this Washington Post article called The magic number. It quotes Kevin Anderson, whose work I’ve discussed before. … Continue reading →

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The 1C milestone

Posted on November 9, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

Just a quick post to highlight that – according to the UK Met Office – 2015 is likely to be 1oC above pre-industrial – well, 1oC above the 1850 to 1900 average. If you think that we should have a … Continue reading →

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