Representative Concentration Pathways

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Representative Concentration Pathway climate change scenario family greenhouse gas concentration trajectory framework standardized climate modeling input

Representative Concentration Pathways are standardized greenhouse gas concentration trajectories used in climate modeling to project future climate change under different emissions scenarios.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Representative Concentration Pathways canonical	5
RCP2.6	4
RCP4.5	4
RCP8.5	3
IPCC Representative Concentration Pathways	1
Representative Concentration Pathway 3-Peak and Decline	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1899929 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Representative Concentration Pathways
Context triple: [Fifth Assessment Report, usesConcept, Representative Concentration Pathways]

A. Fifth Assessment Report
The Fifth Assessment Report is a comprehensive scientific evaluation of climate change published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, synthesizing the latest research on its causes, impacts, and mitigation options.
B. IPCC TFI
IPCC TFI is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Task Force responsible for developing internationally accepted methodologies for estimating and reporting national greenhouse gas emissions and removals.
C. Sixth Assessment Report
The Sixth Assessment Report is the latest comprehensive evaluation by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change summarizing current scientific knowledge on climate change, its impacts, and mitigation and adaptation options.
D. IPCC Principles and Procedures
The IPCC Principles and Procedures are the formal rules and guidelines that govern how the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change conducts its assessments, reviews, and decision-making processes.
E. Fourth Assessment Report
The Fourth Assessment Report is a major 2007 synthesis by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that comprehensively evaluated the scientific evidence for climate change, its impacts, and mitigation options, and strongly influenced global climate policy discussions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Representative Concentration Pathways
Target entity description: Representative Concentration Pathways are standardized greenhouse gas concentration trajectories used in climate modeling to project future climate change under different emissions scenarios.

A. Fifth Assessment Report
The Fifth Assessment Report is a comprehensive scientific evaluation of climate change published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, synthesizing the latest research on its causes, impacts, and mitigation options.
B. IPCC TFI
IPCC TFI is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Task Force responsible for developing internationally accepted methodologies for estimating and reporting national greenhouse gas emissions and removals.
C. Sixth Assessment Report
The Sixth Assessment Report is the latest comprehensive evaluation by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change summarizing current scientific knowledge on climate change, its impacts, and mitigation and adaptation options.
D. IPCC Principles and Procedures
The IPCC Principles and Procedures are the formal rules and guidelines that govern how the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change conducts its assessments, reviews, and decision-making processes.
E. Fourth Assessment Report
The Fourth Assessment Report is a major 2007 synthesis by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that comprehensively evaluated the scientific evidence for climate change, its impacts, and mitigation options, and strongly influenced global climate policy discussions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Representative Concentration Pathway ⓘ Representative Concentration Pathway ⓘ Representative Concentration Pathway ⓘ Representative Concentration Pathway ⓘ climate change scenario family ⓘ greenhouse gas concentration trajectory framework ⓘ standardized climate modeling input ⓘ
abbreviation	RCPs ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	RCP3-PD ⓘ
areComplementedBy	Shared Socioeconomic Pathways ⓘ
associatedWith	high emissions and limited climate policy ⓘ intermediate greenhouse gas concentrations ⓘ strong climate mitigation ⓘ
basedOn	radiative forcing trajectories ⓘ
characterizedBy	time series of aerosols ⓘ time series of greenhouse gas concentrations ⓘ time series of land-use changes ⓘ
coordinatedBy	Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium ⓘ
coordinatedWith	Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 ⓘ linked to: Coupled Model Intercomparison Project
define	different levels of radiative forcing by 2100 ⓘ
describes	stabilization scenario at higher forcing ⓘ stabilization scenario without overshoot ⓘ very high greenhouse gas concentration scenario ⓘ very low greenhouse gas concentration scenario ⓘ
developedBy	climate modeling community ⓘ
domain	climate science ⓘ
firstUsedIn	IPCC Fifth Assessment Report ⓘ linked to: Fifth Assessment Report
haveUnit	watts per square meter ⓘ
include	RCP2.6 ⓘ linked to: Representative Concentration Pathways RCP4.5 ⓘ linked to: Representative Concentration Pathways RCP6.0 ⓘ RCP8.5 ⓘ linked to: Representative Concentration Pathways
introducedIn	late 2000s ⓘ
provide	inputs for Earth system models ⓘ inputs for global climate models ⓘ
radiativeForcingLevel	2.6 W/m² by 2100 ⓘ 4.5 W/m² by 2100 ⓘ 6.0 W/m² by 2100 ⓘ 8.5 W/m² by 2100 ⓘ
replaced	SRES emissions scenarios ⓘ
scope	global ⓘ
targetYear	2100 ⓘ
timeHorizon	2000–2100 ⓘ
usedFor	IPCC assessment reports ⓘ linked to: IPCC Assessment Reports assessing impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability to climate change ⓘ comparing different greenhouse gas emissions futures ⓘ driving climate model simulations ⓘ informing climate policy analysis ⓘ projecting future climate change ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fifth Assessment Report → usesConcept → Representative Concentration Pathways ⓘ

AR5 → usesConcept → Representative Concentration Pathways ⓘ

Representative Concentration Pathways → include → RCP2.6 ⓘ