8/17/2010

German and American Scientists Deliver New CO2 Emissions Model

A team of scientists funded by the European Union has developed a new model that can determine the levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions reductions needed in order to decelerate, and potentially put an end to, global warming.

Their objective was to simulate future changes in the climate and CO2 emissions in a single scenario in which the CO2 equivalent concentrations in the atmosphere are stabilized in the long term at 450 parts per million (ppm). This would limit global warming to a maximum of 2°C above the pre-industrial level.

The model was presented in the journal Climate Change. Their work is an outcome of the ENSEMBLES project, a five-year climate change research project involving more than 60 partners from across Europe that has been studying the likely effects of climate change across Europe as a whole.

ENSEMBLES ('Ensemble-based predictions of climate changes and their impacts') has received 15 million euros in EU funding to develop a common forecast system for use across a range of timescales (e.g. seasonal, decadal) and spatial scales (e.g. global, regional).

Source: German Missions in the United States

The full article can be accessed here.

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