Monday 14 May 2007

What is causing climate change?

At 18:00 on 28th May university tutor and writer on sustainable development Rosamund Aubrey talked about "What is causing climate change?".

If you have any questions or suggestions about what we should discuss at the event, comment on this post.

Rosamund Aubrey writes on sustainable development. She will discuss the absolute biological imperative that we need to live sustainably on Earth. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Report (2005) noted there is established, but incomplete evidence, that changes being made to our ecosystem are increasingly the likelihood of non-linear changes that will have significant consequences for human well being.
This, coupled with our use of ‘natural capital’ (environmental or ecological capital), which is subject to the first and second laws of thermodynamics, means we need to rethink how we live on this planet if we are to have a long term future.

The big questions are – what can we do about it? and Are we prepared to do anything about it?

3 comments:

Phil Brown said...

A useful reference for the causes of climate change is

http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/info/causecc/

Phil Brown said...

Another useful reference is the IPCC web site at

http://www.ipcc.ch/

Phil Brown said...

A broad review of the causes of climate change including Milankovitch is at:

http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/7y.html