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@techreport{Thomas:2016,
author = {Thomas, R and Graven, H and Hoskins, B and Prentice, I},
booktitle = {Grantham Institute Briefing Note},
title = {What is meant by ‘balancing sources and sinks of greenhouse gases’ to limit global temperature rise?},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/72413},
year = {2016}
}

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TY  - RPRT
AB  - Inanefforttolimitglobaltemperaturerisetowellbelow2C,theCOP21ParisAgreementstipulatesthata‘balance’betweenanthropogenic(man-made)sourcesandsinksofgreenhousegasesmustbereachedby2050-2100.Anoverallgreenhousegas‘balance’mustconsiderindividualgasesintermsofhowstronglytheyabsorbsolarinfraredradiation,theirconcentrationintheatmosphere,andtheirlifetimeintheatmosphere.•Long-livedgreenhousegases,includingcarbondioxide(CO2),accumulateintheatmosphereandcontinuetoaffecttheclimateformanycenturies.Tostabilisetheconcentrationsoftheselong-livedgases,andtherebytheireffectontheclimate,theirsourcesmustbeprogressivelyreducedtowardszero.•Forshort-livedgreenhousegasesthatremainintheatmosphereforlessthan100years,includingmethane,stableordecreasingconcentrationscouldbeachievedwithindecadesifemissionswerestabilisedordecreased.However,thesegasescurrentlyonlycontributeabout20%ofthetotalwarmingfromgreenhousegases,sotheirreductionalonecannotsuccessfullystabiliseglobaltemperature.•Anoverall‘balance’ofsourcesandsinksofgreenhousegasescouldbefacilitatedbydeliberateremovalofCO2fromtheatmosphere,forexample,bycombiningbiomassenergyproductionwithcarboncaptureandstorage.Mostcurrentgreenhousegasemissionscenariosthatkeepglobaltemperaturerisebelow2CincludesomedeliberateremovalofCO2tocompensateforcontinuedemissionsofCO2andothergreenhousegases
AU  - Thomas,R
AU  - Graven,H
AU  - Hoskins,B
AU  - Prentice,I
PY  - 2016///
TI  - What is meant by ‘balancing sources and sinks of greenhouse gases’ to limit global temperature rise?
T1  - Grantham Institute Briefing Note
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/72413
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