Sentences with phrase «between current emission trends»

Global carbon dioxide emissions continue to track the high end of a range of emission scenarios, expanding the gap between current emission trends and the emission pathway required to keep the global - average temperature increase below 2 degrees Celsius.

Not exact matches

If current emissions trends continue (RCP8.5) we could cross the 1.5 °C threshold in 10 to 15 years, somewhere between the years 2025 - 2030, compared to 2045 - 2050 when a 1985 - 2005 baseline is used.

Researchers at Stanford University who closely track China's power sector, coal use, and carbon dioxide emissions have done an initial rough projection and foresee China possibly emitting somewhere between 1.9 and 2.6 billion tons less carbon dioxide from 2008 to 2010 than it would have under «business as usual» if current bearish trends for the global economy hold up.

The problem is that you expand this to that temperature is responsible for the current trend, which is caused by something else (emissions), while the sensitivity only holds for the variability around the trend and a (small) part of the trend, depending of the temperature difference between begin and endpoint.

On current trends, the IPCC finds, emissions will continue to soar and global average temperatures will rise between 2.5 and 7.8 degrees Celsius before the century is out, depending on the pace of economic growth and the sensitivity of the climate system to CO2.

The report found that the gap between emissions levels consistent with meeting the target and levels expected if country pledges are met is likely to be 17 gigatons of CO2 in 2030 based on current trends.

The Asian powerhouse accounts for 33 - 40 % of the emissions gap to 2030 between current trends and a 2C pathway, according to a research note.