Inequalities fuel human impacts on climate

(Eco Business, 1 Mar 2017) Scientists seek precision research tools to measure how human impacts and inequalities will feed back into future climate change.

For the second time this year, a group of climate scientists has called for a new approach to climate change research to produce a better and more precise idea of how the world will change as global average temperatures rise.

The call comes only weeks after a distinguished international team reminded researchers that some details of the planetary climate machine are still unresolved – such as what happens to all the carbon released by fossil fuel combustion, and how rainfall patterns will change in the decades to follow.

Neither group is challenging the general climate models, which broadly predict that, unless action is taken, global average temperatures could rise by 4°C and global sea levels by a metre or so. What each wants is more detailed answers.

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Eco Business, 1 Mar 2017: Inequalities fuel human impacts on climate