Equivalence of greenhouse-gas emissions for peak temperature limits

Stephen M. Smith (), Jason A. Lowe, Niel H. A. Bowerman, Laila K. Gohar, Chris Huntingford and Myles R. Allen
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Stephen M. Smith: Committee on Climate Change, 7 Holbein Place
Jason A. Lowe: Met Office Hadley Centre, FitzRoy Road, Exeter
Niel H. A. Bowerman: Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford
Laila K. Gohar: Met Office Hadley Centre, FitzRoy Road, Exeter
Chris Huntingford: Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford
Myles R. Allen: Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford

Nature Climate Change, 2012, vol. 2, issue 7, 535-538

Abstract: A study using a newly developed framework shows how future peak temperature is related to cumulative emissions of long-lived greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and sustained emissions of shorter-lived species such as methane, and suggests an approach for limiting future warming to 2 °C above pre-industrial levels.

Date: 2012
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