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3. What climate changes are expected for the future?

3.1. What emission scenarios are projected?

See IPCC Third Assessment Report of Working Group 1:

• Chapter 4.4.5 : Atmospheric Composition for the IPCC Scenarios to 2100
  
• See also the SRES Tables in Appendix II
  

• Greenhouse gases
  • Chapter 3.7.3 : Coupled Model Responses and Implications for Future CO2 Concentrations
    
  • Chapter 3.7.1 : Terrestrial Carbon Model Responses to Scenarios of Change in CO2 and Climate
    
  • Chapter 3.7.2 : Ocean Carbon Model Responses to Scenarios of Change in CO2 and Climate
    
  • Chapter 3.2.2 : Terrestrial Carbon Processes
    
  • Chapter 4.4.5 : Atmospheric Composition for the IPCC Scenarios to 2100
    
  • Chapter 4.5 : Open Questions
    
  • Chapter 4.6 : Overall Impact of Global Atmospheric Chemistry Change
    
  • See also the SRES Tables in Appendix II
    

• Chapter 5.5.2 : Climate Change and Natural Aerosol Emissions
  
• Chapter 5.5.3 : Simulation of Future Aerosol Concentrations
  
See also the SRES Tables in Appendix II

• Chapter 6.15.2 : SRES Scenarios
  
• See also the SRES Tables in Appendix II

3.2. What climate changes are projected for the 21st century?

See IPCC Third Assessment Report of Working Group 1:

• Temperature
  
  • Chapter 9.3.3 : Range of Temperature Response to SRES Emission Scenarios
    
  • Chapter 2.2.2 : Temperature in the Instrumental Record for Land and Oceans
    
  • Chapter2.3.2 : Temperature of the Past 1,000 Years
    
  • Chapter 2.4 : How Rapidly did Climate Change in the Distant Past?
    
  • Chapter 10.3.2 : Simulations of Climate Change
    
  • Chapter 8.6.1 : 20th Century Coupled Model Integrations Including Greenhouse Gases and Sulphate Aerosols
    
  • Chapter 12.4.3 : Optimal Fingerprint Methods
    
  • Chapter 13.5.1 : Representing Uncertainty in Climate Scenarios
    
  • Chapter 13.5.2 : Approaches for Representing Uncertainties
    
  • Chapter 9.3.2 : Patterns of Future Climate Change
    
  • See also Box 10.1: Regional climate change in AOGCMs...

• Precipitation
  
  • Chapter 9.3.1 : Global Mean Response
    
  • Chapter 9.3.6 : Changes of Extreme Events
    
  • Chapter 10.3.2 : Simulations of Climate Change
    
  • See also Box 10.1: Regional climate change in AOGCMs...

• Extreme events
  
  • Chapter 2.1 : Observed Climate Variability and Change
    
  • Chapter 2.2 : How Much is the World Warming?
    
  • Chapter 2.5 : How have Precipitation and Atmospheric Moisture Changed?
    
  • Chapter 2.7.2 : Is There Evidence for Changes in Variability or Extremes?
    
  • Chapter 2.7.3 : Is There Evidence for Changes in Extreme Weather or Climate Events?
    
  • Chapter 9.3.6 : Changes of Extreme Events
    
  • Chapter 10.3.2 : Simulations of Climate Change
    
  • Chapter 2.7.3 : Is There Evidence for Changes in Extreme Weather or Climate Events?

• El Niño
  
• Chapter 9.3.5 : Changes in Variability
  
• Monsoons
  Chapter 9.3.5 : Changes in Variability
• Thermohaline circulation
  Chapter 9.3.4 : Factors that Contribute to the Response
• Snow and ice
  Chapter 9.3.2 : Patterns of Future Climate Change
  Chapter 11.5.1 : Global Average Sea Level Change 1990 to 2100
  Chapter 11.5.4 : Longer Term Changes
• Sea level
  Chapter 11.5.1 : Global Average Sea Level Change 1990 to 2100

3.3. What climate changes are projected for future centuries?

See IPCC Third Assessment Report of Working Group 1:


Chapter 3.2.3 : Ocean Carbon Processes
Chapter 4.4 : Projections of Natural Emissions in 2100
Chapter 6.15 : Time Evolution of Radiative Forcings
Chapter 9.3.3 : Range of Temperature Response to SRES Emission Scenarios
Chapter 9.3.4 : Factors that Contribute to the Response
Chapter 11.5.4 : Longer Term Changes


Sources: IPCC references come from  IPCC WG I SPM,
other references are selected by the GreenFacts Foundation

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