Emissions Scenarios: RCPs

How do we plan for a future that is uncertain? Learn how to manage uncertainty related to greenhouse gas emissions by using ‘emissions scenarios’.

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4 min

Why is there a range in climate model results?

The future is uncertain, and we don’t know exactly what it will look like. The main causes are: not knowing how greenhouse gas emissions may evolve in the future, how models simulate natural climate variability (known as internal variability) and inter-model differences.

Emissions scenarios allow us to view different ‘what if?’ questions to help us plan for the future.

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