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Large uncertainty in warming outcomes of current policies and emission pledges

During the recent Glasgow Climate Conference (COP26) there was a lot of focus on the climate outcomes of new climate policy pledges. A new analysis shows that these outcomes are more uncertain then often assumed.

GREAT

How do gases and particles affect turbulence in the lower atmosphere?

Global CO₂ emissions return to near pre-COVID pandemic levels

Global fossil CO₂ emissions are expected to grow 4.9% in 2021, nearly offsetting the 5.4% decline in 2020 due the COVID restrictions. Coal and gas use rebounded strongly to exceed 2019 levels, while oil use remains suppressed, suggesting strong policy action is needed to avoid continued emissions growth in 2022.

CICERO is helping to develop a new global emissions monitoring service (CoCO₂)

Together with 24 partners in 14 countries, CICERO is working to develop a European operational service for monitoring global greenhouse gas emissions, as part of the EU-funded project Prototype system for a Copernicus CO₂ service, the CoCO₂ project.

UTRICS

Global temperatures are rising due to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. In addition to increasing greenhouse gas emissions, human activity has changed the composition of particles in the atmosphere. These have masked some of the warming caused by the greenhouse gases. How large is this cooling effect, and how has it changed over time?

Aerosol absorption in global models from AeroCom phase III

Maria Sand, Bjørn Hallvard Samset, Gunnar Myhre, Jonas Gliß, Susanne E. Bauer, Huisheng Bian, Mian Chin, Ramiro Checa-Garcia, Paul Ginoux, Zak Kipling, Alf Kirkevåg, Harri Kokkola, Philippe Le Sager, Marianne Tronstad Lund, Hitoshi Matsui, Twan Van Noije, Dirk J. L. Olivié, Samuel Rémy, M Schulz, Philip Stier, Camilla Weum Stjern, Toshihiko Takemura, Kostas Tsigaridis, Svetlana G. Tsyro, Duncan Watson-Parris

Towards near real-time, monthly fossil CO2 emissions estimates for the European Union with current-year projections

Robbie Andrew

Energy Efficiency: What Has Research Delivered in the Last 40 Years?

Harry D. Saunders, Joyashree Roy, Inês M.L. Azevedo, Debalina Chakravarty, Shyamasree Dasgupta, Stephane De La Rue Du Can, Angela Druckman, Roger Fouquet, Michael J. Grubb, Boqiang Lin, Robert Lowe, Reinhard Madlener, Daire M. McCoy, Luis Mundaca, Tadj Oreszczyn, Steven Sorrell, David Stern, Kanako Tanaka, Taoyuan Wei

Similar patterns of tropical precipitation and circulation changes under solar and greenhouse gas forcing

Stergios Misios, Matthew Kasoar, Elliott Kasoar, Lesley Gray, Joanna Haigh, Stavros Stathopoulos, Konstantinos Kourtidis, Gunnar Myhre, Dirk Olivié, Drew Shindell, Tao Tang

Mobility in Blue-Green Spaces Does Not Predict COVID-19 Transmission: A Global Analysis

Alexander Samuel Venter, Adam Sadilek, Charlotte Stanton, David Nicholas Barton, Kristin Aunan, Sourangsu Chowdhury, Aaron Schneider, Stefano Maria Iacus

Norway's leading institute for climate research