1,200 Scenarios Lead to Different Climate Futures (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

1,200 Scenarios Lead to Different Climate Futures

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This graphic shows approximately 1,200 different future scenarios of what the climate will look like, with each scenario a different mix of technologies and government policies. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, relies information like this to see how different combinations of technologies and government regulations will affect global climate until 2100.

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Global Carbon Project

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