Lenka Suchánková
Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the
Czech Academy of Science
USTAV CHEMICKÝCH PROCESŮ AV ČR INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS OFTHEASCR
Global Change Research Institute ^Q;zechGiobe of the Czech Academy of Science
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Apollo 17 spacecraft on its way to the Moon
What comes to your mind when I say
"Climate Change"?
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II. Climate Change (CO
Earth System Control variable Threshold avoided Planetary State of knowledge*
process or influenced by Boundary (zone of
slow variable uncertainty)
Climate Atmospheric CO2 Loss of polar ice sheets. Atmospheric CO2 1. Ample scientific
change concentration, Regional climate concentration: 35G evidence.
ppm; disruptions. ppm 2. Multiple sub-system
Loss of glacial freshwater (350-55G ppm) thresholds.
Energy imbalance supplies. 3. Debate on position of
at Earth's surface, Weakening of carbon Energy boundary.!
W m-2 sinks. imbalance: + l W
m"2 (+1.Ü-+1.5 W m"2)
Boundary: Atmospheric C02 concentration no higher than 350 ppm Pre-industrial level: 280 ppm
Current level I September 2022: 41 5.57 ppm
Ma Una LOO September 2021: 413.32 ppm
September 2012: 391.02 ppm
(Weekly average value) Diagnosis: Boundary exceeded
Climate change
History of climate change and research
The earliest interest in "climate" was of a rather pragmatic nature Greek klinein — „to incline, at an angle"
Aristoteles (384-322 BC) - Meterologica - VALID FOR ROUGHTLY 2000 YEARS
Can you guess the year when the greenhouse effect was DISCOVERED?
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CC - history
1753 — discovery of C02
1 824 — Joseph Fourier - greenhouse effect in the atmosphere
TEMPERATURE RELATED!
1 861 — John Tyndall - water vapour
other gases are GREEN HOUSE GASSES
1 896 — Svante Arhenius — hypothesis on enhancement of GH effect due to increase of C02 in the atmosphere as a consequence of fosil fuels combustion (HOTHOUSE)
- the prognosis on increase of the temperature by several °C when GHG concentration doubles is still valid
1901 - term „GREENHOUSE EFFECT" (Ekholm)
CC - history
1957 — oceanographer Roger Revelle and chemist Hans Suess shown that oceans can not absorb entire C02 produced by people
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INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON
climaie change
The international body for assessing the science related to climate change.
Created in 1 988
To provide governments at all levels with scientific information that they can use to develop climate policies
Thousands of people from all over the world contribute to the work of the IPCC. For the assessment reports, experts volunteer their time as IPCC authors to assess the thousands of scientific papers published each year to provide a comprehensive summary of what is known about the drivers of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and how adaptation and mitigation can reduce those risks.
The IPCC does not conduct its own research.
Working Group I: the Physical Science Basis; Working Group II: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnera Working Group III: Mitigation of Climate Change
CC... and politics
1972 — UNCHE (The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment),
Stockholm. CC becomes one of the global priorities
• Creation of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
1990 — 1st IPCC report — „Temperature increase by 0.3-0.6 °C is caused a/so by the human activities"
1992 - Earth summit — United Nations Framework Convention on CC,
Rio de Janeiro
2005 - Kyoto Protocol (1997)
j CHINA — developing country, USA — did not sign J
2013 - 5th IPCC report .Scientists are 95% certain that humans are the "dominant cause" of global warming since the 1950s"
2016 - Paris Treaty came into force
2021-2022- 6th IPCC report
2021 — United Nations Climate Change Conference, Glasgow
Greenhouse Effect and Global Climate Change
- Greenhouse effect (GE) — natural atmospheric effect essential for life on the Earth
- GE dampens temperature fluctuation between day and night and thus provides favorable conditions for life
Not to SCO'S!
How Do Greenhouse Gases Actually Work?
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What is an average temperature on the
Earth?
