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A simple model has been designed to describe the interaction of climate and biosphere. Carbon dioxide, understood as a major emitted gas, leads to a change of global climate. Economic interpretation of the model is based on the maximisation of the global CO2 cumulative emissions. The two most important profiles of emission have been obtained: optimal and multi-exponential suboptimal profiles, each displaying different characteristics.
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Svirezhev, Y., Brovkin, V., von Bloh, W. et al. Optimisation of reduction of global CO2 emission based on a simple model of the carbon cycle. Environmental Modeling & Assessment 4, 23–33 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019039628546
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