?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4465%2F&rft.title=An+Evaluation+of+the+IPCC+IS92+Emission+Scenarios&rft.creator=Alcamo%2C+J.&rft.creator=Bouwman%2C+A.&rft.creator=Edmonds%2C+J.&rft.creator=Grubler%2C+A.&rft.creator=Morita%2C+T.&rft.creator=Sugandhy%2C+A.&rft.description=Scenarios+of+greenhouse+emissions+play+an+important+role+in+the+analysis+of+potential+climate+change.+From+a+scientific+standpoint%2C+they+provide+a+departure+point+for+analyzing+the+potential+occurrence+and+impacts+of+climate+change%3B+from+a+policy+perspective+they+provide+information+about+the+consequences+of+action+or+inaction+to+reduce+gas+emissions.+This+report+presents+an+evaluation+of+the+six+IS92+Scenarios.+Other+published+scenarios+are+also+taken+into+account%2C+but+only+by+way+of+comparison+with+the+IS92+Scenarios.+It+is+emphasized+that+this+evaluation+deals+mostly+with+non-intervention+scenarios%2C+that+is%2C+scenarios+that+do+not+assume+any+climate+policies+to+reduce+greenhouse+gas+emissions+(although+they+may+assume+emission+controls+for+other+environmental+reasons).+This+applies+to+five+of+the+six+IS92+scenarios+that+we+call+non-intervention+scenarios.+Policy+scenarios+are++only+briefly+discussed+in+the+evaluation.+Because+of+limited+time+available+for+this+evaluation%2C+it+focuses+exclusively+on+CO2%2C+CH4%2C+N2O%2C+and+S+emission+scenarios+from+energy+and+land-use+activities.+Other+sources+of+greenhouse+gases+and+sinks+are+not+discussed.+Despite+the+somewhat+limited+focus+of+the+evaluation%2C+it+is+believed+that+a+wider+scope+would+not+have+led+to+significantly+different+conclusions.&rft.publisher=RR-95-010.+Reprinted+from+Climate+Change+1994.+Radiative+Forcing+of+Climate+Change+and+an+Evaluation+of+the+IPCC+1992+IS92+Emission+Scenarios%2C+Cambridge+University+Press%2C+Cambridge%2C+UK%2C+pp.+247-304&rft.date=1995&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4465%2F1%2Fclimate_change_1994.pdf&rft.identifier=++Alcamo%2C+J.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1685.html%3E%2C+Bouwman%2C+A.%2C+Edmonds%2C+J.%2C+Grubler%2C+A.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F112.html%3E+ORCID%3A+https%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0002-7814-4990+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0002-7814-4990%3E%2C+Morita%2C+T.%2C+%26+Sugandhy%2C+A.++(1995).++An+Evaluation+of+the+IPCC+IS92+Emission+Scenarios.+++IIASA+Research+Report+(Reprint).+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+RR-95-010.+Reprinted+from+Climate+Change+1994.+Radiative+Forcing+of+Climate+Change+and+an+Evaluation+of+the+IPCC+1992+IS92+Emission+Scenarios%2C+Cambridge+University+Press%2C+Cambridge%2C+UK%2C+pp.+247-304+++++