26 °C 0°C 15 °C -2°C
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Greenhouse Gasses (GH) in the atmosphere
- the most important GHG is water vapour - H20(g) that creates 2/3 of greenhouse effect
- however H20(g) concentration in the atmosphere is not significantly influenced by human activities
- second most important GHG is C02 (~ 20 % GH effect)
- last 1 3 % of GH effect — mainly gases like CH4/ N20, CFC
Water Carbon Dioxide Methane Nitrous Oxide
Atmospheric Concentration 0.01^*%* 385 ppm 1797 ppb 322 ppb
Rate of Increase iVa 1.5 ppm/yr 7.0 ppb/yr 0.8 ppb/yr
Atmospheric Lifetime Very short 1-5 clays Variable 5-200 yr 12 yr 120 yr
Global Warming Potential (GWP) n/a f 1 21 310
* The amount of water vapor in the air varies according to temperature and density of air [usually -1-3% of troposphere) t Water vapor levels vary strongly according to region, so rates of change and warming potential cannot be assessed
Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector
Industrial
processes
16,8%
Transportation fuels 14.0%
Power stations 21.3%
Waste disposal and treatment
3,4%
Agricultural ^ ^ byproducts
Fossil fuel retrieval processing, and distribution
10.0%
Land use and biomass burning
11.3%
10 3% Resi^ntia^commercial' and other sources
Problem?
• increase of C02
level in the atmosphere due to the antropogenic action - disruption of the balance between release and absorption of C02 in the carbon geochemical cycle
MAJOR CARBON STORES AND TRAN 5FER5( estimates)
Plant/animal deuy and Vegetation, respiration 1212.
Carbon store (in billions of tonnes) Carbon lransfer (in billions o1 tonnes per year)
Fossil fuels and
cemenl produclion Almospnere 66,
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Global warming / cooling rates over the past 2,000 years
Reconstructed warming Reconstructed cooling Instrumental measurements
Upper range of natural (pre-industrial) warming rates
Reconstructions Climate models
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CC indicators
Climate Change Indicators
(53) Sea Level Temperature: Air & Ocean
(S) Water Vapor (^) Ocean Acidity
Snow Cover
Glaciers and Ice Sheets
Increase of CQ2 level
- C02 level increased more than >40 % since pre-industrial level
- level of other greenhouse gases increases as well
- main source of this increase is fosil fuels combustion + deforestation
PROXY (INDIRECT) MEASUREMENTS
Data source: Reconstruction from ice cores. Credit:
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HIGHEST HISTORICAL COa LEVEL
CURRENT
400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 Thousands of Years bgfore today (0 - 1950)
DIRECT MEASUREMENTS: 2005-PRESENT
Data source: Monthly measurements (average seasonal cycle removed). Credit: NOAA
Historical: memos, newspaper, diaries .Biological: tree rings, corals, ice cores Geological: ocean sediments, ice sheets, past glaciers, stalactites
World Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2016
Total: 49.4 MtC02
Sector
End Use/Activity
Transportation
15.3%
DC Electricity and Heat 30.4%
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5.5%
Other Fuel Combustion 3%
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Manufacturing
12.4%
and Construction I
Fugitive Emissions 5.8%
Industrial Processes 5.6%
Agriculture
Land U&e Change and Forestry
Waste
6.5%
3.2%
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Source: Greenhouse gas emissions on Climate Watch. Available at: https^www.climatewatchdataorg
WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE
Other indicators (variables) of CC
changes in temperature (land/ocean) changes in ice cover in Arctic ocean changes in ice cover in North and South pole sea level rise humidity rise
The bnnua/mean qlj tempe^ctftfrre for each yea
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and 20215 ^redicWk to b^bel^e&v^l °C and \\j °Cftiaher manfpreindust^Ta^r5-^
levels (the dv< 1900).
age over
years 1^50-
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Average monthly sea ice extent
ANTARCTIC WINTER MAXIMUM
ARCTIC WINTER MAXIMUM
ARCTIC SUMMER MINIMUM
ANTARCTIC SUMMER MINIMUM
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Less ice in
the Arctic ocean
new naval routes from Europe to Asia
Japan from Rotterdam - Suez Canal - 30 days
- Northern Sea Route - 1 8 days
WORLD
economic
forum
Gtabil Afrnd-i Arctic Fulura ol *h* Ewlrvnmvnt C*d-Kiiwirli
The final frontier: how Arctic ice melting is opening up trade opportunities
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„The United States Geological Survey estimates that the Arctic contains approximately 13% of the world's undiscovered oil resources and about 30% of its undiscovered natural gas resources."
