Climate Change and the Exhaustion of Fossil Energy and Mineral Resources

The ongoing exhaustion of fossil fuels places a limit to the total amount of anthropogenic CO2 that will be emitted into the atmosphere and therefore constraints future global warming. Here we assess the implications of fossil fuels depletion on future changes of atmospheric CO2 concentration and global-mean temperature. We find that, despite the exhaustion of fossil fuels, future global warming will likely reach a dangerous level. Deliberate actions aiming at emissions reduction are needed to avoid dangerous climate change.

Grantor dc:publisher

Università degli studi di Trento

Year dc:date

2010

Author dc:creator

• Chiari, Luca

Contributors dc:contributor

• Zecca, Antonio

• Settore GEO/12 - Oceanografia e Fisica dell'Atmosfera
• Settore GEO/09 - Georisorse Miner.Appl.Mineral.-Petrogr.per l'amb.e i Beni Cul
• Settore FIS/06 - Fisica per il Sistema Terra e Il Mezzo Circumterrestre

Statement dc:rights

• info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
• license:Tutti i diritti riservati (All rights reserved)

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

http://dx.doi.org/10.15168/11572_368287
10.15168/11572_368287

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:iris.unitn.it:11572/368287