IPCC reasons for concern regarding climate change risks

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
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 > Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Related URLs:	http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/...
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	17 May 2017 06:00
Last Modified:	20 Mar 2023 10:44
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/63542
DOI:	10.1038/nclimate3179

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