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Climate policy implications of nonlinear decline of Arctic land permafrost and other cryosphere elements

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Climate policy implications of nonlinear decline of Arctic land permafrost and other cryosphere elements. / Yumashev, Dmitry; Hope, Chris; Schaefer, Kevin et al.
In: Nature Communications, Vol. 2019, No. 10, 1900, 23.04.2019.

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Yumashev, D, Hope, C, Schaefer, K, Riemann-Campe, K, Iglesias-Suarez, F, Jafarov, E, Burke, E, Young, PJ, Elshorbany, Y & Whiteman, G 2019, 'Climate policy implications of nonlinear decline of Arctic land permafrost and other cryosphere elements', Nature Communications, vol. 2019, no. 10, 1900. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201712.0107.v1, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09863-x

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Yumashev, D., Hope, C., Schaefer, K., Riemann-Campe, K., Iglesias-Suarez, F., Jafarov, E., Burke, E., Young, P. J., Elshorbany, Y., & Whiteman, G. (2019). Climate policy implications of nonlinear decline of Arctic land permafrost and other cryosphere elements. Nature Communications, 2019(10), Article 1900. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201712.0107.v1, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09863-x

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Yumashev D, Hope C, Schaefer K, Riemann-Campe K, Iglesias-Suarez F, Jafarov E et al. Climate policy implications of nonlinear decline of Arctic land permafrost and other cryosphere elements. Nature Communications. 2019 Apr 23;2019(10):1900. doi: 10.20944/preprints201712.0107.v1, 10.1038/s41467-019-09863-x

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Yumashev, Dmitry ; Hope, Chris ; Schaefer, Kevin et al. / Climate policy implications of nonlinear decline of Arctic land permafrost and other cryosphere elements. In: Nature Communications. 2019 ; Vol. 2019, No. 10.

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title = "Climate policy implications of nonlinear decline of Arctic land permafrost and other cryosphere elements",
abstract = "Arctic feedbacks accelerate climate change through carbon releases from thawing permafrost and higher solar absorption from reductions in the surface albedo, following loss of sea ice and land snow. Here, we include dynamic emulators of complex physical models in the integrated assessment model PAGE-ICE to explore nonlinear transitions in the Arctic feedbacks and their subsequent impacts on the global climate and economy under the Paris Agreement scenarios. The permafrost feedback is increasingly positive in warmer climates, while the albedo feedback weakens as the ice and snow melt. Combined, these two factors lead to significant increases in the mean discounted economic effect of climate change: +4.0% ($24.8 trillion) under the 1.5 °C scenario, +5.5% ($33.8 trillion) under the 2 °C scenario, and +4.8% ($66.9 trillion) under mitigation levels consistent with the current national pledges. Considering the nonlinear Arctic feedbacks makes the 1.5 °C target marginally more economically attractive than the 2 °C target, although both are statistically equivalent.",
keywords = "climate change, cryosphere, Arctic, permafrost, sea ice, tipping elements, climate impacts, climate policy, Paris agreement",
author = "Dmitry Yumashev and Chris Hope and Kevin Schaefer and Kathrin Riemann-Campe and Fernando Iglesias-Suarez and Elchin Jafarov and Eleanor Burke and Young, {Paul John} and Yasin Elshorbany and Gail Whiteman",
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AU - Hope, Chris

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AU - Riemann-Campe, Kathrin

AU - Iglesias-Suarez, Fernando

AU - Jafarov, Elchin

AU - Burke, Eleanor

AU - Young, Paul John

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AU - Whiteman, Gail

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N2 - Arctic feedbacks accelerate climate change through carbon releases from thawing permafrost and higher solar absorption from reductions in the surface albedo, following loss of sea ice and land snow. Here, we include dynamic emulators of complex physical models in the integrated assessment model PAGE-ICE to explore nonlinear transitions in the Arctic feedbacks and their subsequent impacts on the global climate and economy under the Paris Agreement scenarios. The permafrost feedback is increasingly positive in warmer climates, while the albedo feedback weakens as the ice and snow melt. Combined, these two factors lead to significant increases in the mean discounted economic effect of climate change: +4.0% ($24.8 trillion) under the 1.5 °C scenario, +5.5% ($33.8 trillion) under the 2 °C scenario, and +4.8% ($66.9 trillion) under mitigation levels consistent with the current national pledges. Considering the nonlinear Arctic feedbacks makes the 1.5 °C target marginally more economically attractive than the 2 °C target, although both are statistically equivalent.

AB - Arctic feedbacks accelerate climate change through carbon releases from thawing permafrost and higher solar absorption from reductions in the surface albedo, following loss of sea ice and land snow. Here, we include dynamic emulators of complex physical models in the integrated assessment model PAGE-ICE to explore nonlinear transitions in the Arctic feedbacks and their subsequent impacts on the global climate and economy under the Paris Agreement scenarios. The permafrost feedback is increasingly positive in warmer climates, while the albedo feedback weakens as the ice and snow melt. Combined, these two factors lead to significant increases in the mean discounted economic effect of climate change: +4.0% ($24.8 trillion) under the 1.5 °C scenario, +5.5% ($33.8 trillion) under the 2 °C scenario, and +4.8% ($66.9 trillion) under mitigation levels consistent with the current national pledges. Considering the nonlinear Arctic feedbacks makes the 1.5 °C target marginally more economically attractive than the 2 °C target, although both are statistically equivalent.

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KW - sea ice

KW - tipping elements

KW - climate impacts

KW - climate policy

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