Mitigating Near-Term Climate Change While Advancing Human Development

Explore the complex interplay between climate change mitigation and human development in this 51-minute Charney Lecture from the 2012 AGU Fall Meeting. Delve into the multifaceted approach of addressing multiple environmental goals simultaneously and how it can lead to a different prioritization of policy options. Examine the impact of practical emissions reduction strategies and their potential differences from historical emissions changes or idealized perturbations. Discover how aggressive application of existing technologies and policies can reduce near-term warming, disrupt traditional precipitation patterns, and simultaneously improve human health and agricultural yields. Gain insights into the benefits and limitations of these actions within the broader context of societal efforts to mitigate climate change and foster human development. Compare estimates of economic valuation of benefits with implementation costs. Investigate topics such as global warming potential, methane, black carbon measures, near-term vs. long-term impacts, full climate simulations, air quality impacts, development benefits, and the implications of reducing pollutants. Learn about climate coalitions, short-lived climate pollutants, long-term climate change, wildfires, and the ongoing quest for sustainable solutions.

Introduction
Why Care
Doom and Gloom
Wake Up
Rainfall
Whats driving climate change
What can we do
What is the overlap
Global warming potential
Methane
Black carbon measures
Nearterm vs longterm
Full climate simulations
Impacts of air quality
Development benefits
Implementation
Reducing pollutants
Implications
Targets
Climate Coalition
Shortlived Climate Pollutants
Longterm Climate Change
Wildfires
The Quest