Intro -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Earth's Climate System -- 1.1 Earth's Climate History -- 1.2 The Anthropocene -- 1.2.1 Radiative Forcing -- 1.2.2 Global Warming Potential -- 1.2.3 Human Fingerprints -- 1.2.3.1 Rising Temperature -- 1.2.3.2 Carbon Dioxide -- 1.2.3.3 Methane -- 1.2.3.4 Nitrous Oxide, Ozone, and Ozone Depleting Substances -- 1.2.3.5 HFCs, PFCs, SF6 and NF3 -- 1.2.3.6 Aerosols -- 1.3 Methods -- References -- Chapter 2: Forecasting Global Warming -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Empirical Model of Global Climate -- 2.2.1 Formulation -- 2.2.1.1 Model Inputs -- 2.2.1.2 Model Outputs -- 2.2.1.3 The Degeneracy of Earth's Climate -- 2.2.1.4 Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity -- 2.3 Attributable Anthropogenic Warming Rate -- 2.4 Global Warming Hiatus -- 2.5 Future Temperature Projections -- 2.6 Methods -- References -- Chapter 3: Paris INDCs -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Prior Emissions -- 3.2.1 Global -- 3.2.2 National -- 3.3 Future Emissions -- 3.4 Methods -- References -- Chapter 4: Implementation -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 World Energy Needs -- 4.3 Economic Disparity -- 4.4 Emission Metrics -- 4.4.1 CO2 -- 4.4.2 CH4 -- 4.5 Paris Climate Agreement, Beacon of Hope -- 4.6 Methods -- References -- Index.

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