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Abbot government 75–7, 80, 107
Abbott, Tony 6, 75–6
ABP 108
action groups 207
Adani 84–5
adaptation 135–9
Adelaide 11–12
Adélie penguins 50
Africa 196–7
African Development Bank 197
Agassiz, Alex 36
Agee, Ernie 181, 182
air pollution 16–17, 87
air separation plants 178
AirCarbon 171
airline industry 93–4
albedo 137, 143
albedo modification 148–9, 157
alcohol 160
algae fuels 93
alpine regions 50–1
Amazon rainforests 58–61
American pikas 52–3
Anglo American 84, 202
Antarctic ice 31–4, 181–4
Antarctic Peninsula 49–50
Antarctic Treaty 182
Antarctica 182–3
Arctic 62, 63
Arctic ice 30–1, 47–8, 49, 71, 182
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) 58
Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) 27
Atmospheric Trust Legal Actions 210
atomic bombs 71
Ault, Tony 26–7
Austin Energy, Texas 102
Australia 8, 9–10, 11–12, 82–6, 122, 191
Australian National University 107
Australian Open Tennis Championships, 2014 6–7
Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC) 207–8
Bass, Ed 35
batteries for electric vehicles 128–9, 130
BBC World Service 7–8
BG 202
BHP Billiton 84
biochar 160–4
Biochar Company 163
biofuels 93–4, 160, 163–4
Biological Carbon Capture and Storage (Bio-CCS) 158–9
biomass 158–9, 163
Biosphere 2 35
Birol, Fatih 110, 186, 198–9
Bloomberg New Energy Finance 101–2
Box, Jason 63
BP 107
Branson, Sir Richard 152, 153
Britain 198
Burt, Chris 26
bushfires 13–16, 53
BYD 130
California 16, 25–6, 120
Canada 15, 17, 114–15, 191
carbon budgets 105–6, 108
carbon capture and storage (CCS) 158–9, 174–5, 177–8
carbon capture and storage (CCS) plants 178–9
carbon dioxide (CO2)
biological removal 151–2, 154–5
capture 158–9, 167–8
chemical removal 154, 155–6
compression 178
concentrations 18–19, 35, 55–6, 153
removal 149–50
storage 146–7, 180–4
and water 172–3
carbon emissions 70, 187, 193, 200–1
Carbon Engineering 168
carbon price 70–1, 109, 120, 174
carbon resources 109
carbon storage 157–8
carbon tax 70, 76, 80, 119–20
Carbon Tracker 106, 189
Carbon Tracker Initiative 86
carbon withdrawal 152–3
carbonate ions 35, 39–40
cars 192–3 see also electric vehicles (EVs)
Carson, Rachel 73–4
Castello Aragonese 37
cement production 170–1
cements, carbon negative 170–1
Chalon Sombrero 138
charcoal 159, 160–2
China 80–1, 114, 130, 188–9, 191, 192–4
China National Coal Association 80
Church of England 108
clathrates 61–2, 63, 65
clean energy 100
climate action networks 215
Climate Action Tracker 193
climate advisory organisations 214
climate change 6, 8, 52, 70–1, 87–8, 103–4
adapting to 135–9
Climate Change Authority 76
Climate Commission 7, 76, 85, 205–6
climate communicators & research
organisations 214
Climate Council 76, 206
climate models 4–5, 60
climate scientists 4, 7, 25, 43, 54, 73, 74
climate youth movements 215
Climategate scandal 72–3
climates 5–6
Climeworks 167
Clinton, Bill 122
coal 78–88, 186
Coal India 79, 196
coal reserves 108
coalminers 85–6
Columbia University 35
conifer forests 53
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 144, 146
Cool Planet Energy Systems 163
Copenhagen Accord 74, 75
Copenhagen climate summit, 2009 72, 187
copper poisoning 40
coral 35–6, 39, 44, 45
bleaching 44–5
Crane, David 101
Crutzen, Paul 140–1
Cryosat 2 spacecraft 32
CSIRO 27
cyclones 28
Davis Strait 48, 49
Day After Tomorrow (film) 52
deaths
electricity generation 87
heat-related 10, 11, 19
Deep Decarbonisation Pathways Project (DDPP) 202
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 76
Department of Energy, US 122
Department of Water Resources, California 26
Derbigum 168–9
desalinisation plants 24
Deutsche Bank 123
diatoms 144
divestment 106–8, 111, 208–9
divestment organisations 215
droughts 23–4, 26–7, 60
economics 70–1, 119–20
El Niño events 23
electric vehicles (EVs) 127–31, 193
electricity companies 124–5, 209–10
electricity demand 115, 130–1
electricity generation 79, 86, 87, 114, 194, 203
