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US Climate Change Science Program Updated 30 June 2006

Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations and Review of Integrated Scenario Development and Application

Public Review Draft of Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.1
 

 

Comments on the draft report will be accepted through August 10, 2006 (Part A) and August 14, 2006 (Part B). See also the Federal Register notice published on 21 June 2006 (note that the Federal Register incorrectly closes the review period on 7 August)

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The public is invited to comment on the second draft (Parts A & B) of CCSP Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.1,Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations and Review of Integrated Scenario Development and Application.  See the invitation letter from CCSP Acting Director, Dr. Bill Brennan. The review periods are as follows:

  • Part A: 26 June - 10 August 2006
  • Part B: 30 June - 14 August 2006

[Review periods have ended; comments no longer are accepted]

Links to the public review drafts of the report are provided in the table below.  All of the files are in portable document format (PDF). If you do not have the proper version of Acrobat Reader on your computer, click on the icon in the left hand panel to visit the Adobe web site.

When submitting comments, please follow the instructions. Be sure to include complete contact information so that you can be consulted for clarification, if necessary. 

To be considered, your comments should be emailed to by COB 10 August 2006 for Part A and COB 14 August for Part B [Review periods have ended; comments no longer are accepted], referencing "Comments on SAP 2.1 draft" and your surname in the subject line (e.g., Comments on SAP 2.1 draft: Smith). Re-label your comments file attachment with your surname to help with the collation process (e.g., <SAP2-1draft-Smith.doc>).  Please email your comments to the specified address.  Do not submit comments directly to lead authors.

 

Public Review Draft

Note: All links are to PDF files.

Part A. Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations
Complete Report [1.46 Mb]
Cover Page [4 kb]

Table of Contents [4 kb]

Executive Summary [68 kb]
Chapter 1 [144 kb] Introduction and Overview
Chapter 2 [108 kb] Models Used in this Study

Chapter 3 [484 kb] Reference Scenarios
Chapter 4 [634 kb] Stabilization Scenarios
Chapter 5 [67 kb] CCSP Emissions Scenarios: Scenarios, Findings, Uses, and Future Directions

Part B.  Global-Change Scenarios: Their Development and Use
Complete Report [2.21 Mb]
Front Matter [21 kb]
Executive Summary [128 kb]
Introduction [25 kb]
Chapter 1. Scenarios, their Characteristics and Uses [79 kb]
Chapter 2. Scenarios in Global-Change Analysis and Decision Support [334 kb]
Chapter 3. Review of Major Climate- Change Scenario Exercises [197 kb]
Chapter 4. Issues, Challenges, and Controversies in Climate-Change Scenarios [1.5  Mb]
Chapter 5. Conclusions and Recommendations [58 kb]
Literature Cited [172 kb]

 

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