A post-Paris look at climate observations
The Paris Agreement1 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in December 2015 was a landmark event. Stakeholders such as cities, companies and citizens that endure the impacts of a changing climate, as well as policymakers, now need to know what impact their future choices will...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:528597 2023-05-15T15:04:10+02:00 A post-Paris look at climate observations Dolman, A. Johannes Belward, Alan Briggs, Stephen Dowell, Mark Eggleston, Simon Hill, Katherine Richter, Carolin Simmons, Adrian 2016-09-01 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/528597/ https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2785 unknown Dolman, A. Johannes; Belward, Alan; Briggs, Stephen; Dowell, Mark; Eggleston, Simon; Hill, Katherine; Richter, Carolin; Simmons, Adrian. 2016 A post-Paris look at climate observations. Nature Geoscience, 9 (9). 646. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2785 <https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2785> Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2016 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2785 2023-02-04T19:51:10Z The Paris Agreement1 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in December 2015 was a landmark event. Stakeholders such as cities, companies and citizens that endure the impacts of a changing climate, as well as policymakers, now need to know what impact their future choices will have on the environment. Systematic observations of the climate system and of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are needed to track progress and identify where additional goals may be needed. We suggest that, although the targets agreed in Paris — to hold global warming to well below 2 °C and avert loss and damage — are formulated around temperature, monitoring and meeting these targets requires a broader range of climate indicators2. Global mean surface temperature alone has proved problematic for communicating the impacts and evolution of climate change. The warming of the oceans, sea-level rise, increasing ocean acidity, melting glaciers and decreasing snow cover, and changes in Arctic sea ice also need to be taken into account. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Global warming Sea ice Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Arctic Nature Geoscience 9 9 646 646 |
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The Paris Agreement1 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in December 2015 was a landmark event. Stakeholders such as cities, companies and citizens that endure the impacts of a changing climate, as well as policymakers, now need to know what impact their future choices will have on the environment. Systematic observations of the climate system and of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are needed to track progress and identify where additional goals may be needed. We suggest that, although the targets agreed in Paris — to hold global warming to well below 2 °C and avert loss and damage — are formulated around temperature, monitoring and meeting these targets requires a broader range of climate indicators2. Global mean surface temperature alone has proved problematic for communicating the impacts and evolution of climate change. The warming of the oceans, sea-level rise, increasing ocean acidity, melting glaciers and decreasing snow cover, and changes in Arctic sea ice also need to be taken into account. |
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