The previous post explained the methods used in the estimates of Canada’s fair share of the remaining global carbon budget under different levels of global warming. Here I answer five frequently asked questions about the remaining budget that I received from representatives of the federal parties, students, colleagues, journalists, television hosts, camera operators, friends, family, angry eggs on twitter, etc. For more on this subject, I recommend my interview with BNN Bloomberg. I start … [Read more...]
Canada’s climate plans and remaining carbon budget (methods)
In an article published in Policy Options before Canada’s federal election, I described future greenhouse gas emissions pathways that would give Canada a chance of doing its fair share to avoid different levels of global warming (see figure). This post explains the methods used in that analysis. A second post answers frequently asked questions about the analysis. For this work, I developed a range of future greenhouse gas emissions trajectories for Canada that are consistent with the … [Read more...]
Eleven questions about climate change and Kiribati
I recently answered a series of very good questions about Kiribati's struggle against climate change for the French photojournalism outlet Rendez Vous Photos. Here is an abridged version of the original English answers: How long have you been studying Kiribati and why did you choose this country? I have been studying the effects of climate change in Kiribati since 2005. Kiribati is incredibly unique. Like neighbouring Tuvalu and the Marshall Islands, Kiribati is existentially threatened by … [Read more...]
Addressing the geographic bias in environmental monitoring: example of a coral bleaching database
Note: Re-posted from April 2017. When I first studied ecology, I was struck that so many of the influential research findings came from the same few locations. Often this is because the geographic characteristics or the history of the particular country, island, coastline, or lake makes it ideal for testing a scientific hypothesis (e.g., Barro Colorado Island, which was created by the Panama Canal) or representative of something that is common in other locations (e.g., Experimental Lakes Area … [Read more...]
