Hi Modestus,

The Australian Academic of Sciences produced a booklet explaining the characteristic of climate and the main drivers of change, as a first reading it is an excellent document, it is here:

https://www.science.org.au/learning/general-audience/science-booklets-0/science-climate-change/1-what-climate-change

Hope it helps,

Augusto

Hi,

Here are few examples based on a very important article that addresses the question:

• Human factors: consumption preferences, human population size, built infrastructure, human intervention, socioeconomic processes, social networks, agents, government policies, and structures of multilevel governance
• Natural factors: landscape patterns, wildlife habitat, biodiversity, spatial variation, ecosystem
• The authors went ahead to emphasize that there are "variables that link natural and human components (e.g., fuelwood collection and use of ecosystem services).
• You can find out more here:

Complexity of Coupled Human and Natural Systems by Jianguo Liu, et al (2007) http://www.montana.edu/hansenlab/documents/labreadings2011/Liu_etal2007.pdf

I think this is a big question that requires multi-disciplinary answers regarding not only social or human science but also atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, geosphere, chemistry, computer science, etc.