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Glacier calving in Arctic ocean
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(a) Emissions pathways
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Scenario vs model?
Temperature probabilities
Reference-No policy Projected
warming until 2100 relative
baseline range , 'jr ^^^"^^ KetererKe-Low" policy to prEinduslnal l&völs
INDCs ■ 1-1.5-C 1 5-2 E 3-j-C
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ambition
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0 10 20 30 40 50 SO 70 60 90 100 Likelihood of piujecled warming until 2100
Schematic for Global Atmospheric Model
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plausible and often simplified
description of how the future may develop, based on a coherent and internally consistent set of assumptions about driving forces and key relationships the impact of humans on the environment
the climate models describe how the earth's climate functions
based on physical laws and equations, approximation needed!
If the climate models are combined with the emission scenarios, it is possible to predict with a certain amount of probability how the climate will be in the future.
Temperature rise scenarios to 2100
scientific vs. political uncertainty
Representative Concentration Pathway Scenarios
4 of the 1,184 AK5 Scenarios
Data CDlAOGCP/IPCC/Fu&s et al 2014
IPCC AR 5
2014
GHG related
RCP8.5 3.2-5.4X relative to 1350-1900
RCP6
2.0-3.7°C
RCP4.5'
1.7-3.2 C
RCP2.6
0.9-2.3'C
IMPLAUSIBLE
PLAUSIBLE
Upper end = RCP4.5 Reference (BAU) = SSP4-3.4 Goal = RCP2.6
1980 2000 2020 2040 2060 2080 2100
University of Colorado Boulder
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b)
c)
d)
RCP2.6 RCP4.5 RCP6.0 RCP8.5
2,6 W.m-2 4,5 W.m-2 6,0 W.m-2 8,5 W.m2
significant lowered concentration of C02 in atmosphere(421 ppm-2100) stabilization of C02 levels on lower level (538 ppm) stabilization of C02 levels on higher level (670 ppm) „bussiness as usual" (936 ppm)
Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs)
SSPl
Sustainability
Education level
High
Low
Socioeconomic challenges to mitigate vary, e.g., with the resource and carbon intensity of consumption. Socioeconomic challenges to adapt vary, e.g., with the level of education, health care, poverty and inequality in societies around the world.
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CC consequences
Consequences of CC
- regionally specific
- e.g. increasing vs. decreasing yields in some regions
Likely Scenarios if Climate Change Continues t SELECT CLIMATE IMPACTS
TuócATCupn pi li Turk REDUCTIONS IN SEA ICE
# INCREASING YIELDS : * DECREASED SNGWPACK * SEVERE STORMS
SPECIES LOSSES REDUCED TOURISM HEAT WAVES
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INCREASED DISEASE RECEDING GLACIERS
UNSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
* RISING SEA LEVELS
* SPECIES EXTINCTION
CHANGES in PRECIPITATION FLOODING
CHANGING RANGE OF DISI
FBIDtilUERSITY HANGING FORESTS
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Actual sea level
15 million people affected 17,000 km* of land submerged
18 million people affected 22,000 km2 of land submerged
Consequences of CC
• Heat waves, floods, drought, storm intensity
• DESERTIFICATION
A, Observed temperature change relative to 1850-1900
Since the pre-indjstrial period (1850-1900) the observed mean land surfaceair temperature has risen considerably more than the global mean surface (land and ocean) temperature (GMST).
