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Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations and Review of Integrated Scenario Development and Application

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Entire Volume - Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.1

CCSP, 2007: Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations (Part A) and Review of Integrated Scenario Development and Application (Part B). A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research  [Clarke, L., J. Edmonds, J. Jacoby, H. Pitcher, J. Reilly, R. Richels, E. Par- son, V. Burkett, K. Fisher-Vanden, D. Keith, L. Mearns, C. Rosenzweig, M. Webster (Authors)]. Department of Energy, Office of Biological & Environmental Research, Washington, DC., USA, 260 pp.

Sub-Report 2.1A

Clarke, L., J. Edmonds, H. Jacoby, H. Pitcher, J. Reilly, R. Richels, 2007. Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations. Sub-report 2.1A of Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.1 by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research. Department of Energy, Office of Biological & Environmental Research, Washington, DC., USA, 154 pp.

Sub-Report 2.1B

Parson, E., V. Burkett, K. Fisher-Vanden, D. Keith, L. Mearns, H. Pitcher, C. Rosenzweig, M. Webster, 2007. Global Change Scenarios: Their Development and Use. Sub-report 2.1B of Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.1 by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research. Department of Energy, Office
of Biological & Environmental Research, Washington, DC., USA, 106 pp. 

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Sub-Report 2.1A - Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations

Complete Sub-Report [2 Mb]

Individual Sections

Front Cover (outside) [195 kb]

Front Cover (inside).  Includes list of Federal Executive Team members and other representatives [33kb] 

Authors [274 kb]

Climate Change Science Program Product Development Advisory Committee [38 kb]

Transmittal Letter [180 kb]

Acknowledgment, Editorial Team and Recommended Citations [51 kb]

Table of Contents [54 kb]

Executive Summary [112 kb]

Technical Summary [3 Mb]

Chapter 1 [219 kb] Introduction and Overview

Chapter 2 [218 kb] Models Used in this Study

Chapter 3 [2 Mb] Reference Scenarios

Chapter 4 [6 Mb] Stabilization Scenarios

Chapter 5 [204 kb] Findings, Uses, and Future Directions

Appendix [37 kb]

Acronyms [46 kb]

References [63 kb]

Back cover (inside).  Includes contact information [48 kb]

Back cover (outside) [188 kb]

 

Sub-Report 2.1B - Global Change Scenarios: Their Development and Use

Complete Sub-Report [2 Mb]

Individual Sections

Front Cover (outside) [196 kb]

Front Cover (inside).  Includes list of  Federal Executive Team members and other representatives [34 kb]

Authors [256 kb]

Climate Change Science Program Product Development Advisory Committee [39 kb]

Transmittal Letter [165 kb]

Acknowledgment, Editorial Team and Recommended Citations [51 kb]

Table of Contents [51 kb]

Executive Summary [161 kb]

Introduction [94 kb]

Chapter 1. Scenarios, their Characteristics and Uses [141 kb]

Chapter 2. Scenarios in Global-Change Analysis and Decision Support [426 kb] 

Chapter 3. Review of Major Climate- Change Scenario Exercises [211 kb] 

Chapter 4. Challenges and Controversies in Scenarios for Climate Change [469  kb] 

Chapter 5. Conclusions and Recommendations [146 kb] 

Acronyms [45 kb]

References [98 kb]

Back cover (inside).  Includes contact information [52 kb]

Back cover (outside) [188 kb]