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Misrepresentation of the IPCC CO2 emission scenarios

Authors: Manning MR, Edmonds J, Emori S, Grubler A, Hibbard K, Joos F, Kainuma M, Keeling RF, Kram T, Manning AC, Meinshausen M, Moss R, Nakicenovic N, Riahi K, Rose SK, Smith S, Swart R, van Vuuren DP

Publication Year: 2010

Reference: Nature Geoscience, 3(6):376-377 (June 2010)

Abstract

Fossil fuel CO2 emissions have increased significantly. However, contrary to some statements in recent publications, current emissions are not higher than covered in the climate change scenarios used by the last two Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessments.