In this section
@techreport{Thomas:2016,
author = {Thomas, R and Graven, H and Hoskins, B and Prentice, I},
booktitle = {Grantham Institute Briefing Note},
title = {What is meant by ‘balancing sources and sinks of greenhouse gases’ to limit global temperature rise?},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/72413},
year = {2016}
}
TY - RPRT
AB - Inanefforttolimitglobaltemperaturerisetowellbelow2C,theCOP21ParisAgreementstipulatesthata‘balance’betweenanthropogenic(man-made)sourcesandsinksofgreenhousegasesmustbereachedby2050-2100.Anoverallgreenhousegas‘balance’mustconsiderindividualgasesintermsofhowstronglytheyabsorbsolarinfraredradiation,theirconcentrationintheatmosphere,andtheirlifetimeintheatmosphere.•Long-livedgreenhousegases,includingcarbondioxide(CO2),accumulateintheatmosphereandcontinuetoaffecttheclimateformanycenturies.Tostabilisetheconcentrationsoftheselong-livedgases,andtherebytheireffectontheclimate,theirsourcesmustbeprogressivelyreducedtowardszero.•Forshort-livedgreenhousegasesthatremainintheatmosphereforlessthan100years,includingmethane,stableordecreasingconcentrationscouldbeachievedwithindecadesifemissionswerestabilisedordecreased.However,thesegasescurrentlyonlycontributeabout20%ofthetotalwarmingfromgreenhousegases,sotheirreductionalonecannotsuccessfullystabiliseglobaltemperature.•Anoverall‘balance’ofsourcesandsinksofgreenhousegasescouldbefacilitatedbydeliberateremovalofCO2fromtheatmosphere,forexample,bycombiningbiomassenergyproductionwithcarboncaptureandstorage.Mostcurrentgreenhousegasemissionscenariosthatkeepglobaltemperaturerisebelow2CincludesomedeliberateremovalofCO2tocompensateforcontinuedemissionsofCO2andothergreenhousegases
AU - Thomas,R
AU - Graven,H
AU - Hoskins,B
AU - Prentice,I
PY - 2016///
TI - What is meant by ‘balancing sources and sinks of greenhouse gases’ to limit global temperature rise?
T1 - Grantham Institute Briefing Note
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/72413
ER -