Attribution of atmospheric CO2 and temperature increases to regions: importance of preindustrial land use change

The historical contribution of each country to today’s observed atmospheric CO _2 excess and higher temperatures has become a basis for discussions around burden-sharing of greenhouse gas reduction commitments in political negotiations. However, the accounting methods have considered greenhouse gas...

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Main Authors: Julia Pongratz, Ken Caldeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2012-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/7/3/034001