From Production-Based to Consumption-Based National Emissions Inventories
This article discusses several issues in moving from the standard production-based National Emission Inventories (NEI) to consumption-based NEI.Read More →
Estimating local greenhouse gas emissions—A case study on a Portuguese municipality
This paper describes the study that led to the development of a carbon dioxide emissions matrix for the Oeiras municipality, one of the largest Portuguese municipalities, located in the metropolitan area of Lisbon. Read More →
Bali Action Plan
The Bali Action Plan outlines mitigation and adaptation goals to combat climate change. This Plan came out of COP13.Read More →
Differentiating (Historic) Responsibilities for Climate Change
The report recognizes two distinct kinds of responsibility--strict (or unlimited) responsibility, and limited responsibility--which are based on cumulative historic emissions of the greenhouse gases CO2, CH4 and N2O. Read More →
Liability for Climate Change and the Emerging Role of Probabilistic Risk Attribution Science
This article provides an overview of the long-term potential for climate change tort litigation and the relevance of emerging work within the scientific community for establish a basis for event risk attribution.Read More →
Climate Change Justice
This article grapples with the responsibility of the United States to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, and considers how climate change will impact the U.S., compared to how it will impact other countries. Read More →
Detection of human influence on twentieth-century precipitation trends
This study shows that anthropogenic forcing has had a detectable influence on observed changes in average precipitation within latitudinal bands, and that these changes cannot be explained by internal climate variability or natural forcing.Read More →
Climate Agreements Based on Responsibility for Global Warming: Periodic Updating, Policy Choices, and Regional Costs
This article explores regional mitigation costs resulting from global allocation schemes based on the Brazilian Proposal, and assess policy options available for calculating historical responsibility. Read More →
Livestock’s Long Shadow: environmental issues and options
This report aims to assess the full impact of the livestock sector on environmental problems, along with potential technical and policy approaches to mitigation.Read More →
Navigating the Numbers: Greenhouse Gas Data and International Climate Policy
This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the world's greenhouse gas emissions at the global, national, sectoral, and fuel levels and identifies implications of the data for international cooperation on global climate change.Read More →