An Age of Limits

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Contents
Summary
The Three Hundred Year Party
Peak Forests
The Atmospheric Engine
The Industrial Revolution
The Church of Progress
Living Within the Biosphere
A Climate Change Review
Atmospheric Temperature
Not Just CO2
Committed Warming
Modeling Limitations
Models — Not Reality
Scientific Reticence
Tipping Points
Unanticipated Events
The IPCC
Key Reports
Global Warming of 1.5 Degrees
Physical Science Basis Report
Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability Report
Mitigation of Climate Change Report
Synthesis Report
Fact Sheet
Conferences of the Parties
COP21 — The Paris Agreement
Response to Paris
COP26
2030 Goals
A Clunky Sentence
An Age of Limits
Limits to Growth
End of Growth
Conclusions
References
Index
Summary
In this ebook we provide an overview of the climate crisis — what it is, what is causing it, and what the consequences may be. (The stress is on the word ‘overview’; there are many ebooks, web sites and reports that explain the topic in much greater detail.) We also show how the climate issues are part of a broader set of problems and predicaments that interact with one another in complex and difficult-to-understand ways. Climate change is not a stand-alone topic; instead, it is just one component of an overall energy predicament and ‘Age of Limits’ predicament.
The ebook starts with a description of the ‘300-Year Party’ — the short period of time in which we were able to build an industrial civilization on a foundation of fossil fuels: coal, oil and natural gas. The ebook then provides a description of the work of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), including its latest Sixth Assessment reports. The role of the COPs (Conference of the Parties) is also discussed. An overview of the ‘Limits to Growth’ study is provided.
Additional Information
Further thoughts to do with the Age of Limits are provided at the post An Age of Limits.