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{{short description|Unavoidable future climate change due to inertial effects}}
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[[File:1979- Radiative forcing - climate change - global warming - EPA NOAA.svg |thumb|right|upright=1.5 |The ongoing buildup of [[IPCC list of greenhouse gases|long-lived greenhouse gases]] in Earth's atmosphere, whose warming influence has nearly doubled since 1979, shows mankind's influence on the global climate.<ref name=
'''Climate commitment''' describes the fact that Earth's [[climate]] reacts with a delay to influencing factors ("[[climate forcing]]s") such as the growth and the greater presence of [[greenhouse gas]]es. Climate commitment studies attempt to assess the amount of future [[global warming]] that is "committed" under the assumption of some constant or some evolving level of forcing. The constant level often used for illustrative purposes is that due to [[carbon dioxide|{{CO2}}]] doubling or quadrupling relative to the pre-industrial level; or the present level of forcing.
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