2026-05-18 15:10 UTC
Two things can be true:
• RCP8.5 was never a realistic "business as usual" scenario
• The world has made real progress bending the emissions curve down
Glen Peters, Piers Forster, and I explain in a new article: https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/on-the-death-of-rcp85
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@hausfath@fediscience.org 2026-05-18 15:10
The new van Vuuren et al 2026 paper formally retired RCP8.5/SSP5-8.5 from the upcoming IPCC AR7. Cue celebration from skeptics (including Donald Trump: "WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!") and pushback from folks who say nothing has actually changed https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/19/2627/2026/ 2/11