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Modelers Recommend Retiring RCP8.5 as an Implausible High‑End Emissions Pathway

Rapid falls in clean‑energy costs and enacted climate policies make the old 'burn‑all‑coal' trajectory unlikely and require a review of studies and planning that used it.