Fig. 2: Influence of decarbonisation rate on the decadal statistics of SAT, for case study one.

a Atmospheric CO2e concentration pathways (magenta), with subset of pathways dotted for clarity, and including RCP8.5 (red dotted), RCP4.5 (grey dashed), and RCP2.6 (blue solid) pathways for reference; and b annual change in atmospheric CO2e concentration, with same subset of pathways dotted for clarity. For SAT, the global average and CMIP model ensemble average of the: c time mean; d anomalous standard deviation; e skewness; and f excess kurtosis; per decade. Legend in c, applicable to d–f.