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Past exam of the chemistry course of the year 4 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2021 Interdisciplinary paper IDP1 3 b iv Solution by
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If “steady temperature in 2050” means preventing the next annual increase relative to the climate at the delayed start, the relevant forcing increment isIts smaller value follows from : the same additional ppm gives less incremental forcing at a higher baseline.
That interpretation must be separated from the earlier objective of holding temperature at the original reference climate. To cancel the accumulated increase from to ppm requiresThis annual versus accumulated radiative forcing distinction is essential: the first box offsets just the further year's growth; the second is the equivalent one-year aerosol inventory needed for the accumulated forcing. In subsequent years that inventory must be replaced as particles disappear and increased as carbon dioxide rises. A delayed start does not erase the earlier warming merely because the annual incremental requirement is smaller.
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