How Do ‘Future Climate Scenarios’ Shape Climate Science and Inform Policy?
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 17, 2025
Initially it used four different emission storylines from the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) as a scientific basis, however, recognizing the need for a more flexible and policy-relevant framework, scientists developed the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) for the IPCC reports.
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