Climate lag
The delay that occurs in climate change as a result of some factor that changes only very slowly. For example, the effects of releasing more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere occur gradually over time because of thermal inertia of the oceans. It is estimated that the time required for 60% of global warming to take place in response to increased emissions to be in the range of 25 to 50 years.
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