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Study Finds Stratospheric Water Vapor Is An Important Driver of Decadal Global Surface Climate Change

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Earlier observations from satellites and balloons suggest that stratospheric water vapor probably increased between 1980 and 2000, which would have enhanced the decadal rate of surface warming during the 1990s by about 30% compared to estimates ignoring this change, according to the authors. Credit: Solomon et al., Click to enlarge.

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New phase of globalization could undermine efforts to reduce CO2 emissions

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—Dabo Guan, professor in climate change economics at UEA’s School of International Development and co-author on both studies. Relatively little attention has been paid to the rapid rise of South-South trade since the 2008-2009 global financial crisis. —Prof Guan. Coffman, D.’.

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Study: Cash-for-Clunkers Programs Should Use Fuel Economy Rather Than Age to Maximize GHG Reductions

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A study by researchers at UC Davis suggests that a properly designed vehicle scrappage (i.e., Considering the 4-6 year vehicle product planning, design, and introduction cycles where major retooling of automobile plants is needed, the researchers said, such longer term programs could actually induce technology changes. Earlier post.).

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Reducing GHG Emissions with Land Use, Transit, and Auto Pricing Policies

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Source: Rodier 2009. These models are not suited for the policy analysis demands in the era of global climate change, she concludes. 2009) A Review of the International Modeling Literature: Transit, Land Use and Auto Pricing Strategies to Reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled and Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Click to enlarge.

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California ARB to Hold Public Workshop on LEV III Technologies; Criteria Pollutants and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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EDAG, 2009. ITS-Davis, 2010. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Policy. An Assessment of Mass Reduction Opportunities for a 2017-2020 Model Year Vehicle Program. Future Steel Vehicle: Phase I. Volkswagen, 2008. Super Light Car: Sustainable Production Technologies for CO 2. Emission Reduced Lightweight Car Concepts ”.

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California Headed Toward “Worst Drought Ever Recorded”; Governor Declares State Of Emergency

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million acre-feet (MAF) of natural inflows are projected to reach the state’s Shasta Reservoir in 2009, less than half the 6.1 Barnett and Pierce used what they consider conservative metrics, assuming that the effects of climate change on the Colorado Basin began in 2007, and using only the last 100 years of riverflow.

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UN report finds world needs incremental $1.9 trillion invested in green technologies to avert planetary catastrophe; global per capita cap on primary energy consumption of 70 GJ/yr may be required

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trillion in 2010) would be required to overcome poverty; increase food production to eradicate hunger without degrading land and water resources; and avert the climate change catastrophe. The reports estimates that incremental green investment of about 3% of world gross product (WGP) (about $1.9

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