Articles | Volume 12, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3355-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3355-2018
Brief communication
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23 Oct 2018
Brief communication |  | 23 Oct 2018

Brief communication: Solar radiation management not as effective as CO2 mitigation for Arctic sea ice loss in hitting the 1.5 and 2 °C COP climate targets

Jeff K. Ridley and Edward W. Blockley

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The climate change conference held in Paris in 2016 made a commitment to limiting global-mean warming since the pre-industrial era to well below 2 °C and to pursue efforts to limit the warming to 1.5 °C. Since global warming is already at 1 °C, the 1.5 °C can only be achieved at considerable cost. It is thus important to assess the risks associated with the higher target. This paper shows that the decline of Arctic sea ice, and associated impacts, can only be halted with the 1.5 °C target.