CHANGE in TEMPERATURE rel. to 18SC-1900 (*C) 2
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Change in surfaceair temperature over land CO
Change in global iland-ocean) mean surface temperature (GMST) TO
1B50
1880 1900 1920 1940 I960 1930 2000 2018
CHANGES OF BIODIVERSITY
higher vegetation cover
(Asia, Europe, S Am, SE Australia)
drying of vegetation
(N Eurasia, Central Asia, Congo Basin)
(2019)
Summary for Policymakers
6th IPCC Assessment Report
Impacts of climate change are observed in many ecosystems and human systems worldwide
{a} Observed impacts of climate change on ecosystems
Ecosystems
Global
Afrit a As' a Australasia
Central and South America
Europe North America Small Islands Arctic Antarctic Mediterranean region Tropical forests Mountain regions Deserts Biodiversity hotspots
Changes in ecosystem structure Terrestrial Freshwater Ocean
Species range shifts
Terrestria I Freshwater
Changes in timing
{phenology) Terrestria I Freshwater Ocean
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(b) Observed impacts of climate change on human systems
Human
systems
Impacts on water scarcity and food production
Animal and Fisheries Agriculture/ livestock yields and Water crop health and aquaculture
scarcity production productivity production
Impacts on health and wellbeing
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Impacts on cities, settlements and infrastructure
Inland Flood/storm Damages floodingj and i nd uced Damages to key associated damages in to economic damages coastar-areasinfrastructure sectors
Figure 5PM.2 | Observed global and regional impacts on ecosystems and human systems attributed to climate change. Confidence levels reflect uncertainty in attribution of the observed impact to climate change. Global assessments focus on large studies, multi-species, meta-analyses and large reviews. For that Teason they can be assessed with higheT confidence than regional studies, which may often Tely on smaller studies that have more limited data. Regional assessments consider evidence on impacts across an entire region and do not focus on any country in particular
(a} Climate change has already altered terrestrial, freshwater and ocean ecosystems at global scale, with multiple impacts evident at regional and local scales where there is s./r c ent teratLre to ma 50-100%
About as likely as not 33-66%
Unlikely 0-33%
Very unlikely 0-10%
Extremely unlikely 0-5%
Exceptionally unlikely 0-1 %
Present likelihood
It is very likely that the number of cold days and nights has decreased and the number of warm days and nights has increased on the global scale.
Main consequences of CC - summary
Phenomena Present trends Confidence level Phenomena Future trends Confidence level
The rise in weather and climate extremes has led to some irreversible impacts as natural and human systems are pushed beyond their ability to adapt. (increases in the frequency and intensity of climate and weather extremes, including hot extremes on land and in the ocean, heavy precipitation events, drought and fire weather) High confidence Biodiversity loss and degradation, damages to and transformation of ecosystems are already key risks for every region due to past global warming and will continue to escalate with every increment of global warming Very high confidence!!!
Risks in physical water availability and water-related hazards will continue to increase by the mid- to long-term in all assessed regions, with High confidence
Warm-water coral bleaching and mortality and increased drought-related tree mortality High confidence
Increased heat-related human mortality Medium greater risk at higher global warming levels
confidence Increases in frequency, intensity and severity of High confidence
Impacts in natural and human systems from ocean acidification, sea level rise or regional decreases in precipitation have also been High confidence droughts, floods and heatwaves, and continued sea level rise will increase risks to food security
attributed to human induced climate change Climate change and related extreme events High confidence
Roughly half of the world's population currently experience severe water scarcity for at least some part of the year due to climatic and Medium cofidence will significantly increase ill health and premature deaths
non-climatic drivers In the mid- to long-term, displacement will Medium confidence
Climate change including increases in frequency and intensity of extremes have reduced food and water security, hindering efforts to meet Sustainable Development Goals High confidence increase with intensification of heavy precipitation and associated flooding, tropical cyclones, drought and, increasingly, sea level rise
Climate change has adversely affected physical health of people globally and mental health of people in the assessed regions Very high confidence!!!
Hot extremes including heatwaves have intensified in cities High confidence
Scientific language is very brief and talking in the words of
probability and confidence
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„How much do we want to spend on the climate compare to other problems?"
„...more heat will domoge crop growth in many warmer climates, but it means better agricultural production in cold countries. And, CO2 is a fertiliser — commercial greenhouses pump in extra C02 to grow bigger tomatoes. So overall, we can expect agriculture to gain from global warming in the short and medium term..." B. Lomborg
Let's discuss!
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Moral dimension of CC
„...more heat will damage crop growth in many warmer climates, but it means better agricultural production in cold countries. And, C02 is a fertiliser — commercial greenhouses pump in extra C02 to grow bigger tomatoes. So overall, we can expect agriculture to gain from global warming in the short and medium term..." B. Lomborg
yes, increasing yields, but mainly in countries with the actual overproduction, while the agrarian countries in developing world (with significant hunger) will experience even drop in the production
HISTORIES 1 August 2012
Climate change: The great civilisation destroyer?