Elkman pumping 33
emissions reduction targets 74, 200–1
Energy Action Coalition 207
energy efficiency 81
energy utilities 121, 124–5
EPA 158
Europe 11, 86
European Space Agency 32
European Union 188, 191
evaporation 9, 21–2, 28
extinction 43, 54
Exxon Mobil 202
Figueres, Christiana 112
fires 13–16, 53
Fish and Wildlife Service, US 53
Flannery, Tim 7–8, 205–6
Fleischer, Maximillian 173–4
floating connectivity 136
floods 22
fly ash 170
foraminifera 97
forests 159–60
fossil fuel industry 108–10, 111–12
fossil fuels 78, 94, 105–6, 108
France 11, 117, 129
frogs 54
Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant 115–17
Full Circle Biochar 163
Galilee Basin 82–3, 84, 85
gas 78, 99, 101–4
gas reserves 98, 108
Gentoo penguins 50
geoengineering 140, 146–8
George, Russ 145
geothermal energy 197–8
Germany 70, 116–17, 121–2, 130–1, 209
glaciers 33, 136–7
Glencore 84
Glickson, Andrew 57
Global CCS Institute 179
Global Green Economy Index 77
global warming 25, 43, 135
limit to 2°C 86, 105, 152–3, 185–6, 189, 194, 202
Gold, Eduardo 138
golden toad (Bufo periglenes) 54
Gore, Al 197
Government Pension Fund Global 108
Goyal, Piyush 79, 196
Great Barrier Reef 36, 43–6
green bonds 111
greenhouse gases 6, 8, 9, 21, 30, 74, 119–20, 202
greenhouses 137
Greenland ice cap 30
Greensand 169
Gulf Stream 57–8
GVK 84, 85
Hadley Climate Centre, UK 58
Hahn, Otto 97
Haida 145–6
Haida Salmon Restoration Corporation (HSRC) 145–6
Hancock, Lang 71
Hansen, James 204
Harper, Stephen 71
Harvard Medical School 87
hayfever 17
health risks 16–18, 19–20, 87
heatwaves 6–8, 10–12, 13–14
Helm, Dieter 98–100
hemispheric differences 5–6
Hepburn, Samantha 210
Heyward, Clare 148
Höhne, Niklas 189–90
HSBC 120
Hubberten, Hans-Wolfgang 63
human influences 8
Hunt, Greg 6, 210
Hurricane Sandy 29–30
hurricanes 27–8, 29–30, 64–5
hydro power 81, 197
ice caps 181–4
ice melts 30, 31–4, 64
Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), NSW 82–3
India 79, 83, 85, 194–6, 198
Indonesia 197–8
innovation 89, 91–2
insects 17–18
Institute of Health Sciences 148
Integrated Assessment of Geoengineering Proposals (IAGP) 147–8
Integrated Gasified Combined Cycle (IGCC) methods 178
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 3–4, 28, 31, 33, 62
International Atomic Energy Agency 113
International Energy Agency (IEA) 79, 198, 202–3
International Union for the Conservation of Nature 48, 54
iron 18
iron fertilisation 143–6, 149
iron ore 71
Japan 115–16
jet biofuels 93–4
Jiang Kejun 100
Johan Heinrich von Thünen Institute 160
Juska, Evan 188, 191
kelp 38, 39
Kemper County CCS power plant 179
Kirkpatrick, Randolph 96–7
Knutson, Thomas 8
Kolb, Elizabeth 54
krill 50
La Niña events 23
Langdon, Chris 35–6
Lash, William 119
Leakey, Richard 43
Leggett, Jeremy 103
lemuroid ringtail possum 51–2
Levant, Ezra 100–1
Lewin, Roger 43
lime 169–70
litigation 210–11
lugworms 40
Lyme disease 17–18
Mackay Conservation Group 210
Martin, John 144
Mayor, Alfred 36
McKenzie, Amanda 206
McKibben, Bill 106, 203
McKinsey 110, 123
McMichael, Tony 19
media 72
Melbourne 6–7, 10
mental health 19
Merkel, Angela 117
Met Office, UK 59–60
methane 61–3, 165–6
methanol 160
Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium (MGSC) 158
Miller, Stanley 172
Modi, Narendra 79, 195, 196
Mooallem, Jon 49
Morales, Benjamin 137–8
Morrison, Gordon 108
Mount Lewis, Queensland 51
Murdoch, Rupert 72
Musk, Elon 126
Myers, Samuel 18
NASA 33
National Academy of Engineering 148
National Academy of Sciences, US 148
National Climate Assessment, US 135–6
National Research Council, US 148
National Solar Mission, India 195
natural gas 94–5, 98, 102, 178
natural gas plants 86
Nelder, Chris 128
New Energy Finance 102
Newlight Technologies 171
Newman, Campbell 84
Newman, Maurice 120
Nobre, Carlos 61
Norphel, Chewang 136–7
Norway 107–8
nuclear power 113–18
nuclear power plants 113–16, 118
nuclear waste 118
Nummulite fossils 97
N’Yeurt, Antoine De Ramon 165, 166
