ABSTRACT

The Fifth Assessment Report of IPCC (2013) disclosed that the global mean temperature increased by 0.85°C from 1880 to 2012. Specifically, the last three decades have been warmer at the Earth’s surface than any preceding decade since 1850. Global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to human activities have grown rapidly by 54% between 1990 and 2011 (IPCC 2013). Rapidly increasing anthropogenic GHG emissions are making a significant contribution to global climate change.