noun
climate sensitivity
Technical term in climatology; refers to the degree of temperature change in response to a given change in radiative forcing, often expressed as the warming caused by a doubling of CO₂ concentration.
気候感度が高いほど、同じCO2増加でも温暖化が大きくなる。
The higher the climate sensitivity, the greater the warming for the same increase in CO₂.
IPCCの報告書では、気候感度の推定値が示されている。
The IPCC report presents estimates of climate sensitivity.