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The climate response to five trillion tonnes of carbon

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  • Katarzyna B. Tokarska

    (School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria)

  • Nathan P. Gillett

    (Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Environment and Climate Change Canada, University of Victoria)

  • Andrew J. Weaver

    (School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria)

  • Vivek K. Arora

    (Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Environment and Climate Change Canada, University of Victoria)

  • Michael Eby

    (School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria
    Simon Fraser University)

Abstract

Long-term model simulations show that a linear relationship between atmospheric warming and cumulative CO2 emissions holds up to 5 trillion tonnes of carbon (EgC), the estimated total fossil fuel resource in the absence of mitigation efforts.

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  • Katarzyna B. Tokarska & Nathan P. Gillett & Andrew J. Weaver & Vivek K. Arora & Michael Eby, 2016. "The climate response to five trillion tonnes of carbon," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 6(9), pages 851-855, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:6:y:2016:i:9:d:10.1038_nclimate3036
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3036
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    2. William Brock & Anastasios Xepapadeas, 2019. "Regional Climate Change Policy Under Positive Feedbacks and Strategic Interactions," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 72(1), pages 51-75, January.
    3. Linnenluecke, Martina K. & Smith, Tom & McKnight, Brent, 2016. "Environmental finance: A research agenda for interdisciplinary finance research," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 124-130.
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    7. Ashwin K Seshadri, 2017. "Economics of limiting cumulative CO2 emissions," Papers 1706.03502, arXiv.org.
    8. Tsigaris, Panagiotis & Wood, Joel, 2019. "The potential impacts of climate change on capital in the 21st century," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 162(C), pages 74-86.
    9. Ritchie, Justin & Dowlatabadi, Hadi, 2017. "Why do climate change scenarios return to coal?," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 140(P1), pages 1276-1291.
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