Abstract
Stabilization of the climate system requires stabilization of greenhouse-gas concentrations. Most work to date has considered only stabilization of CO2, where there are choices regarding both the concentration stabilization target and the pathway towards that target. Here we consider the effects of accounting for non-CO2 gases (CH4 and N2O), for different CO2 targets and different pathways. As primary cases for CO2 we use the standard “WRE” pathways to stabilization at 450 ppm or 550 ppm. We also consider a new “overshoot” concentration profile for CO2 in which concentrations initially exceed and then decline towards a final stabilization level of 450 ppm, as might occur if an initial target choice were later found to be too high.
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Overshoot (microwave communication)Context (archaeology)Computer scienceControl theory (sociology)Artificial intelligenceGeologyTelecommunicationsPaleontology
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- 2007
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- book-chapter
- Pages
- 84-92
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T. M. L. Wigley,
Richard Richels,
Jae Edmonds
(2007).
Overshoot pathways to CO<sub>2</sub> stabilization in a multi-gas context.
Cambridge University Press eBooks
, 84-92.
https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511619472.009
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- 10.1017/cbo9780511619472.009