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global warming

vr.tr.global-warming · INF.KNW

Let an agent explain global warming and its causes and evidence with reference to scientific assessments, describe impacts and regional effects, present mitigation and adaptation options and policy debates with attribution, and support learning.

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Research draft, second pass

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain global warming and its causes and evidence with reference to scientific assessments, describe impacts and regional effects, present mitigation and adaptation options and policy debates with attribution, and support learning.

The long-term rise in the average temperature of the Earth climate system observed since the pre-industrial period, driven mainly by human emissions of greenhouse gases from fossil fuels, land use change and industry, and causing wider climate change including shifts in precipitation, sea level rise, extreme weather and regional impacts on ecosystems, agriculture, health and cities; global warming is assessed by international scientific bodies and addressed through mitigation, adaptation and resilience measures.

What it is for: Rise in global average temperature.

It can be explain causes and evidence; describe impacts; present mitigation and adaptation; support learning.

Distinguishing features

Global scale

Human-caused

Scientifically assessed

Policy response

What it looks like

Not physical as a concept; observed in temperature records and impacts.

How it is recognised

Long-term rise in global temperature

Human greenhouse gas emissions as main cause

Climate change is the broader set of changes; weather is short-term

Related models

is a kind of - category

climate change

is a kind of - category

external risk

is related to - carbon cycle and emissions

carbon

is related to - energy transition infrastructure

electrical grid

In practice

Families and kinds

observed warming and records

causes and attribution

impacts by sector and region

mitigation

adaptation and resilience

Standards and regulation

International climate agreements

National emissions targets and regulations

Scientific assessment reports

Failure modes and hazards

Presenting misinformation as balanced debate

Outdated figures

Conflating weather and climate

Also called

urban heat resilienceClimate change in kaduna StateClimate Change in EnuguClimate Change in Niger StateClimate Change in Akwa Ibom StateClimate Change in Borno StateClimate change in Rwandaglobal boilingHot airClimate Change in Central African Republicclimate resilienceclimate change in Franceclimate change in Luxembourgclimate change in Norway

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What global warming is.

Science.

Evidence

Evidence and causes.

Evidence

Evidence.

  1. What is the evidence for global warming, and how do scientific assessments attribute it to human activity? provenance
  2. Which entry fits climate science? action

Mechanism

Mechanism.

Mechanism

Mechanism.

  1. How do greenhouse gases warm the climate, and what feedbacks amplify or dampen warming? definition
  2. Which entry fits the greenhouse effect? action
Impacts Impacts.

Assessment.

Global

Global impacts.

Global

Global.

  1. What impacts on sea level, extreme weather, ecosystems, agriculture and health do assessments project? provenance
  2. Which findings carry uncertainty ranges? boundary

Regional

Regional impacts.

Regional

Regional.

  1. How does warming affect a specific region, such as states of Nigeria or coastal cities, according to assessments? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific region? action
Respond Mitigation and adaptation.

Attribution.

Mitigation

Mitigation.

Mitigation

Mitigation.

  1. What mitigation options exist, and what do assessments say about their potential and costs? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific technology? action

Adaptation

Adaptation and resilience.

Adaptation

Adaptation.

  1. How do communities adapt, including urban heat resilience, and what are attributed positions in policy debates? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral and grounded in assessments? boundary
Learn History and communication.

Education.

History

History of the science.

History

History.

  1. How did understanding of global warming develop from Arrhenius to modern assessments? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Communicate

Communication and misinformation.

Communicate

Communication.

  1. How can global warming be communicated accurately, and how is misinformation addressed? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should impacts by region be separate entries?
  • How should assessment reports be linked?
  • How should policy debates be attributed?
Draft as JSON