Fig. 5: Regional aggregated trajectories of residential air-conditioning (AC) electricity consumption and consequent greenhouse gas emissions.
From: Inequalities in global residential cooling energy use to 2050
a Projected global residential AC electricity consumption in 2020-2050 in terawatt-hours yr−1 (TWh/yr), Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP) scenario 1(26), 2(45), 3(70), and 5(85). b Projected global residential AC greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 and 2050 in million tons CO2 equivalent (MtCO2e), SSP 1(26), 2(45), 3(70), and 5(85). The ribbon represents the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) Global Climate Models (GCMs) interquantile range, whilst the solid line depicts the model ensemble median (excluding 'hot models'62). Note: facets have specific y-axis ranges to better emphasize differences among scenarios.
