Net zero: science, origins, and implications

MR Allen, P Friedlingstein, CAJ Girardin… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
This review explains the science behind the drive for global net zero emissions and why this
is needed to halt the ongoing rise in global temperatures. We document how the concept of …

Estimating and tracking the remaining carbon budget for stringent climate targets

J Rogelj, PM Forster, E Kriegler, CJ Smith, R Séférian - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Research reported during the past decade has shown that global warming is roughly
proportional to the total amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere. This makes …

National contributions to climate change due to historical emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide since 1850

MW Jones, GP Peters, T Gasser, RM Andrew… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O)
have made significant contributions to global warming since the pre-industrial period and …

Short-Lived Climate Forcers (Chapter 6)

S Szopa, V Naik, B Adhikary, P Artaxo, T Berntsen… - 2021 - cambridge.org
Short‑lived climate forcers (SLCFs) affect climate and are, in most cases, also air pollutants.
They include aerosols (sulphate, nitrate, ammonium, carbonaceous aerosols, mineral dust …

How to make climate-neutral aviation fly

R Sacchi, V Becattini, P Gabrielli, B Cox… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The European aviation sector must substantially reduce climate impacts to reach net-zero
goals. This reduction, however, must not be limited to flight CO2 emissions since such a …

Global food system emissions could preclude achieving the 1.5 and 2 C climate change targets

MA Clark, NGG Domingo, K Colgan, SK Thakrar… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The Paris Agreement's goal of limiting the increase in global temperature to 1.5° or 2° C
above preindustrial levels requires rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Although …

The contribution of global aviation to anthropogenic climate forcing for 2000 to 2018

DS Lee, DW Fahey, A Skowron, MR Allen… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - Elsevier
Global aviation operations contribute to anthropogenic climate change via a complex set of
processes that lead to a net surface warming. Of importance are aviation emissions of …

Global and regional drivers of land-use emissions in 1961–2017

C Hong, JA Burney, J Pongratz, JEMS Nabel… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Historically, human uses of land have transformed and fragmented ecosystems,, degraded
biodiversity,, disrupted carbon and nitrogen cycles, and added prodigious quantities of …

[HTML][HTML] CO₂ and greenhouse gas emissions

H Ritchie, M Roser, P Rosado - Our world in data, 2020 - ourworldindata.org
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[HTML][HTML] Beyond CO2 equivalence: The impacts of methane on climate, ecosystems, and health

KA Mar, C Unger, L Walderdorff, T Butler - Environmental science & policy, 2022 - Elsevier
In this article we review the physical and chemical properties of methane (CH 4) relevant to
impacts on climate, ecosystems, and air pollution, and examine the extent to which this is …