These are pathways of global Greenhouse Gas emissions and pathways. They are ‘Representative’ because pathways span a plausible envelope of future global greenhouse gas emissions.
These names refer to likely radiative forcing at 2100 expressed in watts per square metre (W/m2).
4 RCPs (High to Low W/m2):
- RCP8.5
- RCP6.0
- RCP4.5
- RCP2.6
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