arrow
返回

A normalised framework for the Zero Emissions Commitment

delete2025-11-24
delete0
PRE
AI
R
Richard G. Williams *
P
Philip Goodwin
P
Paulo Ceppi
C
Chris Jones
A
Andrew H. MacDougall
DOI:10.5194/bg-22-7167-2025delete
delete原文链接
delete原文求助
delete分享
delete收藏
摘要

摘要

En 中文
The Zero Emissions Commitment (ZEC) measures the transient climate response after carbon emissions cease, defined by whether there is a continued rise or decrease in global surface temperature. This delayed climate response affects the maximum cumulative carbon emission to avoid exceeding a warming target. In a set of 9 Earth system models following an idealised atmospheric CO2 scenario with a cumulative emission of 1000 Pg C, the ZEC after 50 years ranges from -0.3 to 0.28 degrees C with a model mean of -0.11 degrees C and standard deviation of 0.19 degrees C. In order to understand these different climate responses, a normalised framework is introduced that quantifies the relative importance of carbon, radiative and thermal drivers of the ZEC. Inter-model differences in the ZEC are primarily due to differences in the radiative response, planetary heat uptake and the land carbon sink, with more minor contributions from differences in the ocean carbon sink and climate feedback. The ZEC response is controlled by opposing-signed contributions: (i) cooling from a decrease in radiative forcing from a carbon contribution due to increasing land and ocean carbon uptake, versus (ii) surface warming from a thermal contribution involving a decline in the fraction of radiative forcing used for planetary heat uptake plus possible amplification by climate feedback. The carbon contribution to the ZEC depends on the increase in the ocean carbon sink and whether the land carbon sink either increases or saturates in time. The thermal contribution to the ZEC depends upon how radiative forcing is partitioned between planetary heat uptake and radiative response with the radiative response either declining in time or remaining constant. These inferences as to the controls of the ZEC broadly carry over for diagnostics for a large ensemble, observationally-constrained, efficient Earth system model using two different emission scenarios to reach net zero. The large set of ensembles reveal a partial compensation between the changes in landborne and oceanborne fractions, as well as including ensembles with a greater range in amplification of warming by climate feedbacks.
Keyword:
CLIMATE RESPONSE
WARMING PROJECTIONS
CARBON EMISSIONS
SENSITIVITY
SYSTEM
HEAT

期刊

Biogeosciences 封面图
Biogeosciences
IF:
3.9
论文数:
6.5K
被引数:
2.4W

机构

U
university of southampton
学者数:
3.3W
论文数: 3.2W
被引数: 52
U
university of liverpool
学者数:
3.4K
论文数: 1.8K
被引数: 0
N
nerc national oceanography centre
学者数:
2.8K
论文数: 2.4K
被引数: 1
I
imperial college london
学者数:
9.9K
论文数: 4.4K
被引数: 0
H
hadley centre
学者数:
1.1K
论文数: 954
被引数: 0
学者 查看更多机构
引用论文

引用论文

A new method for diagnosing radiative forcing and climate sensitivity
err2004-02-11
err0
errOAAI
errJ. M. Gregory; W. J. Ingram; M. A. Palmer; G. S. Jones; P. A. Stott; R. B. Thorpe; J. A. Lowe; T. C. Johns; K. D. Williams
err分享
err收藏
The Zero Emissions Commitment Model Intercomparison Project (ZECMIP) contribution to C4MIP: quantifying committed climate changes following zero carbon emissions
err2019-10-15
err63
errOAAI
errJones, Chris D.; Froelicher, Thomas L.; Koven, Charles; MacDougall, Andrew H.; Matthews, H. Damon; Zickfeld, Kirsten; Rogelj, Joeri; Tokarska, Katarzyna B.; Gillett, Nathan P.; Ilyina, Tatiana; Meinshausen, Malte; Mengis, Nadine; Seferian, Roland; Eby, Michael; Burger, Friedrich A.
err分享
err收藏
Twenty-First-Century Compatible CO2 Emissions and Airborne Fraction Simulated by CMIP5 Earth System Models under Four Representative Concentration Pathways
err2013-07-03
err234
errOAAI
errJones, Chris; Robertson, Eddy; Arora, Vivek; Friedlingstein, Pierre; Shevliakova, Elena; Bopp, Laurent; Brovkin, Victor; Hajima, Tomohiro; Kato, Etsushi; Kawamiya, Michio; Liddicoat, Spencer; Lindsay, Keith; Reick, Christian H.; Roelandt, Caroline; Segschneider, Joachim; Tjiputra, Jerry
err分享
err收藏
err分享
err收藏
Forcing, feedbacks and climate sensitivity in CMIP5 coupled atmosphere‐ocean climate models
err2012-05-15
err0
errOAAI
errTimothy Andrews; Jonathan M. Gregory; Mark J. Webb; Karl E. Taylor
err分享
err收藏
Projected Global Temperature Changes After Net Zero Are Small But Significant
err2024-04-17
err0
errOAAI
errAlex Borowiak; Andrew D. King; Josephine R. Brown; Chris D. Jones; Tilo Ziehn; Malte Meinshausen; Liam Cassidy
err分享
err收藏
Warming caused by cumulative carbon emissions towards the trillionth tonne累计碳排放量达到万亿吨造成的变暖
err2009-04-01
err0
PREAI
errMyles R. Allen; David J. Frame; Chris Huntingford; Chris D. Jones; Jason A. Lowe; Malte Meinshausen; Nicolai Meinshausen
err分享
err收藏
Nitrogen Availability Reduces CMIP5 Projections of Twenty-First-Century Land Carbon Uptake
err2015-03-13
err98
errOAAI
errZaehle, Soenke; Jones, Chris D.; Houlton, Benjamin; Lamarque, Jean-Francois; Robertson, Eddy
err分享
err收藏
err分享
err收藏
学者 查看更多内容