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Computer models are one of the tools that scientists use to understand and make projections about climate change
As the world warms, rainfall will increase overall but changes in distribution will increase droughts as well as floods
The global warming trend is clear, but natural climate variability means that some weather events appear to contradict it
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a UN body which evaluates climate change science
From temperatures to trajectories: how to make sense of the baffling world of climate change targets
Thorium is a radioactive chemical element that could in theory be used to generate large quantities of low-carbon electricity in future decades
The Little Ice Age was a cold spell that ran from around 1300 to the mid-1800s
Low-carbon souces currently account for a minority of global energy consumption
An ever-evolving industry, bioenergy is hailed by some as the future of renewable energy – but it is also the subject of much criticism
The Kyoto protocol established mechanisms to help countries meet binding greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets
Emissions trading is a market-based approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Europe's emissions trading scheme is the world's biggest, but it has been beset by problems
Climate change may affect the distribution of tornadoes, but they are not expected to become much more frequent
Climate change may bring some benefits, but they will most likely be unevenly shared and offset by negative impacts
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