Temperatures

Instrumental record Satellite record Past 1,000 years Since 1880 Geologic record Historical climatology Paleoclimatology Paleotempestology Proxy data Brightness temperature

Causes

Anthropogenic	Attribution of recent climate change Aviation Biofuel Black carbon Carbon dioxide Earth's energy budget Earth's radiation balance Fossil fuel Global dimming Global warming potential Greenhouse effect (Infrared window) Greenhouse gases (Halocarbons) Land use and forestry Radiative forcing Tropospheric ozone Urban heat island

Natural	Albedo Bond events Climate oscillations Climate sensitivity Cloud forcing Cosmic rays Feedbacks Glaciation Global cooling Ocean variability (AMO ENSO IOD PDO) Orbital variations Orbital forcing Solar variation Volcanism

Models	Global climate model

History

History of climate change science Atmospheric thermodynamics Svante Arrhenius Charles David Keeling James Hansen

Opinion and climate change

Scientific opinion on climate change Scientists opposing the mainstream assessment Media coverage of climate change Public opinion on climate change (Popular culture) Environmental ethics Individual countries (China United States Russia Japan Australia Sweden Belgium Finland New Zealand Tuvalu Scotland)

Politics

Potential effects and issues

General	Abrupt climate change Arctic dipole Arctic haze Arctic methane release Climate change and agriculture Climate change and ecosystems Drought Economics of global warming Effects on humans Effects on marine mammals Fisheries and climate change Forest dieback Glacier retreat Iris hypothesis Mass extinction Migration and refugees Ozone depletion Ocean acidification Ocean anoxia Plant biodiversity Physical effects Polar stratospheric cloud Poverty Regime shift Runaway climate change Sea level rise Season creep Shutdown of thermohaline circulation

By country	Australia India (South Asia) United States

Mitigation

Kyoto Protocol	Clean Development Mechanism Joint Implementation Bali roadmap Copenhagen Summit

Governmental	G8 Climate Change Roundtable European Climate Change Programme United Kingdom Climate Change Programme

Emissions reduction	Coal phase out Emissions trading Carbon tax Carbon offset Carbon credit

Carbon-free energy	Efficient energy use Renewable energy Nuclear power Carbon capture and storage Low-carbon economy

Other	Geoengineering Carbon dioxide removal Carbon sink Individual and political action on climate change Climate change mitigation scenarios Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation

Proposed adaptations

Strategies	Damming glacial lakes Drought tolerance Irrigation investment Rainwater storage Sustainable development Water desalination Weather control

Programmes	Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change Land Allocation Decision Support System

Sustainability

Philosophy and
definition

Environmentalism · Environmental ethics · Rio Declaration on Environment and Development · Ecological modernization · Stewardship · Sustainable development · Human impact on the environment

Population

Birth control · Family planning · Overpopulation · Population control · Zero population growth

Consumption

Anthropization · Anti-consumerism · Ecological footprint · Ethical consumerism · Overconsumption · Sustainability advertising · Sustainable consumption · Tragedy of the commons

Technology

Environmental technology · Appropriate technology

Resource use and conservation

Food	Food security · Local food · Permaculture · Sustainable agriculture · Sustainable fisheries · Urban horticulture

Water	Footprint · Crisis · Efficiency · Conservation

Energy	Carbon footprint · Climate change mitigation · Efficient energy use · Emissions trading · Energy conservation · Energy descent · Peak oil · Renewable energy

Materials	Industrial ecology · PullApart · Recycling · Waste · Zero waste

Biodiversity	Biosecurity · Biosphere · Conservation biology · Endangered species · Holocene extinction · Invasive species

Sustainability disciplines and activities

Disciplines	Science · Measurement · Reporting · Yield

Sustainable activities	Sustainable advertising / architecture / art / business / city (infrastructure / drainage) / community / design / education / fashion / gardening / landscape architecture / living / industries / packaging / procurement / tourism / transport

Management	Planetary management · Environmental · Fisheries · Forest

Environmental	Environmental biotechnology / chemistry / design / economics / engineering / ethics / history / law / psychology / science / sociology

International reports and agreements

UN Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm 1972) · Brundtlandt Commission Report, 1983 (Our Common Future, 1987) · Earth Summit (1992) · Agenda 21 (1992) · Convention on Biological Diversity (1992) · ICPD Programme of Action (1994) · Earth Charter · Lisbon Principles · Millennium Declaration (2000) · Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005)

Lists and glossaries

Lists	Climate change topics · Conservation issues / topics · Environmental agreements / health hazards / issues / organisations / topics (studies topics) · Global sustainability statistics

Glossaries	Climate change · Environmental science

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