War and unrest and the collapse of many mighty empires, often followed changes in loca I climes. Is this more than a coincidence?
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More than coincidence?
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The decline and fall of many civilisations coincided with periods of climate change, and there are also correlations between climate change, population size and the frequency of warsras data from Europe shows [right)
MycenaeanS ~1100 BC
Centuries-long dry period
Western Roman Empire -250 tD 500 AD
Climate became extremely variable
Maya -900 AD
Cerrtury-lnng dry period
Moche -600 AO
Floods and drougfn y
Temperature in northern hemisphere
Egyptian New Kingdom -1100BC
Centuries -I one} dry period
Akkadian Empire -2200 BC
Centuries-long dryperiod;
Hittites -1200 BC
Centuries-long dry period
Tang Dynasty 907 AD
Century -long dry period
Tiwanaku -1100 AD
Centurles-long dry period
Harrappan "1B00 BC
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Khmer Empire -13D0 AD
Flwrj^nrl drought
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Solutions of CC?
Solutions?
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The Nobel Peace Prize 2007
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Al Gore
Democratic polititian Ex-vicepresident USA Environmentalist
Gore held the "first congressional hearings on the climate change, and co-sponsor[ed] hearings on toxic waste and global warming".
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The Nobel Peace Prize 2007
IPCC
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANCE
WMO UNEP
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Prize share: 1/2
Photo: Ken Gpprann
Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr.
Prize share: 1/2
„...was one of the first politicians to grasp the seriousness of climate change and to call for a reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases."
The Nobel Peace Prize 2007 was awarded jointly to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al] Gore Jr. "for their efforts to but/d up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change"
A 2018 Economics Nobel winner created an invaluable tool for understanding climate change
Prize winners William Nordhaus and Paul Romer studied long-term economic growth. Nordhaus calculated the impacts of climate change.
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Politics on CC
- main aim — decrease the GHG emissions, mainly C02
1 992: UN Framework Convention on Climate Change 1 997: Kyoto protocol (in force from 2005)
industrial countries should decrease their GHG emissions until the year 2012 for 5.2 % compared to the year 1990
- different threshold for different countries (e.g. EU 8%)
- however, industrial countries (Annex I countries with Kyoto targets) contributed „only" with 24 % of global C02 emission (2010)
Temperature rise scenarios to 2100
scientific vs. political uncertainty
Kyoto protocol - result (2012)
Into force in 2005
industrial countries (Annex I countries with Kyoto targets) reduced their
emissions for 24.2 % ! (much more than promissed target 5.2 %)
however, emission in other countries have risen so fast, that global C02 emissions
increased by 32 % from 1 990 to 201 0 ©
extension of the Kyoto Protocol until 2020
certain countries (the EU and a few other countries) have committed themselves to
further reducing C02 emissions.
EU e.g. by 20-30% compared to 1 990
Average - 1 8% - generally achieved
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Paris treaty (2015)
- continuation of the prolonged Kyoto protocol (2020)
- aim: Limit the temperature rise not more than 2 °C compared to pre-industrial era, ideally below 1.5 °C
- came into force in November 4th 201 6
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„The 1.5 C figure is not some random statistic. It is rather an indicator of the point at which climate impacts will become increasingly harmful for people and indeed the entire planet," said WMO Secretary-General Prof. Petteri Taalas.
In contrast to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, the distinction between developed and developing countries is blurred, so that the latter also have to submit plans for emission reductions.
