A BASIC MODEL OF GLOBAL WARMING
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37659/2663-5070-2018-1-6-15Keywords:
climate change, CO2, Population, energy system improvement.Abstract
As the kick-off article of Business, Economics, Sustainability, Leadership and Innovation, this brief manuscript reviews and analyzes global human population, CO2 and global temperatures. The first section characterizes population dynamics historically, currently and future projections as presented by the United Nations (2017). The second section examines the economy, the physics of combustion supporting the economy, and global CO2 emissions, also as a time series. The third section examines global temperatures. The article closes out with suggestions for future research in nonlinear climate change modeling and applied research in energy system improvements and policy to avoid a climate catastrophe.
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