Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations

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Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations
U.S. Climate Change Science Program, contributing authors: L. Clarke, J. Edmonds, H. Jacoby, H. Pitcher, J. Reilly, R. Richels (2007)
Sub-Report 2.1a of Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.1 by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Department of Energy, Office of Biological & Environmental Research, Washington DC

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This and a companion report constitute one of twenty-one Synthesis and Assessment Products called for in the Strategic Planfor the U.S. Climate Change Science Program. These studies are structured to provide high-level, integrated research results on important science issues with a particular focus on questions raised by decision-makers on dimensions of climate change directly relevant to the U.S. One element of the CCSP’s strategic vision is to provide decision support tools for differentiating and evaluating response strategies. Scenario-based analysis is one such tool. The scenarios in this report explore the implications of alternative stabilization levels of anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere, and they explicitly consider the economic and technological foundations of such response options. Such scenarios are a valuable complement to other scientific research contained in the twenty-one CCSP Synthesis and Assessment Products. The companion to the research reported here, Global-Change Scenarios: Their Development and Use, explores the broader strategic frame for developing and utilizing scenarios in support of climate decision making.

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U.S. Climate Change Science Program, contributing authors: L. Clarke, J. Edmonds, H. Jacoby, H. Pitcher, J. Reilly, R. Richels (2007): Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations. Sub-Report 2.1a of Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.1 by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Department of Energy, Office of Biological & Environmental Research, Washington DC (http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap2-1/finalreport/default.htm)
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Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations

U.S. Climate Change Science Program, contributing authors: L. Clarke, J. Edmonds, H. Jacoby, H. Pitcher, J. Reilly, R. Richels

Sub-Report 2.1a of Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.1 by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research
Department of Energy, Office of Biological & Environmental Research, Washington DC
2007

Abstract/Summary: 

This and a companion report constitute one of twenty-one Synthesis and Assessment Products called for in the Strategic Planfor the U.S. Climate Change Science Program. These studies are structured to provide high-level, integrated research results on important science issues with a particular focus on questions raised by decision-makers on dimensions of climate change directly relevant to the U.S. One element of the CCSP’s strategic vision is to provide decision support tools for differentiating and evaluating response strategies. Scenario-based analysis is one such tool. The scenarios in this report explore the implications of alternative stabilization levels of anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere, and they explicitly consider the economic and technological foundations of such response options. Such scenarios are a valuable complement to other scientific research contained in the twenty-one CCSP Synthesis and Assessment Products. The companion to the research reported here, Global-Change Scenarios: Their Development and Use, explores the broader strategic frame for developing and utilizing scenarios in support of climate decision making.

Full Report [PDF: 12 MB]
Table of Contents
DOE Press Release

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