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20092009BudgetBudget

Budget09 released on 21 November 2010ppt version 22 November 2010

Karen Assmann University of Bergen, Norway

Thomas A. Boden Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,

Oak Ridge, Tennessee USAGordon Bonan

National Centre for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USALaurent Bopp

Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, UMR, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, France

Erik BuitenhuisSchool of Environment Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

Ken CaldeiraDepart. of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Stanford, USA

Josep G. CanadellGlobal Carbon Project, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Canberra,

Australia Philippe Ciais

Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, UMR CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, France

Thomas J. ConwayNOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA

Steve DavisDepart. of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Stanford, USA

Scott C. DoneyWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA

Richard A. FeelyPacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington, USA

Pru FosterQUEST, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, UK

Pierre Friedlingstein Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, FranceQUEST, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, UK

Joe L. HacklerWoods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA

Christoph HeinzeUniversity of Bergen, Norway

Richard A. Houghton Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA

Chris HuntingfordCentre for Ecology and Hydrology, Benson Lane, Wallingford, UK

GCP-Carbon Budget2009 ContributorsPeter E. Levy

Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, UKSam Levis

National Centre for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Co, USAMark R. Lomas

Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, UJoseph Majkut

AOS Program, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA Nicolas Metzl

LOCEAN-IPSL, CNRS, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France Corinne Le Quéré

School of Environment Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK

Andrew LentonCSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Tasmania, Australia

Ivan LimaWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA

Gregg MarlandCarbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,

Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA Glen P. Peters

Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, NorwayMichael R. Raupach

Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Canberra, Australia

Stephen SitchSchool of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

James T. RandersonDepartment of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, California,

USA Guido R. van der Werf

Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Nicolas Viovy

Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, France

F. Ian WoodwardDepartment of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Sönke ZaehleMax-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany

Ning ZengUniversity of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

http://www.ihdp.uni-bonn.de/

http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/carbonbudget

Friedlingstein P, Houghton RA, Marland G, Hackler J, Boden TA, Conway TJ, Canadell JG, Raupach MR, Ciais P, Le Quéré C. Update on CO2 emissions. Nature Geoscience, DOI 10.1038/ngeo_1022, Online 21 November 2010. http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo1022.html

GCP-Carbon Budget2009




Units

• 1 Pg = 1 Petagram = 1x1015g = 1 Billion metric tonnes = 1 Gigatonne

• 1 Tg = 1 Teragram = 1x1012g = 1 Million metric tonnes

• 1 Kg Carbon (C) = 3.67 Kg Carbon Dioxide (CO2)


Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions

Friedlingstein et al. 2010, Nature Geoscience; Gregg Marland, Thomas Boden-CDIAC 2010

CO2 e

miss

ions

(Pg

C y-1

) CO2 em

issions (Pg CO2 y

-1)2009: Emissions:8.4±0.5 PgCGrowth rate: -1.3%1990 level: +37%

2000-2008Growth rate: +3.2%

2010 (projected):Growth rate: >3%


Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions: Top Emitters

Global Carbon Project 2010; Data: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden-CDIAC 2010

Time1990 95 2001 05 200997 99 0393

0

400

800

1200

1600

2000Ca

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Em

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ns p

er y

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(C to

ns x

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00)

China

USA

Japan

Russian Fed.India

07

2009


Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions: Profile Examples

Time

Global Carbon Project 2010; Data: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden- CDIAC 2010

1990 95 01 05 200997 99 03930

40

80

120

160UK

Denmark

Australia

Spain

Canada

Carb

on E

miss

ions

per

yea

r (C

tons

x 1

,000

,000

)

07

The Netherlands

2009


Top 20 CO2 Emitters & Per Capita Emissions 2009

Global Carbon Project 2010; Data: Gregg Marland, Thomas Boden-CDIAC 2010; Population World Bank 2010

0

50

100

150

200

250

CHINAUSA

INDIA

RUSSIAJA

PAN

GERMANYIRAN

SOUTH KOREA

CANADA

UNITED KINGDOM

MEXICO

SAUDI ARABIA

SOUTH AFRICA

INDONESIAITALY

BRAZIL

AUSTRALIA

FRANCE (inl. M

onac

o)

POLAND

SPAIN0

1

2

3

4

5

6

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l CO

2 em

issio

ns

(x10

,000

PgC

y-1)

Per Capita Emissions

(tonnes C person

-1 y-1)


CO2 Emissions by Fossil Fuel Type

Updated from Le Quéré et al. 2009, Nature Geoscience; Data: Gregg Marland, Thomas Boden-CDIAC 2010

CO2 e

miss

ions

(PgC

y-1)

Oil

Coal

Gas

Cement

4

3

2

1

01990 2000 2010

40%

36%


Change in CO2 Emissions from Coal (2007 to 2009)

Global Carbon Project 2010; Data: Gregg Marland, Thomas Boden-CDIAC 2010

92% of growth

-50

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

China USIndia World

CO2 e

miss

ions

(Tg

C y-1

)

350


Fossil Fuel Emissions: Actual vs. IPCC Scenarios

Updated from Raupach et al. 2007, PNAS; Data: Gregg Marland, Thomas Boden-CDIAC 2010; International Monetary Fund 2010

Foss

il Fue

l Em

issio

n (Pg

Cy-1)

5

6

7

8

9

10

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015

Full range of IPCC individual scenarios used for climate projections

A1B Models AverageA1FI Models AverageA1T Models AverageA2 Models Average

B1 Models AverageB2 Models Average

ObservedProjected


Davis & Caldeira 2010, PNAS; See also Peters & Hertwich 2008, Environ, Sci & Tech.

From dominant net exporting countries (blue) to dominant net importing countries (red).

