Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) database

Description

The RCP database aims at documenting the emissions, concentrations, and land-cover change projections of the so-called "Representative Concentration Pathways" (RCPs). The Representative Concentration Pathways are based on selected scenarios from four modeling teams/models (NIES/AIM, IIASA/MESSAGE, PNNL/MiniCAM, and PBL/IMAGE). The RCPs are meant to serve as input for climate and atmospheric chemistry modeling for the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report and beyond.

Reference information

Websites:

http://tntcat.iiasa.ac.at/RcpDb/dsd?Action=htmlpage&page=welcome

Source:

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

Published in Climate-ADAPT Jun 7, 2016 - Last Modified in Climate-ADAPT Dec 12, 2023

Date of creation:

2015

Keywords:

climate model, concentrations, emissions, future, land-cover change, projection, radiative forcing

Climate impacts:

Extreme Temperatures, Sea Level Rise

Adaptation Approaches:

Observations and Scenarios, Climate services

Sectors:

Agriculture, Buildings, Energy, Forestry, Urban

Geographic characterisation:

Global

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