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GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATION [2 records]

Record 1 2022-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climate Change
  • Air Pollution
CONT

As a consequence of the long atmospheric lifetimes of GHGs, major reductions in emissions from current levels are required. Even after serious reductions in emissions, atmospheric concentrations of GHGs will fall only very slowly. Because of the heat capacity of the oceans, the climatic response would be delayed by decades more.

OBS

Concentrations are calculated in terms of bundle of greenhouse gases, so the plural forms gases or GHGs are usual for these terms. The calculation of the atmospheric concentration of a single greenhouse gas could also be possible.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Changements climatiques
  • Pollution de l'air
DEF

Concentration des gaz qui contribuent à l'augmentation de l'effet de serre naturel de la planète.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cambio climático
  • Contaminación del aire
CONT

Las concentraciones de gases de efecto invernadero en la atmósfera dependen de las cantidades emitidas, pero también de las complejas interacciones que se producen entre la atmósfera, la biósfera, la litósfera, la criósfera y los océanos.

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Record 2 2014-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Climate Change
DEF

[An approach that] analyzes greenhouse gas emissions as they would be constrained by adopting a long-term climate-rather than greenhouse gas concentration stabilization-target(e. g. expressed in terms of temperature or sea level changes or the rate of such changes).

OBS

The main objective of this approach is to evaluate the implications of such long-term targets for short or medium-term "tolerable" ranges of global greenhouse gas emissions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Changements climatiques
DEF

[Approche qui] analyse les émissions de gaz à effet de serre comme si elles étaient limitées par l'adoption d'un objectif climatique à long terme - plutôt que dans le cas d'une stabilisation des concentrations d’émissions de gaz à effet de serre (exprimé en termes de variations de température, de niveau de la mer, ou du rythme de ces variations, par exemple).

OBS

Cette approche vise essentiellement à évaluer les implications de ces objectifs à long terme pour des fourchettes à court ou moyen terme offrant des fenêtres d'opportunité pour les émissions de gaz à effet de serre mondiales.

Spanish

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