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The shared socio-economic pathway (SSP) greenhouse gas concentrations and their extensions to 2500
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Anthropogenic increases in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations are the main driver of current and future climate change. The integrated assessment community has quantified anthropogenic emissions for the shared socio-economic pathway (SSP) scenarios, each of which represents a different future socio-economic projection and political environment. Here, we provide the greenhouse gas concentrations for these SSP scenarios – using the reduced-complexity climate–carbon-cycle model MAGICC7.0. We extend historical, observationally based concentration data with SSP concentration projections from 2015 to 2500 for 43 greenhouse gases with monthly and latitudinal resolution. CO 2 concentrations by 2100 range from 393 to 1135 ppm for the lowest (SSP1-1.9) and highest (SSP5-8.5) emission scenarios, respectively. We also provide the concentration extensions beyond 2100 based on assumptions regarding the trajectories of fossil fuels and land use change emissions, net negative emissions, and the fraction of non-CO 2 emissions. By 2150, CO 2 concentrations in the lowest emission scenario are approximately 350 ppm and approximately plateau at that level until 2500, whereas the highest fossil-fuel-driven scenario projects CO 2 concentrations of 1737 ppm and reaches concentrations beyond 2000 ppm by 2250. We estimate that the share of CO 2 in the total radiative forcing contribution of all considered 43 long-lived greenhouse gases increases from 66 % for the present day to roughly 68 % to 85 % by the time of maximum forcing in the 21st century. For this estimation, we updated simple radiative forcing parameterizations that reflect the Oslo Line-By-Line model results. In comparison to the representative concentration pathways (RCPs), the five main SSPs (SSP1-1.9, SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP3-7.0, and SSP5-8.5) are more evenly spaced and extend to lower 2100 radiative forcing and temperatures. Performing two pairs of six-member historical ensembles with CESM1.2.2, we estimate the effect on surface air temperatures of applying latitudinally and seasonally resolved GHG concentrations. We find that the ensemble differences in the March–April–May (MAM) season provide a regional warming in higher northern latitudes of up to 0.4 K over the historical period, latitudinally averaged of about 0.1 K, which we estimate to be comparable to the upper bound (∼5 % level) of natural variability. In comparison to the comparatively straight line of the last 2000 years, the greenhouse gas concentrations since the onset of the industrial period and this studies' projections over the next 100 to 500 years unequivocally depict a “hockey-stick” upwards shape. The SSP concentration time series derived in this study provide a harmonized set of input assumptions for long-term climate science analysis; they also provide an indication of the wide set of futures that societal developments and policy implementations can lead to – ranging from multiple degrees of future warming on the one side to approximately 1.5 ∘ C warming on the other.
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Future evolution of global land surface air temperature trend based on CMIP6 models
Wu, W., Ji, F., Hu, S.-J., He, Y., Wei, Y., Xu, Z.-H., & Yu, H.-P. (2022) · International Journal of Climatology · doi:10.1002/joc.7668 · Cited by 6
Young, D. M., Baird, A., Morris, P., Burke, E. J., Smith, C., Ramírez, J., Dargie, G., Boom, A., Betts, R. A., Bocko, Y., et al. (2026) · Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2024.0486 · Cited by 5
Rückamp, M., Cheng, G., Gutjahr, K., Möller, M., Pellikka, P. K. E., & Mayer, C. (2026) · The Cryosphere · doi:10.5194/tc-20-2999-2026 · Cited by 5
“5 (Shared Socioeconomic Pathways Meinshausen et al., 2020).”
Yang, R., Zhang, J.-X., Yin, M., Tian, P., Du, L.-L., Xie, Y., Ding, L., Yang, Y.-G., Li, Q.-Z., Xiao, J., et al. (2026) · Field crops research (Print) · doi:10.1016/j.fcr.2026.110356 · Cited by 5
Forecasting Climate Change Using a Multivariate Cointegrated System
Castle, J. L., Doornik, J., Hendry, D. F., & Jackson, L. P. (2026) · Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics · doi:10.1111/obes.70047 · Cited by 5
van de Velde, S. J., Vervoort, P., Smith, R. O., Law, C., & Currie, K. (2026) · AGU Advances · doi:10.1029/2025av001865 · Cited by 5
“For each, a concentration‐driven control simulation is run for 350 years with p CO 2 restored to historical values (Meinshausen et al., 2017) followed by their respective future prediction of p CO 2 between the years 1750 and 2100 (Meinshausen et al., 2020).”
