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This category includes online databases and other web-based resources. Note: do not use this category for peer-reviewed articles, studies, etc. that are available online. Those should be categorized under one of the other publication categories.

World Meteorological Organization Greenhouse Gas Bulletin

October 2017
World Meteorological Organization
This report provided an overview of the in situ measured greenhouse gases for 2016. Levels of CO2, methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) reached new highs in 2016 which were respectively, 145%, 257% and 122% of pre-industrial (before 1750) levels. Read More →

2017 Montana Climate Assessment

September 2017
Cathy Whitlock, Wyatt F. Cross, Bruce Maxwell, Nick Silverman, and Alisa A. Wade
Montana Climate Assessment
This assessment reports on climate trends and their consequences for three of Montana’s vital sectors: water, forests, and agriculture.Read More →

The Carbon Majors Database Methodology Report 2017

July 2017
Paul Griffin, Richard Heede, Ivan van der Vlugt
CDP Worldwide
This report describes the methodology used to to complete a dataset of fossil fuel producer emissions covering the period from 1988. Read More →

Mapped: The World’s Largest CO2 Importers and Exporters

July 2017
Zeke Hausfather
Carbon Brief
This article maps out exports and imports of carbon dioxide emissions globally and examines how including them changes countries’ national emissions.Read More →

The Carbon Majors Database CDP Carbon Majors Report 2017

July 2017
Paul Griffin et al.
CDP Worldwide
This report highlights the role that corporations can play in driving the global energy transition and is intended to to improve transparency from fossil fuel companies. Read More →

Consumption- Based Carbon Accounting: Does It Have a Future?

November 2016
Stavros Afionis, Marco Sakai, Kate Scott, John Barrett, Andy Gouldson
WIREs Climate Change
This article provides an account of the logic behind attributing responsibility for emissions on the basis of consumption instead of production, discusses the counterarguments, and presents implementation possibilities. Read More →

Paris Agreement to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

December 2015
United Nations
This document highlights the climate change mitigation, adaptation, and finance agreements within the UNFCCC.Read More →

Working Group III Contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

April 2014
Ottmar Edenhofer, Ramón Pichs-Madruga, Youba Sokona, Jan C. Minx, Ellie Farahani, Susanne Kadner, Kristin Seyboth, Anna Adler, Ina Baum, Steffen Brunner, Patrick Eickemeier, Benjamin Kriemann, Jussi Savolainen, Steffen Schlömer, Christoph von Stechow, Timm Zwickel
Cambridge University Press
This report presents an assessment climate change mitigation options, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions and reducing their concentrations in the atmosphere. Read More →

Carbon Majors: Accounting for carbon and methane emissions 1854-2010

April 2014
Richard Heede
Climate Mitigation Services
This article seeks to account for historic carbon and methane emissions between 1854 and 2010 in the fossil fuel and cement industries worldwide. Read More →

Detection and Attribution of Observed Impacts

January 2014
Wolfgang Cramer, Gary W. Yohe, Maximilian Auffhammer, Christian Huggel, Ulf Molau, Maria Assunção Faus da Silva Dias, Andrew Solow, Dáithí A. Stone, Lourdes Tibig
Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
This chapter synthesizes the scientific literature on the detection and attribution of observed changes in natural and human systems in response to observed recent climate change.Read More →

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