Obama, Barack 190–1, 195
Obeid, Eddie 82–3
oceans
acidification 35–42, 64
and carbon capture and storage (CCS) 166
carbon dioxide (CO2) storage in 146–7, 180–1
and iron fertilisation 143–6, 149
rises 30
Oden (icebreaker) 62
Office of Climate Change, Queensland 51
oil 78, 89–90, 91–2, 94–5
oil reserves 108
oil wells 90
olivine 168–9
Oxford University, Stranded Assets Program 186
oysters 38–9
paint 137, 138
Pakistan 114
Paris climate summit, 2015 74–5, 187, 190
Pastoruri Glacier 137
patents 125
penguins 49–50
pension funds 107–8
Perth 11, 24–5
pH levels of oceans 38
Phoenix Energy 163
photosynthesis 151–2, 154 replication 173–4
pikas 52–3
pine bark beetle 53
Pine Island Glacier (PIG) 33
plankton 143–4
plastics, carbon negative 171
polar bears 46–9
polar vortex 12
politicians, sceptical 69–70, 72
possums 51–2
power stations 178–80, 186, 187–9
Powers, Bill 101
PricewaterhouseCoopers 185
Queensland floods 22–3
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service 51
rainfall intensity 21–2
reafforestation 156–7
reflective particles in stratosphere 140–3
reflectiveness 137, 138
Renault–Nissan Alliance 127
renewable energy 114, 121–2
renewable energy organisations 215
Renewable Energy Target 76
Rezwan, Mohammed 136
Rignot, Eric 33
Rio Tinto 84
Roberts, Ellen 210
Rockefeller Brothers Fund 107
rocks, weathering of 154, 168
Royal, Ségolène 117
Russia 11, 114
salmon 145–6
São Paulo 61
Sarulla project 198
Saville-Kent, William 45
sawdust 137–8
sea creatures 37–8
sea floor, methane concentrations 62
sea urchins 40
sea-level rises 30, 31, 32, 33–4, 56
seals 47, 48, 49
seaweed (Laminaria japonica) 40–1
seaweed farming 165–6
shale gas industry 98, 103
shale gas wells 90, 99
Shell 107
Shepherd, Tony 70
Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangtha 136
Siberia 62–3
Siemens 117, 173
Silent Spring 73–4
silica 144
silicate rocks 168
silicon solar cells 122
Smith, Sam 190
smoke 16–17
snow 22, 25–6
Soil Reef 163
soils 157–8
solar blocking 147–8
Solar Citizens 207
solar panels 122–3, 126
solar power 100, 102, 114, 122, 195, 197, 203
costs 122–3, 125
with storage 125, 126
solar thermal 203
SolarCity 126
Solidia Technologies 170
soot particles 143
South Africa 197
SPICE (Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering) 141–2
Standard & Poor’s 109
Stern, Lord Nicholas 190–1
stratosphere 140–3
sulphur 140–3
Sunfire 172–3
Suslon 195
sustainability initiatives 110
Sweden 114
Taneja, Narendra 196 tar sands 108
Taylor, Mitch 48
temperature, increase of average 8–10, 56
Tesla 127–9
third-way technologies 151–2, 156, 174–6
ticks 17–18
tidal energy technologies 198
Titanus bismarcki 97
toads 54
Tohidi, Bahman 180
trading schemes 174, 192
Trancik, Jessika E. 125–6
transmission networks 121–2
trees 156–7, 159–60
troposphere 28–9
Turkey 79–80
United States
carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions 187–91, 193–4
cars 192–3
Clean Power Plan 188
and coal 86
and gas 102–3
greenhouse gas emissions 119–20
hayfever 17
and oil 89–90
weather 9, 10, 12, 24
wind power 122
United States Geological Survey 49
University of California 38
Urey, Harold 172
van der Hoeven, Maria 186
Van Rompuy, Herman 188
Vector 209
Veron, Charlie 44–5
Virgin Earth Challenge (VEC) 153–4, 161
volcanos 37, 142
Wallace, Alfred Russel 4
Walley, Joan 111
water based fuels 172–3
Water Corporation, WA 24, 25
water storage 137
water vapour 21–2
Watson, James 91
wave and tidal energy technologies 198
Weart, Spencer R. 73
weather 6–8, 9–10
weathering of rocks 154, 168
Weaver, Andrew 201–2
West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) 33
Westpac 208
wetlands 164–5
white paint 137, 138
Williams, Steve 51
wind changes 34
wind power 100, 101–2, 114, 122, 123, 194–5, 203
Windpower 2014 conference 101
Wood, Mary Christina 211
wood ash 159
wood chemistry 159–60
Wood Mackenzie 81
World Bank 111, 138
Yamal Peninsula, Siberia 62–3
Youth Climate Movement 207
zinc 18
zooxanthellae 45