The closing door of climate targets

Stocker, Thomas F. (2013). The closing door of climate targets. Science, 339(6117), pp. 280-282. American Association for the Advancement of Science 10.1126/science.1232468

[img] Text
stocker13sci.pdf - Published Version
Restricted to registered users only
Available under License Publisher holds Copyright.

Download (472kB)

Robust evidence from a range of climate–carbon cycle models shows that the maximum warming relative to pre-industrial times caused by the emissions of carbon dioxide is nearly proportional to the total amount of emitted anthropogenic carbon (1, 2). This proportionality is a reasonable approximation for simulations covering many emissions scenarios for the time frame 1750 to 2500 (1). This linear relationship is remarkable given the different complexities of the models and the wide range of emissions scenarios considered. It has direct implications for the possibility of achieving internationally agreed climate targets such as those mentioned in the Copenhagen Accord and the Cancun Agreements (3, 4). Here I explain some of the implications of the linear relationship between peak warming and total cumulative carbon emissions.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > Climate and Environmental Physics
10 Strategic Research Centers > Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR)

UniBE Contributor:

Stocker, Thomas

Subjects:

500 Science > 530 Physics

ISSN:

0036-8075

Publisher:

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Language:

English

Submitter:

Doris Rätz

Date Deposited:

25 Sep 2014 14:57

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:31

Publisher DOI:

10.1126/science.1232468

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/47723

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/47723

Actions (login required)

Edit item Edit item
Provide Feedback