Substantial regional climate change expected following cessation of CO2 emissions

• Published in: Environmental research letters Vol. 17; no. 11; pp. 114046 - 114057
• Main Authors: MacDougall, Andrew H, Mallett, Josie, Hohn, David, Mengis, Nadine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.11.2022
• Subjects: Anthropogenic factors; Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide emissions; Climate change; Climate models; Climate variability; Complexity; Emissions; Polar environments; regional climate; Variability; zero emissions commitment

The zero emissions commitment (ZEC) is the expected temperature change following the cessation of anthropogenic emissions of climate altering gases and aerosols. Recent model intercomparison work has suggested that global average ZEC for CO2 is close to zero. However there has thus far been no effor...