Dr Michelle Cain in a science and policy research associate on the Oxford Martin School’s programme on climate pollutants at the University of Oxford.
A New Way to Assess ‘Global Warming Potential’ of Short-Lived Pollutants
Comparing greenhouse gases with each other using GWP* preserves the link between emissions and warming or cooling of the atmosphere. Therefore, GWP* is better suited than GWP100 to assessing whether the world is on track to limit warming to well below 2C.
June 12, 2018