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Reasons for concern - AR5: 2. Extreme weather events

Figure 19-4 of AR5-WGII-Chapter19Click to view the related figure from the IPCC.: Reasons for concernName of the ember group (e.g. figure panel): RFC2 Extreme weather eventsName of the ember
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Description

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Transitions

Hazard metric: GMT; evaluated up to 5.6 °C.
Undetectable to moderate
(white to yellow)
min
0.61
high confidence
max
0.96

(information on this transition is not available yet)

Moderate to high
(yellow to red)
min
1.11
medium confidence
max
1.83

(information on this transition is not available yet)

High to very high
(red to purple)
min
4.61
max
6.61

(information on this transition is not available yet)

Keywords

RFC, RFC2

Scenario/adaptation

Specific references

O’Neill, Brian C., Michael Oppenheimer, Rachel Warren, Stephane Hallegatte, Robert E. Kopp, Hans O. Pörtner, Robert Scholes, et al., 2017. “IPCC Reasons for Concern Regarding Climate Change Risks.” Nature Climate Change. doi: 10/f9tq3x.

Inclusion level

Reference of the primary source (figure)

Oppenheimer, M., M. Campos, R. Warren, J. Birkmann, G. Luber, B. O’Neill, and K. Takahashi, 2014: Emergent risks and key vulnerabilities. In: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Field, C.B., V.R. Barros, D.J. Dokken, K.J. Mach, M.D. Mastrandrea, T.E. Bilir, M. Chatterjee, K.L. Ebi, Y.O. Estrada, R.C. Genova, B. Girma, E.S. Kissel, A.N. Levy, S. MacCracken, P.R. Mastrandrea, and L.L. White (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 1039-1099. url: https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/WGIIAR5-Chap19_FINAL.pdf

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