Focus of the IPCC Assessment Reports Has Shifted to Lower Temperatures
Publication Date
2022-05Journal Title
Earth's Future
ISSN
2328-4277
Publisher
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Volume
10
Issue
5
Language
en
Type
Article
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Jehn, F. U., Kemp, L., Ilin, E., Funk, C., Wang, J. R., & Breuer, L. (2022). Focus of the IPCC Assessment Reports Has Shifted to Lower Temperatures. Earth's Future, 10 (5) https://doi.org/10.1029/2022ef002876
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Funder: Templeton World Charity Foundation
Abstract
Abstract: We focus on how different global temperature increases represented in IPCC reports have shifted over time. While the first four assessment reports had a roughly equal focus on temperatures above and below 2°C, the more recent fifth and sixth assessment reports have a considerably stronger focus on warming below 2°C. This is concerning as warming above 2°C is more likely given current emissions trajectories and is more influential on climate risk assessments.
Keywords
BIOGEOSCIENCES, Science policy, GLOBAL CHANGE, General or miscellaneous, NATURAL HAZARDS, Disaster policy, POLICY SCIENCES, PUBLIC ISSUES, Commentary, IPCC, climate change, climate sensitivity, research gap, text mining
Sponsorship
German Academic Exchange Service (57526248)
Identifiers
eft21032, 2022ef002876
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2022ef002876
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/337056
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