Science introduction

E-Day believes that it is important that our scientific knowledge, as well as the practical solutions which are already available to us, should be applied to tackling the challenges posed by climate change.

This section outlines what the science tells us about the causes and likely effects of climate change and what measures are going to be necessary; if we are to significantly reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and to minimise the risks associated with creating climatic conditions that humans have never experienced before.

This section also outlines 10 of the things that it is worth everyone knowing; if we are to tackle climate change in a fair, rapid and effective fashion.

Lord May : The Science of Climate Change and FAQs

Lord May has contributed to E-Day by summarising our current understanding of the science of climate change, and answering some of the most frequently asked questions such as "What is the role that humans in climate change?" and "Why we should bother to act if China is building a new coal-fired power station every week?"

Ten things you need to know about climate change

Bob Ward explains what he considers to be the ten things that you need to know about climate change. In this article, Bob Ward covers the physics of heat being trapped in the Earth's atmosphere, some of the impacts of human activity since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the total and per capita carbon dioxide emissions of different countries, the major trends in global average temperatures, the observed changes in sea level and some of the uneven impacts of climate change.

He also outlines a few of the measures that we will need to adopt if we are to reduce our greenhouse emissions by the amounts that the science indicates to be necessary if we want to minimise the risks associated with climate change.