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Betting on the best case: higher end warming is underrepresented in research

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Abstract: We compare the probability of different warming rates to their mentions in IPCC reports through text mining. We find that there is a substantial mismatch between likely warming rates and research coverage. 1.5 °C and 2 °C scenarios are substantially overrepresented. More likely higher end warming scenarios of 3 °C and above, despite potential catastrophic impacts, are severely neglected.

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Letter, higher end warming, climate change, IPCC, existential risk

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IOP Publishing
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Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (57526248)