Fluxes of Emissions Embodied in Trade (Mt CO2 y-1)

Year 2004


Updated from Le Quéré et al. 2009, Nature Geoscience

CO2 Emissions from Land Use Change (1960-2009)CO

2 em

issio

ns (P

gC y

-1)

Fossil fuel

Land use change

10

8

6

4

2

1960 20101970 1990 20001980


CO2 Emissions from Land Use Change

Friedlingstein et al. 2010, Nature Geoscience; Data: RA Houghton, GFRA 2010

CO2 e

miss

ions

(PgC

y-1)

1990s Emissions: 1.5±0.7 PgC

2000-2005Emissions: 1.3±0.7 PgC

2006-2010:Emissions: 0.9±0.7 PgC

CO2 em

issions (PgCO2 y

-1)


-400-200

0200400600800

10001200140016001800

1850

1860

1870

1880

1890

1900

1910

1920

1930

1940

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

Tropical

Temperate

Emissions from Land Use Change (2000-2009)

R.A. Houghton 2010, personal communication; GFRA 2010

CO2 e

miss

ions

(TgC

y-1)


Emissions from Land Use Change (2000-2009)

-200

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1850

1860

1870

1880

1890

1900

1910

1920

1930

1940

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

Latin AmericaS & SE Asia

Tropical Africa

CO2 e

miss

ions

(Tg

C y-1

)

R.A. Houghton 2010, personal communication; GFRA 2010


Fire Emissions from Deforestation ZonesFi

re E

miss

ions

from

de

fore

stat

ion

zone

s (T

g C

y-1)

Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED) version 3.1

Year

van der Werf et al. 2010, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1997 99 01 2003 05 07 2009

AmericaAfricaAsiaPan-tropics


Atmospheric CO2 Concentration

Data Source: Pieter Tans and Thomas Conway, 2010, NOAA/ESRL

1970 – 1979: 1.3 ppm y-1

1980 – 1989: 1.6 ppm y1

1990 – 1999: 1.5 ppm y-1

2000 - 2009: 1.9 ppm y-1

2009 1.622008 1.802007 2.142006 1.842005 2.392004 1.602003 2.192002 2.402001 1.892000 1.22

December 2009: 387.2 ppmSeptember 2010 (preliminary): 389.2 ppm39% above pre-industrial

Annual Mea Growth Rate (ppm y-1)

GLOBAL MONTHLY MEAN CO2

Parts

Per

Milli

on (p

pm)

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Nove

mbe

r 201

0

390

388

386

384

382

380

378


Updated from Le Quéré et al. 2009, Nature Geoscience; Data: NOAA 2010, CDIAC 2010

Key Diagnostic of the Carbon CycleEvolution of the fraction of total emissions that remain in the atmosphere

Total CO2 emissions

Atmosphere

CO2 P

artit

ioni

ng (P

gC y

-1)

1960 20101970 1990 20001980

10

8

6

4

2


Airb

orne

Fra

ctio

n

Fraction of total CO2 emissions that remains in the atmosphere

Airborne Fraction

Trend: 0.31 % y-1 (p=~0.9)

45%

Updated from Le Quéré et al. 2009, Nature Geoscience; Raupach et al. 2008, Biogeosciences; Canadell et al. 2007, PNAS

1960 20101970 1990 20001980

1.0

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

40%


Modelled Natural CO2 Sinks

Updated from Le Quéré et al. 2009, Nature Geoscience

Land

sin

k (P

gCy-1

)

5 m

odel

s

Oce

an s

ink

(PgC

y-1)

4

mod

els

Time (y)

1960 20101970 1990 20001980

0

2

-2

-4

-6

1960 20101970 1990 20001980

0

2

-2

-4

-6


Sink

Sour

ce

Time (y)

Global Carbon Project 2010; Updated from Le Quéré et al. 2009, Nature Geoscience; Canadell et al. 2007, PNAS

5

10

10

5

1850 1900 1950 2000

1.1±0.7

Human Perturbation of the Global Carbon Budget

deforestation

CO2 f

lux

(PgC

y-1)

2000-2009(PgC)


5

10

10

5

1850 1900 1950 2000

7.7±0.5


deforestation

fossil fuel emissions

Sink

Sour

ce

Time (y)

CO2 f

lux

(PgC

y-1)


1.1±0.7

2000-2009(PgC)


5

10

10

5

1850 1900 1950 2000


deforestation


Sink

Sour

ce

Time (y)

CO2 f

lux

(PgC

y-1)


7.7±0.5

1.1±0.7

2000-2009(PgC)


5

10

10

5

1850 1900 1950 2000

4.1±0.1


deforestation

atmospheric CO2


Sink

Sour

ce

Time (y)

CO2 f

lux

(PgC

y-1)


7.7±0.5

1.1±0.7

2000-2009(PgC)


5

10

10

5

1850 1900 1950 2000

atmospheric CO2


deforestation

ocean2.3±0.4


oceanSink

Sour

ce

Time (y)

CO2 f

lux

(PgC

y-1)


(5 models)

4.1±0.1

7.7±0.5

1.1±0.7

2000-2009(PgC)


5

10

10

5

1850 1900 1950 2000

2000-2009(PgC)

atmospheric CO2

ocean

land


deforestation


(Residual)

Sink

Sour

ce

Time (y)

CO2 f

lux

(PgC

y-1)


2.3±0.4(5 models)

4.1±0.1

7.7±0.5

1.1±0.7

2.4


Fate of Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions (2000-2009)

1.1±0.7 PgC y-1

+7.7±0.5 PgC y-1

2.4 PgC y-1

27%Calculated as the residual of

all other flux components

4.1±0.1 PgC y-1

47%

26%2.3±0.4 PgC y-1

Average of 5 models



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