|~| State parties I I Signatories [~| Parties also covered by European Union ratification I I Agreement does not apply
Solution
Summary for Policymakers
Adaptation and mitigation
Many options available now in all sectors are estimated to offer substantial potential to reduce net emissions by 2030, Relative potentials and costs will vary across countries and in the longer term compared to 2030,
Mitigation option;
Wind energy Solai energy Bioelectricity Hydiopower Geothermal energy Nuclear energy
Carbon capture and storage {CCS) Bioelectricity with CCS Reduce CHt emission from coal mining Reduce CHL emission from oil and gas
Carbon sequestration in agriculture Reduce CHL and Ufl emission in agriculture Reduced conversion of forests and other ecosystems Ecosystem restoration, afforestation, reforestation Improved sustainable forest management Reduce food loss and food waste . Shift to balanced, sustainable heahhy diets
Avoid demand for energy services Efficient lighting, appliances and equipment New buildings with high energy performance Onsite renewable production and Lie Improvement of existing building stock Enhanced use of wood products
Fuel-efficient light-duty vehicles Electric light-duty vehicles Shift to public transportation Shift to bikes and e-bikes Fuel-efficient heavy-duty vehicles Electric heavy-duty vehicles, ind. buses Shipping - efficiency and optimisation Aviation - energy efficiency , Biofuels
Energy efficiency Material efficiency Enhanced recycling
Fuel switching [electr, nat gas, bio-energyh HJ Feedstock decolonisation, process charge Carbon capture with utilisation (CCUJ and CCS Cementitious material substitution Reduction of non-CO- emissions
Reduce emission of fluorinated gas Reduce CHL emissions from solid waste , Reduce CH, emissions from wastewater
Potential contribution to net emission reduction, 2030 (GtCOf-eq yr1]
Net lifetime cost of options: D| Costs ar& lower than the reference 0-20 (USD tCGyeq-1]
M 20-50 (USD tCD eq )
■H 50-100 (USD tCOj-eq"1]
M 100-200 (USD tCOi-eq"1]
Cost nat allocated due to high variability or lack of data
i-1 Uncertainty range applies to
the total potential contribution to emission reduction. The individual cost ranges are also associated with uncertainty
Mitigation options have synergies with many Sustainable Development Goals, but some options can also have trade-offs. The synergies and trade-offs vary dependent on context and scale.
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Sectoral and system mitigation option*
" Wi nd energy
Solar energy
Bioenergy
Hydropower
Geotfiermal energy
Nuclear power . Carbon captureand storage {CCS}
Carbon sequestration in agriculture1 Reduce CHj and H,0 emission in agriculture Reduced conversion of forests and other ecosystems' Ecosystem restoration, reforestation, afforestation Improved sustainable forest management Reduce food loss and food waste Shift to balanced, sustainable healthy diets „ Renewable* supply*
" Urban land use and spatial planning Electrification of the urban energy system District heating and cooling networks Urban green and blue infrastructure Waste prevention, minimisation and management Integrating sectors, strategies and innovations
" Demand-side management Highly energy efficient building envelope Efficient heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) Efficient appliances Building design and performance On-slteand nearby production and use of renewable* Change in construction methods and circular economy Change in construction materials
' Fuel efficiency - light-duty vetiide Electric light-duty vehicles S -1 i ■ l to public transport
Shift to bikes, e bikes and non motorised transport Fuel efficiency-heavy-duty vehicle Fuel shift (including electricity) - heavy-duty vehicle Shipping efficiency, logistics optimisation, new fuels Aviation - energy efficiency, new fuels . Biofuels
Energy efficiency
Material efficiency and demand reduction Circular material flows Electr ification
CCS arid carbon captureand utilisation (CCU)
Relation with Sustainable Development Goals
5 » 11 12 M 15 IS 17
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Related Sustainable Development Goals: 11 Mo poverty
1 Zero hunger I 3 Good health and wellbeing I 4 Quality education I 5 Gender equality I 6 Clean waterand sanitation
7 Affordable and clear energy I 8 Decent work and economic growth I 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure
14 Reduced iiitqjdliLiei
11 Sustainable cities and communities
12 Responsible consumption and production
13 Climate action
14 Life below water
15 Life on land
16 Peace, justice and strong institutions
17 Partnership for the goals
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Figure SPM.7 | Overview of mitigation options and their estimated ranges of costs and potentials in 203D.
This pre-final-publication version of the ARSWGIII 5PM approved text is subject to error correction.
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How to decrease CQ2 emmisions?
decrease the fossil fuels consumption
- increase efficiency of the industr. production
- end the non-effective industr. production
- save the energy and material
economic tools to decrease C02 - EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS)
bio-fuels? Probably not...
Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 7, 11191-11205, 2007 www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/7/11191/2007/ ©Author(s) 2007. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
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Geo-engineering?
