Global Change Magazine No. 83
This issue features a special section on carbon. You can read about peak greenhouse-gas emissions in China, the mitigation of black carbon emissions and the effect of the 2010-2011 La Niña event on global carbon sinks. The issue also includes a feature on how past human experience could inform current and future policies.
The following feature articles from this issue can be read on-line.
Black carbon: tackling crop-residue burning in South Asia
A look at what drives farmers to burn crop residues and what might dissuade them from doing so.
The greening of the Southern Hemisphere
The implications of a changing La Niña for the global carbon cycle.
China’s emissions: glimpsing the peak
An analysis of the possible pathways to peak carbon-dioxide emissions in China.
Thinking back to look ahead
On the importance of a long-term perspective to climate policy.
Here you can download articles to read them as Pdfs
Entire magazine
(pdf, 3.6 MB)
Cover and contents (pdf, 385.3 kB)
Editorial (pdf, 63.2 kB)
News (pdf, 558.6 kB)
CARBON SPECIAL
Black carbon: tackling crop-residue burning in South Asia (pdf, 373.4 kB)
A look at what drives farmers to burn crop residues and what might dissuade them from doing so.
The greening of the Southern Hemisphere (pdf, 1.9 MB)
The implications of a changing La Niña for the global carbon cycle.
China’s emissions: glimpsing the peak (pdf, 432.5 kB)
An analysis of the possible pathways to peak carbon-dioxide emissions in China.
Corrigendum (pdf, 171.4 kB)
Feature
Thinking back to look ahead (pdf, 243.8 kB)
On the importance of a long-term perspective to climate policy.
