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Our climate is changing. What will a future world look like?
Scientists in the ACCENT network __________ study the composition of the air to learn about changes in chemistry and physics of the atmosphere. Some examples:
The world’s population __________ continue to grow over the coming decades and people __________ most likely use more energy. We do not know exactly how the economy, technologies and society __________ develop. Some research groups in ACCENT __________ develop scenarios to test the climate response for each set of assumptions. Because of uncertainties in the assumptions climate scientists __________ never be able to predict what exactly the climate __________ be like at the end of the century.
Air pollution is still an important problem. Politicians in many countries have said that they __________ take measures to reduce emissions. This is important because pollution not only affects their own country but spreads around the world. In late autumn 2006, scientists from ACCENT __________ meet to discuss the present knowledge about organic compounds coming not only from industrial and traffic emissions, but also from natural sources.
Ozone in the air surrounding us is not healthy. Furthermore, ozone is a greenhouse gas making our planet warmer. Politicians __________ take further measures in order to reduce emissions in large cities. We hope that ozone smog events __________ become less frequent in the future. Background ozone far away from cities has increased. ACCENT has decided that research groups __________ look at whether levels of background ozone will increase further in the future.
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