Importance of non-CO2 emissions in carbon management

Alice Bows-Larkin; Carly McLachlan; Sarah Mander; Ruth Wood; Mirjam Röder; Patricia Thornley; Elena Dawkins; Clair Gough; Laura O'Keefe; Maria Sharmina

doi:10.1080/17583004.2014.913859

Importance of non-CO2 emissions in carbon management

Alice Bows-Larkin^*, Carly McLachlan, Sarah Mander, Ruth Wood, Mirjam Röder, Patricia Thornley, Elena Dawkins, Clair Gough, Laura O'Keefe, Maria Sharmina

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Background: GHG budgets highlight a need for urgency, yet analyses are often CO₂-focused, with less attention paid to non-CO₂. Results: In this paper, scenarios are used to explore non-CO₂ drivers and barriers to their mitigation, drawing out implications for CO₂ management. Results suggest that even optimistic technological and consumption-related developments lead to on-going increases in global N2O, largely to improve food security within a changing climate. This contrasts with existing analysis, where lower levels of N2O by 2050 are projected. Conclusions: As avoiding '2°C' limits the emissions budget, constraints on reducing non-CO₂ add pressure to energy system decarbonization. Overlooking how a changing climate and rising consumption restricts efforts to curb non-CO₂ will result in policies aiming to avoid 2°C falling short of the mark.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	193-210
Number of pages	18
Journal	Carbon Management
Volume	5
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/17583004.2014.913859 https://doi.org/10.1080/17583004.2014.913859
Publication status	Published - 12 Aug 2014

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