Current and Future Trends in CO2 Emissions and Sinks
Monday 26 March 2012 - State of the Planet, 14:00
Room 12
Chaired by Corinne Le Quere, Joseph G. Canadell, Philippe Ciais
Convenors: Corinne Le Quere, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research; Joseph G. Canadell, Global Carbon Project and CSIRO; Philippe Ciais, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l`Environnement
CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion have accelerated in the past two decades, while there is evidence of decreasing emissions from deforestation and other land use activities, and debate around the efficiency of the natural carbon sinks to absorb CO2. This session will present the latest trends and underlying drivers, and discuss their persistence and consequences for the future.
Global Hydrocarbon Endowments, Their Sources and Sinks
Prof. N. Nakicenovic1 , 2; 1International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria 2Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Austria
Observing the changing ocean sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide
Prof. A.J. Watson1; Dr. U. Schuster1; Mr. P. Landschuetzer1; 1University of East Anglia School of Environmental Sciences, UK
Estimation and attribution of increase in CO2 airborne fraction and decrease in uptake rate by land and ocean CO2 sinks over 1959-2010
Dr. M.R. Raupach1 , 2; Dr. R.A. Houghton3; Dr. J.G. Canadell1 , 2; Prof. C. Le Quéré4; 1CSIRO, Australia 2Global Carbon Project, Australia 3Woods Hole Research Center, USA 4Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia, UK
Amazon deforestation and regional carbon balance
J-P. Ometto1; A-P. Aguiar1; L. Soler1; T. Assis1; P. Oliveira1; 1National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Brazil
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