Name |
Radiative forcing |
Concentration |
Pathway shape |
RCP8.5 |
>8.5 W/m2 in 2100 |
> ~1370 CO2eq in 2100 |
Rising |
RCP6 |
~6 W/ m2 at stabilization
after 2100 |
~850 C O2-eq
(at stabilization after 2100) |
Stabilization without
overshoot |
RCP4.5 |
~4.5 W/ m2 at stabilization
after 2100 |
~650 C O2-eq
(at stabilization after 2100) |
Stabilization without
overshoot |
RCP 2.6 |
peak at ~3W/ m2 before
2100 and then decline |
peak at ~490 C O2-eq before 2100 and then decline |
Peak and decline1 |