PÁZMÁNY UNIVERSITY

 

On the Policy and Politics of Climate Change

David Ellison

Institute for World Economics (MTA VKI)

Comments Welcome EllisonDL@Gmail.com

Goals for Today

Is there a Problem? What is the Problem? How serious is the Problem?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/1000_Year_Temperature_Comparison.png

Source: IPCC, 4th Assessment report, 2007.

IPCC Climate Projections for 2100, Europe

Climate Projections for Hungary

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Carbon_Dioxide_400kyr.png

Atmospheric Concentration Targets

Antarctic Ice Sheet

•Arctic Sea Ice Extent, 2007•NSIDC

Arctic Ice Sheet

Permafrost and Methane•Diagram I (how)

The AMC

Increasing Storm Frequency?

Questions and Comments welcome:

David Ellison (Ellisondl@gmail.com)