Climate Change - How Catastrophic Is It?
A series of seven presentations by Mike Atkinson
3 – The IPCC & The Paris Accord – 3rd Feb -
Brief history of concern about man’s effect on the Earth etc.
The origins of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
The IPCC reports
The Paris Accord
2 – Temperature – 27th Jan -
Measurement methods
Accuracy and locations
Comparison with the past
1 – Weather & Climate – 20th Jan -
What is weather and what is climate
Floods, hurricanes
Sea level
Arctic and Antarctic ice
5 – A Look at the Media Messages -
The ‘97% of scientist agree’ statements
BBC Coverage
‘Climategate’
Group Discussion
4 – Climate Modelling – 10th Feb -
The ‘greenhouse’ effect
What is a ‘model’?
Different types of model
Comparisons of models
How good are they at hindcasting and forecasting?
6 -
Energy/Electricity Production?
Energy in the absence of fossil fuels – cost and ‘quality’?
7 -
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