TCT-FC-CLIMATE-MODELS · Climate
Updated emissions scenarios mean climate scientists admitted their projections were wrong
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Updated emissions scenarios mean climate scientists admitted their projections were wrong
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2026-05-16; occurrence documented in the linked FactCheck.org report.
What the evidence shows
Scenarios describe conditional futures, not a single prediction. Revisions incorporated changes in energy policy and technology; narrowing the plausible range did not overturn evidence for human-caused warming.
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