Contents // 1 Earth’s Climate System... 1 // Ross J. Saiawitch, Brian F. Bennett, Austin P. Hope, // Walter R. Tribett, and Timothy P. Canty // 1.1 Earth’s Climate History... 1 // 1.2 The Anthropocene... 7 // 1.2.1 Radiative Forcing... 8 // 1.2.2 Global Warming Potential... 12 // 1.2.3 Human Fingerprints... 14 // 1.3 Methods... 35 // References... 42 // 2 Forecasting Global Warming... 51 // Austin P. Hope, Timothy P. Canty, Ross J. Saiawitch, // Walter R. Tribett, and Brian F. Bennett // 2.1 Introduction... 51 // 2.2 Empirical Model of Global Climate... 56 // 2.2.1 Formulation... 57 // 2.3 Attributable Anthropogenic Warming Rate... 77 // 2.4 Global Warming Hiatus... 83 // 2.5 Future Temperature Projections... 85 // 2.6 Methods... 93 // References... 107 // 3 Paris INDCs...,... 115 // Walter R. Tribett, Ross J. Saiawitch, Austin P. Hope, // Timothy P. Canty, and Brian F. Bennett // 3.1 Introduction... 115 // 3.2 Prior Emissions... 120 // 3.2.1 Global... 121 // 3.2.2 National... 126 // xii Contents // 3.3 Future Emissions... 130 // 3.4 Methods... 137 // References... 144 // 4 Implementation... 147 // Brian F. Bennett, Austin R Hope, Ross J. Saiawitch. // Walter R. Tribett, and Timothy P. Canty // 4.1 Introduction... 147 // 4.2 World Energy Needs... 150 // 4.3 Economic Disparity... 156 // 4.4 Emission Metrics... 162 // 4.4.1 C02... 163 // 4.4.2 CH4... 169 // 4.5 Paris Climate Agreement, Beacon of Hope... 173 // 4.6 Methods... 174 // References... 178 // Index... 183