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Well, this is exactly what a group of Canadian researchers have done in an attempt to measure the potential effects against global warming.</p> <p>In a study published today, 13 April, in IOP Publishing’s journal <i>Environmental Research Letters</i>, researchers from Concordia University created this scenario to see what effect a global increase in surface reflectance would have on global temperature and our own carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions.</p> <p>They estimate that increasing the reflectance &#8212 commonly known as albedo &#8212 of every urban area by 0.1 will give a CO<sub>2</sub> offset between 130 and 150 billion tonnes. This is equivalent to taking every car in the world off the road for 50 years, assuming a single car gives off around 4 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.</p> <p>This could also provide huge financial gains: CO<sub>2</sub> is currently traded at $25 a tonne meaning savings could be in the range of $3300 and $3800 billion dollars.</p> <p>Albedo is measured on a scale ranging from 0 for a non&#8211reflecting, perfectly black surface to 1 for a perfectly white surface. The albedo of all roofs can be increased, on average, by 0.25 and all paved surfaces can be increased by about 0.15. The researchers believe this will increase a city’s overall albedo by about 0.10.</p> <p>Researchers have long proposed that changing the albedo of a surface could be an effective way of reducing CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. A change could effectively cool buildings that would usually retain heat and therefore reduce the use of air&#8211conditioning systems; it could also improve outdoor air quality and offset the warming that the world is currently experiencing.</p> <p>In this new study, the researchers showed that increasing the albedo of a 1m<sup>2</sup> surface by 0.01 would have the same effect on global temperature, over the next 80 years, as decreasing emissions by around 7kg of CO<sub>2</sub>.</p> <p>The researchers used a dataset of all global urban areas, called the Global Rural and Urban Mapping Project (GRUMP), to give a realistic estimate of the effects of a global albedo change. In addition to the very large carbon dioxide offset, the researchers calculated a potential decrease in temperature of about 0.07<sup>o</sup>C.</p> <p>Completely changing the surfaces of all the world’s roofs and pavements seems like a mammoth task; however, the researchers believe that it is possible if promoted in the right ways.</p> <p>“Typically roofs are resurfaced (or changed) about every 20 &#8211 30 years; paved surfaces are resurfaced about every ten years. When roofs or paved surfaces are installed, they can be changed to materials with high solar reflectance, typically at no incremental cost,” the researchers write.</p> <p>Lead author Professor Hashem Akbari said: “It is all based on planning, codes and policies. 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