Climate change worst case scenario scrapped by IPCC | Newsmaker

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has admitted that its worst-case carbon emissions scenario, RCP 8.5, is implausible and has been scrapped. This scenario served as the foundation for tens of thousands of climate research papers and runaway global warming models over the years. Roger Pielke, Jr. discussed how these outdated assumptions impacted global insurance, central banks, and regulations.