RCP 8.5—A scenario of comparatively high greenhouse gas emissions

Riahi, Keywan; Rao, Shilpa; Krey, Volker; Cho, Cheolhung; Chirkov, V.; Fischer, G.; Kindermann, Georg; Nakićenović, Nebojša; Rafaj, Peter

doi:10.1007/s10584-011-0149-y

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RCP 8.5—A scenario of comparatively high greenhouse gas emissions

Published in Climatic Change • Aug 12, 2011

Authors:

Keywan Riahi

Shilpa Rao

Volker Krey

Abstract

This paper summarizes the main characteristics of the RCP8.5 scenario. The RCP8.5 combines assumptions about high population and relatively slow income growth with modest rates of technological change and energy intensity improvements, leading in the long term to high energy demand and GHG emissions...

Subject

Representative Concentration Pathways

Greenhouse gas

Radiative forcing

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