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Climate Change Effects on Heat- and Cold-Related Mortality in the Netherlands: A Scenario-Based Integrated Environmental Health Impact Assessment

October 2015
Maud M. T. E. Huynen, Pim Martens
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
This article explores the impacts of climate change on heat and cold-related mortality, illustrating that model outcomes are not only highly dependent on climate scenarios, but also on adaptation assumptions. Read More →

The Timing of Anthropogenic Emergence in Simulated Climate Extremes

September 2015
Andrew D King, Markus G Donat, Erich M Fischer, Ed Hawkins, Lisa V Alexander, David J Karoly, Andrea J Dittus, Sophie C Lewis, Sarah E Perkins
Environmental Research Letters
This study uses climate models to demonstrate that temperature extremes generally emerge slightly later from their quasi-natural climate state than seasonal means.Read More →

The Climate Responsibilities of Industrial Carbon Producers

September 2015
Peter C. Frumhoff, Richard Heede, and Naomi Oreskes
Climatic Change
This paper considers the distinctive responsibilities of the major investor-owned producers of fossil fuels, assessing the actions these companies took and could have taken to act upon the scientific evidence of climate change. Read More →

Climate and Conflict

August 2015
Marshall Burke, Solomon M. Hsiang, Edward Miguel
Annual Reviews
This paper reviews the emerging literature on climate and conflict and finds that conflict increases with temperature.Read More →

Distributive Fairness: A Mutual Recognition Approach

August 2015
Arild Underdal, Taoyuan Wei
Environmental Science and Policy
This article "translates" the UNFCCC principles of responsibilities and capabilities into 15 allocation schemes and explores the implications of these schemes for the mitigation obligations and costs of seven potentially pivotal actors. Read More →

Use of Models and Observations in Event Attribution

July 2015
Gabriele C Hegerl
Environmental Research Letters
This perspective to a paper studying extreme heat in Central England (King et al 2015 Environ. Res. Lett. 10 054002) underscores the importance of such research towards improving the reliability of event attribution results. Read More →