SLR = Sea Level Rise
RCP 8.5 is consistent with a future in which there are no
significant global efforts to limit or reduce emissions.
RCP 2.6 is a stringent emissions reduction scenario and assumes that global
greenhouse gas emissions will be significantly curtailed. Under this scenario,
global CO2 emissions decline by about 70% between 2015 and 2050, to
zero by 2080, and below zero thereafter .
‘Representative Concentration Pathways’, or RCPs. These are a set of
four future pathways, named for the associated radiative forcing (the globally
averaged heat trapping capacity of the atmosphere measured in watts/square
meter) level in 2100 relative to pre-industrial values: RCP 8.5, 6.0, 4.5 and