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Reaching 2009 international climate change goals will require aggressive measures
http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/12/03/international-climate-change-goals/[font face=Serif][font size=5]Reaching 2009 international climate change goals will require aggressive measures[/font]
Posted December 3, 2012 at 5:03 pm · By ASU News
[font size=3]BOONE—Despite an international consensus reached in 2009 to limit climate change by reducing carbon dioxide emissions, scientists say the likelihood of meeting that goal is diminishing.
The Global Carbon Project’s most recent analysis by scientists from the United States, Norway, Australia, France and the United Kingdom published in the current issue of the journal Nature Climate Change shows that a global economy fueled with coal, oil and natural gas is putting increasing pressure on the global climate system.
“Limiting global climate change and all of its consequences is going to require aggressive actions to limit the use of the fossil fuels,” according to Gregg Marland, one of the authors of the paper in Nature Climate Change. Marland, a research professor with Appalachian State University’s Research Institute for Environment, Energy and Economics, is part of the international team analyzing carbon dioxide emissions worldwide.
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It is now likely that in the longer term there will be a need to rely on technologies that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, such as carbon capture and storage connected to bioenergy, if the temperature increase is to be limited to 2 degrees Celsius, according to the GCP report.
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Posted December 3, 2012 at 5:03 pm · By ASU News
[font size=3]BOONE—Despite an international consensus reached in 2009 to limit climate change by reducing carbon dioxide emissions, scientists say the likelihood of meeting that goal is diminishing.
The Global Carbon Project’s most recent analysis by scientists from the United States, Norway, Australia, France and the United Kingdom published in the current issue of the journal Nature Climate Change shows that a global economy fueled with coal, oil and natural gas is putting increasing pressure on the global climate system.
“Limiting global climate change and all of its consequences is going to require aggressive actions to limit the use of the fossil fuels,” according to Gregg Marland, one of the authors of the paper in Nature Climate Change. Marland, a research professor with Appalachian State University’s Research Institute for Environment, Energy and Economics, is part of the international team analyzing carbon dioxide emissions worldwide.
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It is now likely that in the longer term there will be a need to rely on technologies that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, such as carbon capture and storage connected to bioenergy, if the temperature increase is to be limited to 2 degrees Celsius, according to the GCP report.
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http://csironewsblog.com/2012/12/03/the-widening-gap-between-present-emissions-and-the-two-degree-target/
[font face=Serif][font size=5]The widening gap between present emissions and the two-degree target[/font]
Posted: December 3, 2012 | Author: Huw Morgan
[font size=3]Carbon dioxide emission reductions required to limit global warming to 2°C are becoming a receding goal based on new figures reported today in the latest Global Carbon Project (GCP) calculations published today in the advanced online edition of Nature Climate Change.
“A shift to a 2°C pathway requires an immediate, large, and sustained global mitigation effort,” GCP executive-director and CSIRO co-author of the paper, Dr Pep Canadell said.
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“We need a sustained global CO[font size="1"]2[/font] mitigation rate of at least 3 per cent if global emissions are to peak before 2020 and follow an emission pathway that can keep the temperature increase below 2˚C,” Dr Peters said.
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He said that remaining below a 2°C rise above pre-industrial levels will require a commitment to technological, social and political innovations and an increasing need to rely on net negative emissions in future.
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Posted: December 3, 2012 | Author: Huw Morgan
[font size=3]Carbon dioxide emission reductions required to limit global warming to 2°C are becoming a receding goal based on new figures reported today in the latest Global Carbon Project (GCP) calculations published today in the advanced online edition of Nature Climate Change.
“A shift to a 2°C pathway requires an immediate, large, and sustained global mitigation effort,” GCP executive-director and CSIRO co-author of the paper, Dr Pep Canadell said.
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“We need a sustained global CO[font size="1"]2[/font] mitigation rate of at least 3 per cent if global emissions are to peak before 2020 and follow an emission pathway that can keep the temperature increase below 2˚C,” Dr Peters said.
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He said that remaining below a 2°C rise above pre-industrial levels will require a commitment to technological, social and political innovations and an increasing need to rely on net negative emissions in future.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/NCLIMATE1783
