Articles about climate science
Category: Climate Science
When history becomes reality
In this era of post-truth media and politics, it is often difficult to hold on to long held beliefs and understandings. The very reality that …
Being a climate change adviser
Shell is often cited in climate change discussions, sometimes disparagingly simply because it is an oil and gas company, but increasingly as a company that …
Debating the global temperature goal
Within the Decision Text supporting the Paris Agreement, paragraph II.21 calls on the IPCC as follows; 21. Invites the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to …
Pathways to Net-Zero Emissions
Three years ago when Shell released their New Lens Scenarios, the two views of the future looked out far beyond previous scenarios, taking in the …
Where are we now?
Last week I presented a simple analysis of the temperature data over the last 50+ years which showed that there was good reason to think …
A surprise in the data
A recent edition of The Economist featured an article on the current (albeit coming to an end) strong El Nino in the Pacific and the …
A blast from the past
We might think of climate change as a phenomenon only reported on by the 21st Century media and imagine that only the people of today …
Going below zero
With the advent of the Paris Agreement, there is a new focus on net zero emissions. This is largely driven by a better understanding of …
Exploring the Paris Agreement – the new global goal
The highlight of the Paris Agreement is without question the ambition embodied within it. This had its foundation with the Alliance of Small Island States …
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COP21: A Pathway for 1.5°C
The case for limiting the rise in global temperatures to 2°C was made many years ago and finally agreed at COP16 in Cancun in 2010. …
