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Alternate Text: side by side graphs showing future carbon emissions (left) and projected temperatures that would result (right)
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side by side graphs showing future carbon emissions (left) and projected temperatures that would result (right)

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(left) Hypothetical pathways of carbon emissions ("representative concentration pathways," or RCPs) throughout the twenty-first century based on different possible energy policies and economic growth patterns. (right)  Projected temperature increase relative to the 1901-1960 average depending on which RCP we eventually follow. Image by Katharine Hayhoe, from the 2017 Climate Science Special Report by the U.S. Global Change Research Program.