Compatible emissions (Q440)

Subject, term, tag: Compatible emissions

Language	Label	Description	Also known as
English	Compatible emissions	Subject, term, tag: Compatible emissions

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source version

IPCC Glossary v1.5

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Source

https://apps.ipcc.ch/glossary/

date accessed

27 May 2026

Part of

Working Group I: Climate Change 2021 – The Physical Science Basis

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Definition

Earth system models that simulate the land and ocean carbon cycle can calculate 2) carbon dioxide (CO emissions that are compatible with a given atmospheric CO 2 concentration trajectory. The compatible emissions over a given period of time are equal to the increase of carbon over that same period of time in the sum of the three active reservoirs: the atmosphere, the land and the ocean. (English)