Buildings as a global carbon sink

G Churkina, A Organschi, CPO Reyer, A Ruff… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
The anticipated growth and urbanization of the global population over the next several
decades will create a vast demand for the construction of new housing, commercial …

Is carbon removal delaying emission reductions?

W Carton, IM Hougaard, N Markusson… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dioxide removal is rapidly becoming a key focus in climate research and politics.
This is raising concerns of “moral hazard” or “mitigation deterrence,” that is, the risk that …

Global carbon and other biogeochemical cycles and feedbacks

JG Canadell, PMS Monteiro, MH Costa… - IPCC AR6 WGI, final …, 2021‏ - hal.science
ES 6: 3-5 Replace “It is unequivocal that emissions of the well-mixed greenhouse gases
(GHG) carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2 O) from human activities …

Mitigation Pathways Compatible with Long-term Goals (Chapter 3)

K Riahi, R Schaeffer, J Arango, K Calvin, C Guivarch… - 2022‏ - pure.iiasa.ac.at
Chapter 3 assesses the emissions pathways literature in order to identify their key
characteristics (both in commonalities and differences) and to understand how societal …

Ten facts about land systems for sustainability

P Meyfroidt, A De Bremond, CM Ryan, E Archer… - Proceedings of the …, 2022‏ - pnas.org
Land use is central to addressing sustainability issues, including biodiversity conservation,
climate change, food security, poverty alleviation, and sustainable energy. In this paper, we …

Why residual emissions matter right now

HJ Buck, W Carton, JF Lund, N Markusson - Nature Climate Change, 2023‏ - nature.com
Net-zero targets imply that continuing residual emissions will be balanced by carbon dioxide
removal. However, residual emissions are typically not well defined, conceptually or …

Cross-sectoral perspectives (chapter 12)

M Babiker, G Berndes, K Blok, B Cohen, A Cowie… - 2022‏ - pure.iiasa.ac.at
The total emission mitigation potential achievable by the year 2030, calculated based on
sectoral assessments, is sufficient to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions to half of the …

Impacts of 1.5 C global warming on natural and human systems

O Hoegh-Guldberg, D Jacob, M Bindi… - Global warming of …, 2018‏ - researchportal.helsinki.fi
Abstract An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 C above pre-
industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of …

Carbon dioxide sequestration via gas hydrates: a potential pathway toward decarbonization

J Zheng, ZR Chong, MF Qureshi, P Linga - Energy & Fuels, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Climate change is known to be dominantly caused by the increased concentration of
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, in particular CO2. To prevent excessive accumulation …

A new scenario logic for the Paris Agreement long-term temperature goal

J Rogelj, D Huppmann, V Krey, K Riahi, L Clarke… - Nature, 2019‏ - nature.com
To understand how global warming can be kept well below 2 degrees Celsius and even 1.5
degrees Celsius, climate policy uses scenarios that describe how society could reduce its …