Nature Communications (Jul 2017)
A 3 °C global RCP8.5 emission trajectory cancels benefits of European emission reductions on air quality
Abstract
Current national pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions track to a temperature rise of about 3 °C. Here the authors use future projections to show that 3 °C warming under a business as usual scenario would result in large increases in ozone concentrations, off-setting any benefits from mitigation policies.