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The Chicago Climate Action Plan (CCAP) is Chicago's climate change mitigation and adaptation strategy that was adopted in September 2008. [1] The CCAP has an overarching goal of reducing Chicago's greenhouse gas emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050, with an interim goal of 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2020.
The climate of Chicago is classified as hot-summer humid continental (Köppen: Dfa) with hot humid summers and cold, occasionally snowy winters. All four seasons are distinctly represented: Winters are cold and often see snow with below 0 Celsius temperatures and windchills, while summers are warm and humid with temperatures being hotter inland ...
The Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) was a voluntary, legally binding greenhouse gas reduction and trading system for emission sources and offset projects in North America and Brazil. CCX employed independent verification, included six greenhouse gases, and traded greenhouse gas emission allowances from 2003 to 2010.
These deformations are occurring because of a phenomenon called underground climate change. Buildings, their garages and basements, as well as transportation systems like trains and tunnels, are ...
He has worked on the history of atmospheric CO 2 concentration, the expectation of fossil fuel CO 2 over geologic time scales in the future, and the impact of CO 2 on future ice age cycles, ocean methane hydrate decomposition, and coral reefs. [1] Archer is a contributor to the RealClimate blog. [1]
Climate change has catapulted into public consciousness since Chicago last held the DNC in 1996, with Democrats largely owning the issue and many Republicans rejecting it.
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More frequent heavy precipitation events are a predicted outcome of climate change. [6] Historically, average snowfall ranges from about 10 inches (25.4 cm) in southern Illinois to 40 inches (100 cm) in northern Illinois. The change in annual snowfall amounts show no trends at all, with years being higher or lower than average.