Compiled by a team from the Kearney Energy Transition Institute, a non-profit energy transition research organization established in 2011, this climate change FactBook collates academic peer-reviewed content covering the scientific facts regarding climate change. Prepared ahead of the COP 21 meeting held in Paris in December 2015, the document aims to make accessible to a wide audience the key scientific aspects of climate change.

Key scientific facts covered in this FactBook include:

The core scientific concepts relating to climate change and global warming
The evidence for past and recent changes in the earth’s climate
The attribution of observed changes
The projections made by the most recent climate models
The potential consequences of these projections for ecosystems and society