Smith, CJ orcid.org/0000-0003-0599-4633 and Gasser, T (2022) Modeling the non-CO2 contribution to climate change. One Earth, 5 (12). pp. 1330-1335. ISSN 2590-3322
Abstract
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the best-known and most important driver of climate change, but the climate also responds to other anthropogenic forcers that have different sources, mitigation potentials, atmospheric residence times, and climate change potential. These drivers include non-CO2 greenhouse gases, short-lived climate forcers such as aerosol and ozone precursors, and changes in the land surface. Smart targeting of these non-CO2 drivers, in combination with a serious and sustained attempt to reach net-zero CO2 emissions, could result in substantial avoided climate damages. Evaluating the climate effect of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions is not yet possible in most state-of-the-art climate models, though exciting developments are occurring. Simpler tools including reduced-complexity climate models and climate metrics are currently used to evaluate the climate impacts of non-CO2 drivers. This primer discusses strengths and weaknesses of these approaches and opportunities and outlook for future development.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 Elsevier Inc. This is an author produced version of an article, published in One Earth. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | non-CO2; climate; mitigation; greenhouse gas; aerosol |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Inst for Climate & Atmos Science (ICAS) (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) NE/T009381/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 03 Jan 2023 14:56 |
Last Modified: | 16 Dec 2023 01:13 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.11.007 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cell Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.11.007 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:194682 |
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