In other words: we are not actually in a better position than we were a decade ago, as much of the commentary around RCP8.5 suggests. Both the best and worst case scenarios were always pretty implausible — the difference is that we were actively striving for the best case, and we missed it.
Chelsea Harvey
The retirement of RCP8.5 — former worst-case climate scenario has been in the news recently, and I’ve seen a lot of good explainers about this very misunderstood modeling tool. But an angle I think has been missing: the former best-case scenario is also out. My story: www.eenews.net/articles/the...
Inside the demise of a 15-year-old modeling scenario built off the worst possibilities scientists could imagine.
