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08 Dec 2021
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How can solar geoengineering and mitigation be combined under climate targets?
Mohammad M. Khabbazan
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Research Unit Sustainability and Global Change (FNU), University of Hamburg, Grindelberg 5, 20144 Hamburg, Germany
Workgroup for Economic and Infrastructure Policy (WIP), Technical University of Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
Department of Energy, Transport, and Environment (EVU), German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Mohrenstr. 58, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), University of Hamburg, Bundesstr. 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Marius Stankoweit
Research Unit Sustainability and Global Change (FNU), University of Hamburg, Grindelberg 5, 20144 Hamburg, Germany
Elnaz Roshan
Research Unit Sustainability and Global Change (FNU), University of Hamburg, Grindelberg 5, 20144 Hamburg, Germany
Hauke Schmidt
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstr. 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Hermann Held
Research Unit Sustainability and Global Change (FNU), University of Hamburg, Grindelberg 5, 20144 Hamburg, Germany
Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), University of Hamburg, Bundesstr. 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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We introduce GENIEem-PLASIM-ENTSem (GPem), a climate-carbon cycle emulator, showing how model emulation can be used in integrated assessment modelling to resolve regional climate impacts and systematically capture uncertainty. In a case study, we couple GPem to FTT:Power-E3MG, a non-equilibrium economic model with technology diffusion. We find that when the electricity sector is decarbonised by 90 %, further emissions reductions must be achieved in other sectors to avoid dangerous climate change.
J. Karstensen, G. P. Peters, and R. M. Andrew
Earth Syst. Dynam., 6, 287–309, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-6-287-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-6-287-2015, 2015
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We quantify uncertainties in estimates of global temperature change from regional and sectoral territorial- and consumption-based emissions. We find that the uncertainties are sensitive to the emission allocations, mix of pollutants, the metric used and its time horizon, and the level of aggregation of the results. Uncertainties in the final results are dominated by metric parameters and emission uncertainties, while the economic data appear to have small uncertainties at the national level.
D. J. L. Olivié and G. P. Peters
Earth Syst. Dynam., 4, 267–286, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-4-267-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-4-267-2013, 2013
B. Aamaas, G. P. Peters, and J. S. Fuglestvedt
Earth Syst. Dynam., 4, 145–170, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-4-145-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-4-145-2013, 2013
S. Hagemann, C. Chen, D. B. Clark, S. Folwell, S. N. Gosling, I. Haddeland, N. Hanasaki, J. Heinke, F. Ludwig, F. Voss, and A. J. Wiltshire
Earth Syst. Dynam., 4, 129–144, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-4-129-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-4-129-2013, 2013
C. M. Torre and M. Selicato
Earth Syst. Dynam., 4, 51–61, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-4-51-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-4-51-2013, 2013
C. Azar and D. J. A. Johansson
Earth Syst. Dynam., 3, 139–147, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-3-139-2012, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-3-139-2012, 2012
O. Boucher
Earth Syst. Dynam., 3, 49–61, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-3-49-2012, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-3-49-2012, 2012
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We ask for an optimal amount of solar radiation management (SRM) in conjunction with mitigation if global warming is limited to 2 °C and regional precipitation anomalies are confined to an amount ethically compatible with the 2 °C target. Then, compared to a scenario without regional targets, most of the SRM usage is eliminated from the portfolio even if transgressing regional targets are tolerated in terms of 1/10 of the standard deviation of natural variability.
We ask for an optimal amount of solar radiation management (SRM) in conjunction with mitigation...
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