Adeel, A., Hasani, M., & Jadhav, A. S. (2026) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-026-35191-4 · Cited by 5
Buma, B., Frumhoff, P. C., Rogers, B., Sartzetakis, S., Phillips, C. A., Schädel, C., Treharne, R., Natali, S., Alpert, A., Goldberg, M., et al. (2026) · One Earth · doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101571 · Cited by 5
Self-citationPrecession-induced millennial climate cycles in greenhouse Cretaceous
Zhang, Z.-F., Huang, Y.-J., Wang, T.-T., Yin, Q., da Silva, A.-C., Lee, E., Yang, H., Ma, C., Cheng, H., Berger, A., et al. (2025) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-025-66219-4 · Cited by 5
“Future carbon emission scenarios project atmospheric CO ₂ levelsapproaching800ppmby2100 52 ,comparabletoCampanian baselines.”
Increasing extreme heat events in the permafrost region of the Northern Hemisphere
Feng, H., Su, B., Duan, J.-P., Zhao, H., Zhang, T., & Xiao, C. (2025) · Advances in Climate Change Research · doi:10.1016/j.accre.2025.11.001 · Cited by 6
Farago, E. Z., McBride, L., Hope, A., Canty, T., Bennett, B., & Salawitch, R. (2025) · Earth System Dynamics · doi:10.5194/esd-16-1739-2025 · Cited by 5
“The computational efficiency of RCMs allows for the impact on GMST to be quantified for ensembles with hundreds of thousands of combinations for the RF due to GHGs, aerosols, and climate feedback .”
InfluentialFurian, W., & Sauter, T. (2025) · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences · doi:10.5194/nhess-25-3779-2025 · Cited by 5
“To consider future socio-economic and political scenarios, we utilize two pathways from the Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP) scenarios (Meinshausen et al., 2020).”
InfluentialBeck, S. V., Kess, T., Nugent, C. M., Dempson, J. B., Chaput, G., Arno, H. E., Duffy, S., Smith, N. C. P., Bentzen, P., Kent, M., et al. (2025) · Evolutionary Applications · doi:10.1111/eva.70148 · Cited by 5
“…was extracted from the CanESM5 CMIP6 climate projections from the WorldClim data-base with 2.5 arc-minutes spatial resolution (Eyring et al. 2016; Meinshausen et al. 2020; Swart et al. 2019) and standardized relative to present-day climate data across most of the distribution of Atlantic salmon…”
InfluentialFelikson, D., Rounce, D., Fasullo, J., Rodriguez, A. R., Adhikari, S., Buzzanga, B., Dangendorf, S., Kopp, R., Lammers, R., Reager, J., et al. (2025) · Nature Climate Change · doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02437-4 · Cited by 5
“For future emissions, AR6 relied mainly on Shared Socio-economic Pathways (SSPs) 24 , although some physical process modelling relied on the older Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) 25 used in the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5).”
Upadhyay, D., & Bhatia, U. (2025) · Water Resources Research · doi:10.1029/2024wr038160 · Cited by 7
Sea level trajectories and recent records at Australian tide gauges
Hague, B., Jones, D. A., West, J., & Jakob, D. (2025) · Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science · doi:10.1071/es24039 · Cited by 5
Hani, I., St‐Hilaire, A., & Ouarda, T. B. M. J. (2025) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179866 · Cited by 7
Saputra, S. F. D., Setiawan, B. I., Arif, C., Saptomo, S. K., Fitriyah, A., & Kato, T. (2025) · Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies · doi:10.1016/j.ejrh.2025.102344 · Cited by 5
Chen, S.-S., Yuan, X., Peng, J., Yuan, S., & Lu, C. (2025) · Journal of Hydrology · doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.133639 · Cited by 5
Kumar, P., Barat, A., Sarthi, P. P., & Raj, V. (2025) · Modeling Earth Systems and Environment · doi:10.1007/s40808-025-02459-z · Cited by 5
“…are key pathways in climate modelling, used to explore potential futures for green-house gas (GHG) emissions, radiative forcing, and societal development (O’Neill et al. 2016, Meinshausen et al. 2020; Feyissa et al. 2024; Sarkar and Maity 2024; Isinkaralar 2024; Rudraswamy and Umamahesh 2024).”
