Category Archives: Policy

Super Pollutants Act of 2014

Posted on December 7, 2014 by | 368 comments

by Judith Curry

The Senate held an interesting and potentially important hearing on super pollutants.

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Climate/Energy Policy and the GOP Congress

Posted on November 16, 2014 by | 639 comments

by Judith Curry

With the Republicans in majority for both Houses of the 114th Congress, what are the implications for U.S. climate and energy policy?

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Posted in Energy, Policy, Politics

JC’s book shelf

Posted on November 4, 2014 by | 212 comments

by Judith Curry

Some new books that I’ve been reading, by  Roger Pielke Jr., Rud Istvan, George Marshall and James Gleick.

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Posted in Communication, Policy

How urgent is ‘urgent’?

Posted on November 2, 2014 by | 344 comments

by Judith Curry

I think we have a very brief window of opportunity to deal with climate change . . . no longer than a decade at most. – James Hansen 2006

We have only four more years to act on climate change. – James Hansen 2009

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Back from the twitter twilight zone: Responses to my WSJ op-ed

Posted on October 18, 2014 by | 833 comments

by Judith Curry

I’ve just returned from China, the first thing I did in the U.S. airport on my layover back to Atlanta was to check twitter.

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Posted in Policy, Sensitivity & feedbacks

My WSJ op-ed: Global warming statistical meltdown

Posted on October 9, 2014 by | 750 comments

by Judith Curry

I was invited to submit an op-ed regarding the recent Lewis/Curry paper on climate sensitivity.  Continue reading →

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Posted in Policy, Sensitivity & feedbacks

Challenging the 2 degree target

Posted on October 3, 2014 by | 303 comments

by Judith Curry

“Without significant cuts in emissions by all countries, and in key sectors, the window of opportunity to stay within less than 2 degrees [of warming] will soon close forever.” – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon

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Posted in Climate change impacts, Policy

An unsettled climate

Posted on September 21, 2014 by | 763 comments

by Judith Curry

I’ve been invited by several venues to write an op-ed related to my recent presentation at the National Press Club.

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Posted in Communication, Policy

JC at the National Press Club

Posted on September 16, 2014 by | 473 comments

by Judith Curry

I have just returned from my engagement at the National Press Club, sponsored by the Marshall Institute Roundtable.

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Posted in Adaptation, Attribution, Policy

A precautionary tale: more sorry than safe(?)

Posted on August 10, 2014 by | 475 comments

by Judith Curry

The unfortunate reality is that efforts to regulate one risk can create other, often more dangerous risks. – Jonathan Adler

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Posted in Ethics, Policy

Pentagon’s war against climate change

Posted on July 20, 2014 by | 316 comments

by Judith Curry

The military frames those efforts in terms of saving money and reducing its dependence on vulnerable supply lines, not dealing with climate change, but the result is the same.

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Posted in Policy

Climate Smart Development

Posted on July 4, 2014 by | 164 comments

by Judith Curry

With careful design, the same development projects that improve communities, save lives, and increase GDP can also fight climate change.

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Senate Hearing – Climate Change: The Need to Act Now

Posted on June 18, 2014 by | 368 comments

by Judith Curry

The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is convening a Hearing today on Climate Change:  The Need to Act Now.

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World Bank on Understanding Climate Uncertainty

Posted on June 6, 2014 by | 270 comments

by Judith Curry

The impact of climate change looms large as a deep uncertainty with global consequences. – Khalra et al.

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Posted in Policy, Uncertainty

Science and policy – reconciling the two cultures

Posted on May 22, 2014 by | 262 comments

by Judith Curry

There are obvious issues, such as protecting the independence of advice, acknowledging the limitations of science and being clear about what we know and do not know, to understand how science informs but does not make policy, and the need to ensure honest brokerage of information. – Sir Peter Gluckman

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Posted in Policy, Sociology of science

Reflections on Bengtsson and the GWPF

Posted on May 16, 2014 by | 589 comments

by Judith Curry

. . . some scientists are mixing up their role with that of a climate activist. – Lennart Bengtsson

Professor Bengtsson’s persecution shows precisely why independent think-tanks such as the Global Warming Policy Foundation are essential. Truly, the old joke is becoming ever more true: what’s the opposite of diversity? University. – Matt Ridley

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Posted in Ethics, Policy

U.S. National Climate Assessment Report

Posted on May 6, 2014 by | 416 comments

by Judith Curry

Climate change, once considered a problem for the distant future, has moved firmly into the present.  Climate change is already affecting the American people. – U.S. NCADAC

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Posted in Climate change impacts, Policy

End of climate exceptionalism

Posted on April 4, 2014 by | 476 comments

by Judith Curry

A new report from the IPCC implies that “climate exceptionalism”, the notion that global warming is a problem like no other, is coming to an end. – Economist

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Posted in Climate change impacts, Policy

Inconvenient truth of carbon offsets

Posted on March 28, 2014 by | 289 comments

by Judith Curry

Kevin Anderson explains why he refused to purchase a carbon offset, and why you should steer clear of them too.

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Posted in Policy

The Art of Science Advice to Government

Posted on March 12, 2014 by | 471 comments

by Judith Curry

Peter Gluckman, New Zealand’s chief science adviser, offers his ten principles for building trust, influence, engagement and independence.

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Posted in Policy

APS reviews its Climate Change Statement

Posted on February 19, 2014 by | 539 comments

by Judith Curry

The American Physical Society (APS) is in the process of reviewing its 2007 Climate Change Statement.  The process itself is remarkable, and I’ve been privileged to participate in the process.

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Posted in Policy, Sociology of science

Atlanta’s 2″ catastrophic snowfall

Posted on January 30, 2014 by | 398 comments

by Judith Curry

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Posted in Communication, Policy

Senate EPW Hearing on the President’s Climate Action Plan

Posted on January 16, 2014 by | 679 comments

by Judith Curry

The hearing is now concluded, I’m on a plane flying back to Atlanta.

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Blame game

Posted on January 2, 2014 by | 282 comments

by Judith Curry

 The scientific case is strengthening: developed countries are to blame for global warming – and there will soon be a legal reckoning.  – Chris Huhne

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Posted in Attribution, Policy

Scientific uncertainties and moral dilemmas

Posted on December 29, 2013 by | 389 comments

by Judith Curry

[P]utting adaptation and mitigation issues into the broader context of competing needs and limited resources raises moral problems that cannot be easily dismissed. – Hillerbrand and Ghil

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Posted in Ethics, Policy