System dynamics applied to the effect of carbon dioxide emissions on global warming modelling

Abstract

Future predictions of carbon dioxide emissions and its effects on global temperatures do not look too promising. Since the advent of the industrial evolution that has seen an increase in burning of fossil fuels and other sources for energy, carbon dioxide emissions from these have skyrocketed. Comparing the increase in global temperature anomalies and the increase in carbon dioxide emissions, it seems there is a correlation between the global temperature anomalies and the increase in carbon dioxide emissions. This paper uses systems dynamics to model the increase in carbon dioxide emissions using several parameters and variables that are changed to see how much each affects carbon dioxide levels and in effect global temperature anomalies. In doing so, this paper provides a simplified model of global warming.