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Author Correction: Emission budgets and pathways consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C (Nature Geoscience (2017) DOI: 10.1038/ngeo3031)

  • Richard J. Millar
  • , Jan S. Fuglestvedt
  • , Pierre Friedlingstein
  • , Joeri Rogelj
  • , Michael J. Grubb
  • , H. Damon Matthews
  • , Ragnhild B. Skeie
  • , Piers M. Forster
  • , David J. Frame
  • , Myles R. Allen
  • University of Exeter
  • University of Oxford
  • Center for International Climate Research (CICERO)
  • International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
  • ETH Zurich
  • University College London
  • Concordia University
  • University of Leeds
  • Victoria University of Wellington

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Abstract

In the version of this Article originally published, a coding error resulted in the erroneous inclusion of a subset of RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 simulations in the sets used for RCP2.6 and RCP6, respectively, leading to an incorrect depiction of the data of the latter two sets in Fig. 1b and RCP2.6 in Table 2. This coding error has now been corrected. The graphic and quantitative changes in the corrected Fig. 1b and Table 2 are contrasted with the originally published display items below. The core conclusions of the paper are not affected, but some numerical values and statements have also been updated as a result; these are listed below. All these errors have now been corrected in the online versions of this Article. Corrected statements. Statement 1 (section: Abstract) Original: "⋯ Earth system model members of the CMIP5 ensemble with no mitigation of other climate drivers, increasing to 240 GtC with ambitious non-CO2 mitigation." Corrected: "⋯ Earth system model members of the CMIP5 ensemble with no mitigation of other climate drivers." Statement 2 (section: Carbon budgets and scenarios for ambitious climate goals) Original: "This allows more CO2-induced warming for the same total, increasing the median TEB of the CMIP5 distribution for an additional 0.6°C to 303 GtC and the 66th percentile to 242 GtC. Corrected: "This should allow more CO2-induced warming for the same total. However, due to the smaller subset of available models in the RCP2.6 scenario, it is not possible to identify any robust shifts in the percentiles of the TEB distribution from the RCP8.5 scenario." Statement 3 (section: Adaptive mitigation and carbon budgets) Original: "⋯in good agreement with the 242 GtC TEB for the 66th percentile of the CMIP5 distribution for 0.6°C warming above the 2010-2019 average in the RCP2.6 scenario (Table 2)." Corrected: "⋯about 25% higher than the 204 GtC TEB for the 66th percentile of the CMIP5 distribution for 0.6°C warming above the 2010-2019 average in the RCP8.5 scenario (Table 1)." (Figure Presented) and (Table Presented).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)454-455
Number of pages2
JournalNature Geoscience
Volume11
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2018
Externally publishedYes

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  1. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action

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