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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors score countries based on their efforts to reduce emissions under current climate arrangements including the Kyoto Protocol, including the U.S., Japan, Australia, and Canada.
Abstract: Climate change is largely the legacy of developed and industrialized countries. These include OECD states in Europe, as well as the U.S., Japan, Australia, and Canada. Expectations under current climate arrangements, including the Kyoto Protocol, are that these countries will reduce their emissions to a baseline (i.e., 1990 levels) by a certain target date. We score this group based on their efforts to reduce emissions.
69 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, it is suggested that vegetational modification of the earth's surface albedo, a process which occurs during a change in global climate, could produce a significant albed-climate coupling or feedback mechanism.
Abstract: It is suggested that vegetational modification of the earth’s surface albedo, a process which occurs during a change in global climate, could produce a significant albedo-climate coupling or feedback mechanism. Employing the ice age of 18 000 years ago as a comparative climate, it is estimated that such a long-term biosphere-albedo feedback might roughly double the sensitivity of the global climate to factors which produce climatic change.
59 citations