Paudel, B. R., Subedi, C. K., Ghimire, S., Pyakurel, D., Rajbhandari, M., & Chaudhary, R. P. (2025) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0323755 · Cited by 5
“In the emission scenario SSP585, it has been speculated that the radiative forcing increases to 8.5 W/m 2 with the very high concentration of greenhouse gas representing a composite scenario of an energy-intensive socio-economic development path [54,55].”
InfluentialCouplet, V., Montero, M. M., & Crucifix, M. (2025) · Geoscientific Model Development · doi:10.5194/gmd-18-3081-2025 · Cited by 5
“For emissions between 2100 and 2300, we use the SSP extensions described in Meinshausen et al. (2020).”
InfluentialPotential distribution of the weaver ant Oecophylla under current and future climate
Ma, R., Zhang, L.-L., Yang, L., & He, H. (2025) · Pest Management Science · doi:10.1002/ps.8887 · Cited by 5
Tang, G., Nicholls, Z., Norton, A., Zaehle, S., & Meinshausen, M. (2025) · Geoscientific Model Development · doi:10.5194/gmd-18-2193-2025 · Cited by 5
“…of variable climate sensitivities and the updated carbon cycle (Meinshausen et al., 2011a); the incorporation of a sea level model (Nauels et al., 2017); and various improvements over time with regard to, for example, radiative forcing schemes (Meinshausen et al., 2020). its latest calibration”
Self-citationXu, Y., Li, M., Jia, Z., Gong, Y.-F., Li, X.-R., & Fu, Y.-S. H. (2025) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.70177 · Cited by 5
“…(GFDL-CM4, BCC- CSM2-MR, CMCC-ESM2): SSP245, representing a moderate mitigation pathway with a total radiative forcing of approximately 4.5 W/m 2 , and SSP585, representing the highest greenhouse gas emissions scenario with a radiative forcing of approximately 8.5 W/m 2 (Meinshausen et al. 2020).”
InfluentialComposite model-based estimate of the ocean carbon sink from 1959 to 2022
Terhaar, J. (2025) · Biogeosciences · doi:10.5194/bg-22-1631-2025 · Cited by 5
Dembélé, J. B., Dimobe, K., Konda, B., Traoré, I. C. E., & Boussim, I. (2025) · Journal for Nature Conservation · doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2025.126911 · Cited by 5
Yang, Y.-Q., Gao, W., Han, Y., & Zhou, T.-L. (2025) · Biology · doi:10.3390/biology14020126 · Cited by 5
The potential for fuel reduction to reduce wildfire intensity in a warming California
Brown, P. T., Strenfel, S., Bagley, R. B., & Clements, C. B. (2025) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/adab86 · Cited by 5
“5 emissions pathway does not see global emissions peak until the 2040s, and a central estimate of warming by 2100 is ∼ 2.6 ◦ C (Meinshausen et al 2020).”
InfluentialAdam, M., Kleinen, T., May, M. M., & Rehfeld, K. (2025) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ada971 · Cited by 2
“In experiments beyond 2100, we extend the modified CO 2 emission forcing and other greenhouse gas forcings as described by Meinshausen et al [31].”
