3. Warming in the climate system
is unequivocal, […]
Human influence on the
climate system is clear.
Limiting climate change will require
substantial and sustained reductions of
greenhouse gas emissions.
14. atmosphere, land, ocean
extreme events
water cycle
global mean sea level
Human influence on the climate
system is clear.
sea ice, glaciers, ice sheets
Cause
Worldwide Effects
20. RCP 2.6 (annual) RCP 8.5 (annual)
IPCC 2013: Atlas of Global and Regional Climate Projections
Regional Changes in East Africa (2081-2100)
All RCPs (annual)
24. Budget for 2°C target: 790 bill t C
CO2 emissions until 2016*: −565 bill t C
CO2 emissions in 2016 *: 9.9 bill t C
Remaining CO2 emissions: 225 bill t C
Limiting climate change will require
substantial and sustained reductions of
greenhouse gas emissions.
*updatedfromIPCC2013,WGISPM
28. 1990
Gave a broad overview of
climate change science,
discussion of uncertainties
and evidence of warming
1995
“The balance of evidence
suggests a discernible
human influence on
global climate”
2001
“There is new and stronger
evidence that most of the
warming observed over the
last 50 years is attributable
to human activities”
2007
"Warming of the
climate system is
unequivocal…"
2013
“Human influence
on the climate
system is clear.”
Improvements:
29. Assessing «known unknowns»
“…. only the collapse of marine-
based sectors of the Antarctic ice
sheet, if initiated, could cause
global mean sea level to rise
substantially above the likely
range during the 21st century.
Example: Sea level and contribution from Antarctic marine ice sheet instability
Editor's Notes
Erwärmung oberste 75m von 1971-2010: 0.11 [0.09 to 0.13] °C per decade
KW (zB Leibstadt): 7 TWh in einem Jahr.
500x current world energy consumption every year or 10 Mill modern nuclear power plant (1 KKW ca. 7 TWh in 1 year)
Ocean warming dominates the increase in energy stored in the climate system, accounting for more than 90% of the energy accumulated between 1971 and 2010 (high confidence).
0.85 over perioden 1880-2012. Each of the last three decades has ben successivelt warmer than the precedeeing.
1983-2012 was likeliy the warmest 30 yr periode during last 1400 yrs.
19 cm over perioden 1901 til 2010. > 90% of the accumulated heat is stored in teh ocen. 1% in atm. Upp 75 m wamred 0.11 per dec.
pH decreased by 0.1
Arctic sea oce extent decreased by 3.5-4.1 over 1979-2012.
Raten for havnivå stigning siden midten av prhundet > mean rate during teh previos two millenia
This has led to atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide that are unprecedented in at least the last 800,000 years.
Halvparten av CO2 utslipp mellom 1750 og 2011 skjedde siste 40 år.
It is extremely likely that more than half of the observed increase in global average surface
temperature from 1951 to 2010 was caused by the anthropogenic increase in greenhouse gas concentrations
and other anthropogenic forcings together.
It is very likely that heat waves will occur with higher frequency and duration. Over 6 times more frequent in RCP8.5
SPM:
Page 7, lines 1 – 9
Figure SPM 3B
Full report:
3.3.2, page 30-31
Figure 3.7
Adapted by Kharin et al, 2007
SPM:
Page 7, lines 1 – 9
Figure SPM 3B
Full report:
3.3.2, page 30-31
Figure 3.7
Adapted by Kharin et al, 2007
RCP2.6 (2081-2100), likely range: 26 to 55 cm
RCP8.5 (2081-2100), likely range: 45 to 82 cm
AR5: TCR = 1.0 to 2.5 °C (likely range; high confidence); extremely unlikely larger than 3°C
AR5: ECS = 1.5 to 4.5 °C (likely range; high confidence); extremely unlikely less than 1°C (high confidence); very unlikely greater than 6°C (medium confidence)
AR5: TCR = 1.0 to 2.5 °C (likely range; high confidence); extremely unlikely larger than 3°C
AR5: ECS = 1.5 to 4.5 °C (likely range; high confidence); extremely unlikely less than 1°C (high confidence); very unlikely greater than 6°C (medium confidence)
Cumulative emissions of CO2 largely determine global mean surface warming by the late 21st century and beyond
bis 2011: 515 GtC (IPCC AR5)
2012: 9.6 GtC
2013: 9.9 GtC
2014: 10.1 GtC
2015: 9.9 GtC
2016*: 9.9 GtC (GCP, FF only, constant cum LUC)
Total 564.2 GtC
*The extension to year 2016 uses the emissions projections for fossil fuels and industry for 2016 (Sect. 3.2) and assumes a constant ELUC flux
However, there is medium confidence that this additional contribution would not exceed several tenths of a meter of sea level rise during the 21st century.
SyR: Abrupt and irreversible ice loss from a potential instability of marine-based sectors of the Antarctic ice sheet in response to climate forcing is possible, but current evidence and understanding is insufficient to make a quantitative assessment. {WGI SPM E.8, 5.6.2, 5.8.1, 13.4.3, 13.5.4}.
The potential additional contribution to GMSL rise also cannot be precisely quantified, but there is medium confidence that, if a collapse were initiated, it would not exceed several tenths of a metre during the 21st century (Section 13.4.4.2).
Abrupt and
irreversible ice loss from a potential instability of marine-based sectors
of the Antarctic ice sheet in response to climate forcing is possible, but
current evidence and understanding is insufficient to make a quantitative
assessment. {5.8, 13.3, 13.4 }