More misuse of RCP8.5 in gov't policy analyses
I went down the rabbit hole
The CBO hurricane analyses are based on two dated 2013 studies which depend upon RCP8.5
Emanuel 2013 and Kopp et al. 2013
Unsurprisingly, the work Bloomberg and Steyer project sits at the core of the new CBO estimates
forbes.com/sites/rogerpie…
You know whose projections the CBO does not rely on?
IPCC and WMO
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Enjoy!
PS. I was a peer reviewer of the CBO hurricane damage work, here are some of my comments I provided to them
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