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How do the new estimates of transient climate response affect the social cost of CO2?
21 May 2013

How do the new estimates of transient climate response affect the social cost of CO2?

by cwhope | posted in: green taxes | 9

A new paper by Otto et al in Nature Geoscience has made an updated estimate of the transient climate response (TCR) implied by the climate change we have observed from 1970 to 2009. It finds the TCR to lie in the … Continued

climate, climate change
How cold is May really?
18 May 2012

How cold is May really?

by cwhope | posted in: weather | 15

In the middle of April 2012, Piers Corbyn of Weather Action made this dramatic forecast for England’s weather: The coldest or near coldest May for 100 years in Central and East parts with a record run of bitter Northerly winds. *Confidence … Continued

climate, Piers Corbyn, weather

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Chris is a climate change policy researcher, PAGE model developer, and Emeritus Reader in Policy Modelling at Cambridge Judge Business School, interested in environment and energy.

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