Observations of greenhouse gases as climate indicators

Bruhwiler, Lori; Basu, Sourish; Butler, J. H.; Chatterjee, Abhishek; Dlugokencky, E. J.; Kenney, Melissa A.; McComiskey, Allison; Montzka, S. A.; Stanitski, Diane M.

doi:10.1007/s10584-021-03001-7

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“…Sustainability 2021, 13, x FOR PEER REVIEW 2 of 27 are harmful to the environment as they trap heat in the atmosphere, causing global warming [2]. Climate change and the contemporary transportation system are inextricably linked in many ways.…”

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“…The transport sector is expected to be a crucial part of the solution: a sector that can help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and non-CO 2 gases such as methane (CH 4 ), nitrous oxide (N 2 O), partially fluorinated hydrocarbons (HFC), perfluorinated hydrocarbons (PFC), sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3). To a greater or lesser extent, these gases are harmful to the environment as they trap heat in the atmosphere, causing global warming [2].…”

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Effect of Battery Electric Vehicles on Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 29 European Union Countries

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This analysis explored the effect of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) on greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) in a panel of twenty-nine countries from the European Union (EU) from 2010 to 2020. The method of moments quantile regression (MM-QR) was used, and the ordinary least squares with fixed effects (OLSfe) was used to verify the robustness of the results. The MM-QR support that in all three quantiles, economic growth causes a positive impact on GHGs. In the 50th and 75th quantiles, energy consumption causes a positive effect on GHGs. BEVs in the 25th, 50th, and 75th quantiles have a negative impact on GHGs. The OLSfe reveals that economic growth has a negative effect on GHGs, which contradicts the results from MM-QR. Energy consumption positively impacts GHGs. BEVs negatively impacts GHGs. Although the EU has supported a more sustainable transport system, accelerating the adoption of BEVs still requires effective political planning to achieve net-zero emissions. Thus, BEVs are an important technology to reduce GHGs to achieve the EU targets of decarbonising the energy sector. This research topic can open policy discussion between industry, government, and researchers, towards ensuring that BEVs provide a climate change mitigation pathway in the EU region.

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Effect of Battery Electric Vehicles on Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 29 European Union Countries

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“…This warming process is described as global warming which involves the increase in the global temperature due to the increased emissions of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) coming from human activities [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2014]. The major contributing GHGs assessed by the UNFCCC include carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane (CH 4 ), nitrous oxide (N 2 O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulphurhexafluoride (SF 6 ) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2007; Bruhwiler et al, 2021. Notwithstanding the increased number of policies developed to mitigate climate change, there has been absolute increases in total anthropogenic GHGs over the period of 2000 to 2010, reaching a total of 49 ± 4.5 GtCO 2 -eq/yr 3 , with the major contribution (about 78%) being CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes.…”

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“…From 1880 to 2012, there has been an observed increase in the average temperature of the global land and ocean surface by 0.85 [0.65-1.06] • C [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2014]. The global mean surface temperature by 2017 was ascertained to be around 1 • C higher than the preindustrial values with an increase of 0.2 • C/decade (Bruhwiler et al, 2021). It is projected that by the end of the twenty-first century, the global surface temperature will likely exceed 1.5 • C with higher frequencies and longer durations of heatwaves based on RCP4.5, RCP6.0, and RCP8.5 scenarios [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2014].…”

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Climate Change, Land, Water, and Food Security: Perspectives From Sub-Saharan Africa

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2021

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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The current and projected warming of the earth is unequivocal with humans playing a strong role as both perpetrators and victims. The warming on the African continent is projected to be greater than the global average with an increased average temperature of 3–6°C by the end of the century under a high Representative Concentration Pathway. In Africa, the Sub-Saharan region is identified as the most vulnerable to the changing climate due to its very low capacity to adapt to or mitigate climate change. While it is common to identify studies conducted to assess how climate change independently impacts water, land, or food resources, very limited studies have sought to address the interlinkages, synergies, and trade-offs existing between climate change, water, land, and food (WLF) resources as a system in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The climate change and WLF security nexus, therefore, seeks to address this shortfall in literature and subsequently serve as a relevant source of information for decision-making and policy implementation concerning climate change mitigation and adaptation. In this study, 41 relevant studies were selected from Web of Science, Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and institutional websites. We provide information on the independent relationships between climate change and WLF resources, and further discuss the existing inter-linkages between climate change and the WLF security in SSA using the nexus approach, with recommendations on how decision making and policy implementations should be done using the climate change and WLF security nexus approach.

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“…Diferentes pesquisadores têm se direcionado em estudar indicadores de mudanças climáticas, Bruhwiler et al, (2021); a NOAA tem contribuído significativamente nesses estudos, através da disponibilização de dados em escala global.…”

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Impacto do aumento de CO2 nas Precipitações do estado de Pernambuco

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2021

Rev. Bras. Geog. Fis.

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Seeking to mitigate the effects of climate change requires knowing the current situation and the possible consequences of the increase in CO2 in the atmosphere in different areas of knowledge and spatial scales. On a global scale, studies are already widespread. At the regional and local scale, these studies still need to be advanced. Given the above, this study aims to assess the impacts of atmospheric CO2 on rainfall in the state of Pernambuco. Five municipalities in the state were chosen, Recife, Garanhuns, Serra Talhada, Belém do São Francisco and Petrolina. These municipalities represent the mesoregions of the state, which are related to their climatic characteristics. Several statistical methods were applied to identify the relationships between variables and how strong these relationships are, correlation and multivariate. The SUPER-System of Hydrological Response Units for Pernambuco was used to discuss the results with the water balance of Pernambuco basins. The results show that Pernambuco will have two impacting conditions with an increase in atmospheric CO2, Agreste and Litoral, an increase in precipitation and Sertão, a decrease in precipitation. The strongest impact being the Agreste. Considering the SUPER, it was possible to see that around 60% of Pernambuco's precipitation is transformed into evapotranspiration. It is known that the increase in CO2 impacts plant evapotranspiration. Thus, it is possible to state that not only changes in precipitation will impact water resources, but also evapotranspiration, which are important variables in the hydrological cycle of Pernambuco basins.

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Observations of greenhouse gases as climate indicators

Cited by 50 publications

References 70 publications

Effect of Battery Electric Vehicles on Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 29 European Union Countries

Effect of Battery Electric Vehicles on Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 29 European Union Countries

Climate Change, Land, Water, and Food Security: Perspectives From Sub-Saharan Africa

Impacto do aumento de CO2 nas Precipitações do estado de Pernambuco

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