Story: Climate change

Temperature forecast for 2100

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has produced global mean temperature projections to 2100, using four representative concentration pathways of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. The shaded section of the diagram represents the range of the predictions in those models.

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Brett Mullan, Petra Pearce, Stephen Stuart, Ben Liley and Stacy Mohan, 'Climate change - Consequences for New Zealand', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/graph/7555/temperature-forecast-for-2100 (accessed 26 April 2024)

Story by Brett Mullan, Petra Pearce, Stephen Stuart, Ben Liley and Stacy Mohan, published 12 Jun 2006, reviewed & revised 20 Jul 2020