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Peak and 2100 concentration levels of total greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere consistent with keeping the global average temperature increase below 1.5 °C (left) and 2 °C (right), for various probability levels
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Created 05 Dec 2019
Published 05 Dec 2019
Last modified 05 Dec 2019
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The number of years within which the peak concentration levels could be exceeded are indicated by the purple arrows, given the trend in total greenhouse gas concentrations over the past 10 years (based on IPCC, 2018)
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Methodology:
The figure is complied using the observed concentration levels and the observed trend over the past 10 years as a starting point. IPCC 2013 and IPCC 2018 provided information on the peak and 2100 concentration levels consistent with keeping the global average temperature increase below 1.5 °C (left) and 2 °C (right), for various probability levels of achieving these temperature targets (from top to bottom). The higher the probability level the lower the peak and 2100 concentration has to be.
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ppm
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- Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL)
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Temporal coverage
2017-2100
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/peak-and-2100-concentration-levels-1 or scan the QR code.
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