Resources

IPCC reports on climate change

The IPCC prepares comprehensive assessment reports on knowledge relating to climate change, its causes, potential impacts, and response options. The IPCC also produces special reports, which provide an assessment of a specific issue, and methodological reports, which provide practical guidelines for preparing greenhouse gas inventories.

ADEME's analysis of carbon capture and utilization (CCU)

The French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) has published its opinion on CCU based on a review of the current literature.

As CO2 recovery encompasses a wide variety of products and processes, the realities of decarbonization vary greatly depending on the type of technology and substitution chosen. Among other things, ADEME recommends promoting biogenic CO2 sources, using renewable and recovered energy, storing CO2 for as long as possible, and conducting a life cycle assessment for each CCU project.

Opinion of the High Council for Climate on the strategy for carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS)

A multi-criteria analysis by the High Council for Climate concludes that CO2 recovery through CCUS is marginal today, but may respond to considerations of diversifying raw material supply chains for industries involved in these markets. The potential contribution of CCUS to climate objectives is limited and conditional on the substitution of fossil inputs, carbon sequestration, and the availability of biomass and energy, and requires rigorous monitoring.

CO2 emissions 

Live CO2 emissions, explained by NASA.

Climate infographics

This site lists various infographics produced by independent analysts and experts who are committed to fostering debate on climate change that is factual, constructive, and based on science and verified data. The documents are grouped into the following categories: climate indicators, greenhouse gas emissions, energy industry, future development scenarios, policies, documents and treaties, economy, nature, and ecosystems.

The carbon cycle

The carbon cycle is presented in detail in this video. The presenter discusses the carbon stored by living organisms. Seasonal variations in atmospheric CO2 concentrations demonstrate that carbon in vegetation and in the atmosphere behaves like water in communicating vessels. Recent changes (since 1850) in the carbon cycle are then explained: combustion of fossil fuels, land use change, continental carbon flows, and ocean carbon flows, before quantifying all these flows and addressing the issue of carbon stocks on Earth.

Removing CO2 from the atmosphere to save the climate ?

This video, which follows on from the presentation on the carbon cycle, focuses on the removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide, a key issue in the fight against climate change. It presents different techniques for removing CO2, and the limitations and impacts of the many methods being considered.

The Great Simplification #95 : Sir David King: “Global Heating: The Science and the Response"

A podcast in which David King, climatologist and climate policy ambassador, analyzes the current climate situation on Earth and humanity's response (or lack thereof) to the acceleration of atmospheric warming. Although many uncertainties remain in this field, global warming due to human-induced greenhouse gas emissions is widely recognized by the global scientific community. Yet climate change remains controversial, becoming a political issue with no easy solution. What are the scientific foundations of our understanding of the atmosphere? Will we resort to geoengineering to avoid the worst climate consequences—and what are the most promising plans? What are the implications of global warming for the coming decades and beyond ?

GreenLetterClub #148 SCIENCE: WHAT ROLE DOES IT PLAY IN THE DEBATE? Julien Bobroff

Atmospheric physics, ocean chemistry, paleoclimatology: science can be daunting, yet it is essential to understand the climate crisis. This raises the question: how can we talk about science to a wide audience?

In this podcast, Julien Bobroff, a physicist specializing in quantum physics and superconductivity, and founder of La physique autrement, a research team working on new ways to popularize physics, shares his thoughts on sharing science with the public.

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