Announcements
April 2017 - In May 2015, the Principals of the Subcommittee on Global Change Research made the decision to use the full range of IPCC RCPs and CMIP5 products for physical climate science analyses in the NCA4. NCA4 will focus on RCP 8.5 as a high- end scenario and RCP 4.5 as a low-end scenario. Other scenarios (e.g., RCP 2.6) may be used in addition where instructive, such as in analyses of mitigation issues. The use of RCPs 8.5 and RCP 4.5 as core scenarios is generally consistent with the range of emission scenarios used in the Third National Climate Assessment (NCA3). This memo provides more detailed information.
Jan 9th 2013 -- A suite of scenarios of climate, sea level rise, land use and land cover, and other conditions are now available! These are intended as input to the U.S. National Climate Assessment (NCA). This website provides an overview of and links to reports, data sets, graphics, and other information. The scenarios have been developed by multiple agencies in consultation with an NCA working group whose members include both university-based and Federal research scientists. Please explore!