Carbon dioxide emission scenarios rely on a number of assumptions about how societies will develop in the future, creating uncertainty in projections. Now, research reveals the sensitivity of emission estimates to some of these assumptions.
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Iyer, G., Edmonds, J. Explaining differences. Nature Clim Change 7, 99–100 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3200
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