N20 release from agro-biofuel production negates global warming reduction by replacing fossil fuels
P. J. Crutzen1-23, A. R. Mosier4, K. A. Smith5, and W. Winiwarter36
'Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Mainz, Germany 2Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla, USA 'international Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (NASA), Laxenburg, Austria *Mount Pleasant, SC, USA
5School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK sAustrian Research Centers - ARC, Vienna, Austria
Received: 28 June 2007-Accepted: 19 July 2007 - Published: 1 August 2007 Correspondence to: P. J. Crutzen (crutzen@mpch-mainz.mpg.de)
Geo-eqineerinq - types and opportunities
Transforming Earth
It is now possible to identify the methods and locations where planetary geoengineering will have to take place
(7) PLANT TREES
Plant forests and regularly harvest them, j Trees areacarbonsinkaslongas they are growing, and not allowed to rot.
Location: unused farmland
BECCS (Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage)
Suck out atmospheric C02 by growi ng biof uel crops like sugar cane, burn them for energy, capture the resulting C02,
K a and bury it.
(BJ BIOCHAR
Burn plant material without oxygen to make charcoal -like "biochar". This carbon store can then be buried in soiI, where it acts as a fertiliser.
Location: anywhere with rich plant growth
(DA) DAC (Direct air capture)
Build shipping-container-sized boxes full of a chemical "sponge" that sucks C02 out of the air, ready for burial. You may need 100 million of them.
Location: windy and dry areas. More wind means more air is driven th rough t he boxes, increasing uptake
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IRON FERTILISATION
Trigger photosynthetic plankton blooms in the ocean by dumping irpn into areas that don't have much. If the plankton sinks, carbon is stored.
Location: iron-depleted regions of the
| OCEAN LIMING
Th row lime into the ocean, it reacts with dissolved C02 to form carbonates. This may also help corals by reducing ocean 11 acidification.
) ENHANCED WEATHERING
Crush common minerals like olivine to powder to increase surface area for reacting with C02 and water.
Location: proceeds fastest in warm, wet cond itions, so areas such as humid coasts and rivers are best
Tree grOWth? (Christian Korner, 2022)
• More productive forest — more trees....
• BUT!
• Lower carbon storage
C02 stimulate growth
Higher growth rate
More dynamic system
Reduced resistence!!!
No higher carbon sequestration
Tree longevity rather than g rowth
rate controls carbon capital of
the forest
Carbon pool size maximum
European Green Deal (December 2019)
Striving to be the first climate-neutral continent
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The European Commission adopted a set of proposals to make the Elfs climate, energy, transport and taxation policies fit for reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1 990 levels.
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Aa EU parliament backs Labelling gas and nuclear investments as green
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* Lawmakers back 'greerT EU Invottmynt label for the fuels *■ Likely to. become Law unless super-majority of states- veto
* Gasr nuclear rules have split EU countries and lawmakers
* Luxembourg, Austria to challenge Law In court
BRUSSELS, July 6 (Reuters) - The European Parliament on Wednesday backed EU rules Labelling Investments In gas and nuclear power plants as climate-friendly, throwing out an attempt to block the Law lhat hah; t^pc^od dc?cip rlftn bptwoc-n countries nyor haw to fight cLimatti- changcv
The vote paves the way for the European Union proposaL to pass Into Law, unless 20 ot the bloc's 27 member states decide to oppose the move, which is seen as verv unllkcLy.
The new rules will add gas 3rd nuclear power plants to tne EU "taxonomy" ruiebook from 2021, enabling Investors to label and market investments In them as green.
out of 639 lawmakers present, 3ZB opposed a motion mat sought to block the EU gas and nuclear proposals.
The European Commission welcomed the result. It proposed the rules in February afLer more than a y^ar of delnv and intense lobbvino from aouernments and industries.
"This is a poor signal to the rest of the world that
may undermine the EU's leadership
position on climate action/'
said Anders Schelde, chief investment
officer
at Danish pension fund Akademiker Pension.
If approved, the gas and nuclear rules would apply from Jan. 2023.
Gas plants must switch to run on low-carbon gases by 2035
New nuclear plants must receive construction permits before 2045 to get a green investment label, and be located in a country with a plan and funds to safely dispose of radioactive waste by 2050.
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