Some areas might experience more severe impacts than others

All impacted areas will be hit at the same time

A great deal of uncertainty remains about the severity

As warming increases, the impacts become more severe

The ability to offer specialised knowledge on a particular infrastructure system 

The ability to perform complex integration

The ability to represent complex systems mathematically 

The ability to integrate and synthesise a broad range of knowledge

A series of trajectories for future temperatures based on selected scenarios

Projections of emissions concentrations over time that can be translated into predicted impacts

A series of projections of radiative forcing values over time that inform the predicted concentrations of greenhouse gases

Trajectories estimating the number of people impacted from climate change that can be used to inform policy

That the warming impact of 265 kg of N₂O is equivalent to 1 kg CO₂ on a 100-year time horizon

That the warming impact of 1 kg of N₂O is equivalent to 265 kg CO₂ on a 100-year time horizon

That the warming impact of 1 kg of N₂O is 265 times smaller than 1kg of CO₂ on a 100-year time horizon

That the warming impact of 1 kg of N₂O is 265 times larger than 1kg of CO₂ on a 100-year time horizon

Increasing severity of extreme rainfall events

Rising sea levels

Biodiversity and habitat loss

More frequent snow days

Burning fossil fuels

Globalisation and trade

Changing land use

The difference between incoming and outgoing longwave radiation at the top of the atmosphere

The sum of energy retained in the atmosphere as heat

The difference between incoming solar radiation and outgoing longwave radiation at the top of the atmosphere

The difference between solar radiation incoming at the top of the atmosphere and leaving at the bottom of the atmosphere

Because we’re decreasing Earth’s albedo and thus decreasing the reflectivity of the Earth

Because we’re causing Earth’s emissivity to increase via massive criteria air pollutant emissions

Because we’re increasing the concentration of heat-retaining gases in the atmosphere

Because we’re decreasing the concentration of gases in the atmosphere that have negative radiative forcing