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O'Neill, Brian C., Oppenheimer, Michael, Warren, Rachel 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0122-1599, Hallegatte, Stephane, Kopp, Robert E., Pörtner, Hans O., Scholes, Robert, Birkmann, Joern, Foden, Wendy, Licker, Rachel, Mach, Katharine J., Marbaix, Phillippe, Mastrandrea, Michael D., Price, Jeff, Takahashi, Kiyoshi, van Ypersele, Jean-Pascal and Yohe, Gary
(2017)
IPCC reasons for concern regarding climate change risks.
Nature Climate Change, 7.
pp. 28-37.
ISSN 1758-678X
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Abstract
The reasons for concern framework communicates scientific understanding about risks in relation to varying levels of climate change. The framework, now a cornerstone of the IPCC assessments, aggregates global risks into five categories as a function of global mean temperature change. We review the framework's conceptual basis and the risk judgments made in the most recent IPCC report, confirming those judgments in most cases in the light of more recent literature and identifying their limitations. We point to extensions of the framework that offer complementary climate change metrics to global mean temperature change and better account for possible changes in social and ecological system vulnerability. Further research should systematically evaluate risks under alternative scenarios of future climatic and societal conditions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA |
| UEA Research Groups: | University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Biology |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 17 May 2017 06:00 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Oct 2023 01:06 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/63542 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/nclimate3179 |
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