Articles about climate science
Category: Climate Science
The short term climate ambition
If carbon dioxide emissions are to fall by 50% by 2030, i.e. to 20 Gt, then what might that look like? In just a decade …
Carbon budgets, CCS and the energy transition
One of the key talking points of the recent Climate Summit in New York was the carbon budget available for a transition that could limit …
Is 1.5°C closer than we think?
As the climate issue progresses and the seemingly endless noise linked with ‘crisis’ and ‘emergency’ risks desensitizing many to the reality of the issue, clear …
Encouraging CCS Deployment
Recently I attended a workshop hosted by KAPSARC on the potential for a dedicated mechanism to spur the deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS). Technology …
Testing the limits of transition
Over the past two years, on a timetable similar to that of the IPCC 1.5°C report, the Shell scenario team has been working towards the …
Climate Risks and ‘Hothouse Earth’
A new paper by researchers from a number of institutions, but including the Stockholm Resilience Centre and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, has made …
Has climate change run its course??
A curious article appeared in the Wall Street Journal recently, written by Steven Hayward from the University of California, Berkeley, arguing that the climate change …
Achieving the balance
The Paris Agreement calls for a “balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of the …
Meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement
Over the past few months I have been deeply involved with my colleagues in the Shell Scenario team preparing a new scenario that illustrates a …
Crossing the Antarctic Circle
Visiting Antarctica is something most travellers there only ever do once, but over the last two weeks I have had the privilege of visiting the …
