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  The Zero Emissions Commitment Model Intercomparison Project (ZECMIP) contribution to C4MIP: quantifying committed climate changes following zero carbon emissions

Jones, C. D., Frölicher, T. L., Koven, C., MacDougall, A. H., Matthews, H. D., Zickfeld, K., Rogelj, J., Tokarska, K. B., Gillett, N. P., Ilyina, T., Meinshausen, M., Mengis, N., Seferian, R., Eby, M., Burger, F. A. (2019): The Zero Emissions Commitment Model Intercomparison Project (ZECMIP) contribution to C4MIP: quantifying committed climate changes following zero carbon emissions. - Geoscientific Model Development, 12, 10, 4375-4385.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-4375-2019

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Jones, C. D.1, Author
Frölicher, T. L.1, Author
Koven, C.1, Author
MacDougall, A. H.1, Author
Matthews, H. D.1, Author
Zickfeld, K.1, Author
Rogelj, J.1, Author
Tokarska, K. B.1, Author
Gillett, N. P.1, Author
Ilyina, T.1, Author
Meinshausen, Malte2, Author              
Mengis, N.1, Author
Seferian, R.1, Author
Eby, M.1, Author
Burger, F. A.1, Author
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 Abstract: The amount of additional future temperature change following a complete cessation of CO2 emissions is a measure of the unrealized warming to which we are committed due to CO2 already emitted to the atmosphere. This “zero emissions commitment” (ZEC) is also an important quantity when estimating the remaining carbon budget – a limit on the total amount of CO2 emissions consistent with limiting global mean temperature at a particular level. In the recent IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 ∘C, the carbon budget framework used to calculate the remaining carbon budget for 1.5 ∘C included the assumption that the ZEC due to CO2 emissions is negligible and close to zero. Previous research has shown significant uncertainty even in the sign of the ZEC. To close this knowledge gap, we propose the Zero Emissions Commitment Model Intercomparison Project (ZECMIP), which will quantify the amount of unrealized temperature change that occurs after CO2 emissions cease and investigate the geophysical drivers behind this climate response. Quantitative information on ZEC is a key gap in our knowledge, and one that will not be addressed by currently planned CMIP6 simulations, yet it is crucial for verifying whether carbon budgets need to be adjusted to account for any unrealized temperature change resulting from past CO2 emissions. We request only one top-priority simulation from comprehensive general circulation Earth system models (ESMs) and Earth system models of intermediate complexity (EMICs) – a branch from the 1 % CO2 run with CO2 emissions set to zero at the point of 1000 PgC of total CO2 emissions in the simulation – with the possibility for additional simulations, if resources allow. ZECMIP is part of CMIP6, under joint sponsorship by C4MIP and CDRMIP, with associated experiment names to enable data submissions to the Earth System Grid Federation. All data will be published and made freely available.

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 Dates: 2019
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.5194/gmd-12-4375-2019
PIKDOMAIN: RD3 - Transformation Pathways
eDoc: 8871
Organisational keyword: RD3 - Transformation Pathways
Research topic keyword: 1.5/2°C limit
Research topic keyword: Policy Advice
Research topic keyword: Atmosphere
Regional keyword: Global
Working Group: Data-Centric Modeling of Cross-Sectoral Impacts
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 12 (10) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 4375 - 4385 Identifier: CoNE: https://publications.pik-potsdam.de/cone/journals/resource/journals185