About this episode

The episode discusses the removal of RCP 8.5 as a potential emissions scenario and the implications of this change.

RCP 8.5 was removed as a potential emissions scenario. This is great news, right! Right? Right... The climate apocalypse is canceled. The merely terrible is not. | Vox Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Kory, Kellan

Topics covered

• climate change
• emissions scenarios
• environmental policy
• societal impact
• climate apocalypse

Keywords

• RCP 8.5
• climate change
• emissions
• environment
• policy
• apocalypse
• Vox

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Organizations: Vox

Books & works: RCP 8.5

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