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Climate summit reaches landmark accord

Amid the Peril, a Dream Fulfilled

NY Times, May 11, 2013, Mauna Loa, Hawaii, CO2 reaches 400 ppm

Heat-Trapping Gas Passes Milestone (p. A-1)

Heat-Trapping Gas Passes Milestone (p. A-12)

Fig. 1.1 Significant clate anolalies & events during 1998.

Fig. 1.2. Total Economic costs & insured costs of catastrophic weather events – 1950-2004.

FIG. 1.4 Regions where droughts & floods occurred associated with El Nino

The El Nino event of 1997-8

Figure 1.5 Climate change – an integrated framework