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Climate 101

What are the main greenhouse gases?

The world keeps talking about CO2 all the time, so one can be excused for thinking that it is the...
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Can nuclear energy reduce global warming?

You may or may not like nuclear power, but there’s little denying that nuclear power produces pretty low life-cycle carbon emissions...
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How is global warming affecting poor countries?

Global warming is mainly a result of the rich boys’ (and girls’) club enjoying their lives thoroughly and comprehensively. Even...
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Could the ozone layer depletion be causing global warming?

The ozone hole is not a cause of global warming. The ozone hole is an area in the stratosphere above...
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If water vapour is a key greenhouse gas, why is its abundance in the atmosphere not causing concern?

It’s true that water vapor is the largest contributor to the Earth’s greenhouse effect. On average, it accounts for about...
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What is climate finance and what is its role in our fight against climate change and global warming?

It’s all nice to talk about many interesting solutions to reduce CO2 emissions, but it is an entirely different story when...
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How will climate change affect rainfall?

Will climate change and global warming increase or decrease rainfall? An interesting question, but there’s no straight answer. A warmer world...
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Does air pollution affect global warming?

Air pollution occurs when the air contains gases, dust, smoke from fires, or fumes in harmful amounts.  They are also...
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How much CO2 is currently in the atmosphere?

The extent of CO2 in the atmosphere is measured in terms of PPM, which stands for Parts Per Million. In...
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What is a carbon footprint and what is its relevance to climate change and global warming?

If the whole world is slogging it out to reduce carbon emissions, it will be nice to have a metric...
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How will global warming and climate change impact water security?

Global warming and climate change could in fact bring back an old stating back into circulation: “Water, water everywhere but not...
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Do volcanoes contribute to climate change and global warming?

Interestingly, volcanoes can have both a cooling and warming effect on the planet’s climate. When volcanoes erupt, they emit a...
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How much non-CO2 greenhouse gases does the world emit?

The world emits about 35 Giga-tons (billion tons) of CO2 every year owing to human activities. But CO2 is not...
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What’s Clean Development Mechanism?

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is an incentive policy framework designed to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions. CDM...
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Will climate change cause wars?

All along history, while a few wars have been fought over ideologies, most wars had resource acquisition and exploitation at...
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What does eating meat have to do with global warming?

Curbing the world’s huge and increasing appetite for meat is essential to avoid devastating climate change, according to many studies....
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Which activities and industries emit the most carbon?

Which industrial sectors emit the most CO2? Here is the list that provides an approximate estimate of the various sources...
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What is carbon price and why do we need one?

Carbon price is a cost applied to carbon emissions, in order to encourage emitters to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas...
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Will climate change affect human health?

If you thought that the only way global warming would directly affect human health is through hot temperatures and heat waves,...
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What kinds of data do scientists use to study climate change and global warming?

Given that any analyses of climate change and global warming require researching a diverse range of inputs, how do scientists and...
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