Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (18 min)

  • Read pages 44-47, sections 3.1 (Emissions scenarios) and 3.2 (Projections of future changes in climate), to illuminate scenarios for projected growth of greenhouse gas emissions, and for projections of future changes in climate based on emissions scenarios. Pay particular attention to the subsection titled "SRES scenarios" in section 3.1 that summarizes the four SRES scenario families that explore alternative development pathways. The following resource further explains the scenarios.