InfluentialChatzopoulou, A., Tourpali, K., Bais, A. F., & Braesicke, P. (2024) · Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences · doi:10.1007/s43630-024-00676-6 · Cited by 4
Özbuldu, M., & İrvem, A. (2024) · International Journal of Plant Production · doi:10.1007/s42106-024-00320-4 · Cited by 5
Deguenonvo, T. A. G., Adjacou, D. M., Idohou, R., Sodedja, R., Sobakin, F. E. D., Houéhanou, T., Gouwakinnou, G., & Natta, A. (2024) · Global Ecology and Conservation · doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03322 · Cited by 5
Projecting atmospheric N2O rise until the end of the 21st century: an Earth System Model study
Sisto, M. L. D., Somes, C. J., Landolfi, A., & MacDougall, A. H. (2024) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ad8c6c · Cited by 7
The Impact of Future Land Use Change on Carbon Emission and Its Optimization Strategy
Sun, Y., Zhi, J.-J., Han, C., Xue, C., Zhao, W.-J., Liu, W., & Bao, S. (2024) · Forests · doi:10.3390/f15081292 · Cited by 5
Sikazwe, G., Yocgo, R. E. E., Landi, P., Richardson, D. M., & Hui, C. (2024) · PeerJ · doi:10.7717/peerj.17386 · Cited by 5
“Conversely, the SSP5 − 8.5 scenario represents the worst-case scenario with high fossil fuel consumption throughout the 21st century and without climate mitigation policies ( Meinshausen et al., 2020 ), resulting in global warming ranging from a low of 3.1 ◦ C to a high of 5.1 ◦ C by 2100.”
BackgroundInfluentialClimate change will likely facilitate invasion of Asian orchid Eulophia graminea into new areas
Kolanowska, M., Rewicz, A., & Ackerman, J. (2024) · Biological Invasions · doi:10.1007/s10530-024-03290-w · Cited by 5
“We predicted the future extent of E. graminea climatic niches for 2080–2100 by using four projections for four Shared Socio-economic Pathways (SSPs): 1–2.6, 2–4.5, 3–7.0 and 5–8.5 (Li et al. 2021; McGee et al. 2000; Meinshausen et al. 2020).”
InfluentialKumar, P., Barat, A., Sarthi, P. P., & Shankar, A. (2024) · Theoretical and Applied Climatology · doi:10.1007/s00704-024-04896-9 · Cited by 5
Human influence on the duration of extreme temperature events in Asia's hotspot regions
Wang, Z.-M., Ma, H., Li, W., & Chen, H. (2024) · Advances in Climate Change Research · doi:10.1016/j.accre.2024.03.005 · Cited by 6
Subsurface warming in the Antarctica’s Weddell Sea can be avoided by reaching the 2∘C warming target
Teske, V., Timmermann, R., & Semmler, T. (2024) · Communications Earth & Environment · doi:10.1038/s43247-024-01238-5 · Cited by 5
“The simulations include an ensemble of fi ve historical simulations (hist1 to hist5, 1850 – 2014), and four climate scenarios with forcing derived from Shared Socio-economic Pathways 27 (SSP1-2.”
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Uncertainty on Atlantic Niño Variability Projections
Prigent, A., Koungue, R. A. I., Njouodo, A. S. N., Beobide‐Arsuaga, G., & Farneti, R. (2023) · Geophysical Research Letters · doi:10.1029/2023gl105000 · Cited by 6
Exploring germination requirements of Iva xanthiifolia: implications for potential spread in Europe
Nikolić, N., & Masin, R. (2023) · Plant Stress · doi:10.1016/j.stress.2023.100312 · Cited by 5
Future change of summer hypoxia in coastal California Current
Shi, H., Buil, M. P., Bograd, S. J., García‐Reyes, M., Jacox, M. G., Black, B. A., Sydeman, W. J., & Rykaczewski, R. R. (2023) · Frontiers in Marine Science · doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1205536 · Cited by 5
The earliest Ethiopian wolf: implications for the species evolution and its future survival
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Metadata
- Authors
- Meinshausen, M., Nicholls, Z. R. J., Lewis, J., Gidden, M. J., Vogel, E., Freund, M., Beyerle, U., Gessner, C., Nauels, A., Bauer, N., Canadell, J. G., Daniel, J. S., John, A., Krummel, P. B., Luderer, G., Meinshausen, N., Montzka, S. A., Rayner, P. J., Reimann, S., Smith, S. J., van den Berg, M., Velders, G. J. M., Vollmer, M. K., & Wang, R. H. J.
- Affiliations
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (AT)
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (AU)
- ETH Zurich (CH)
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (DE)
- CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere (AU)
- NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory (US)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
- Empa (CH)
- Joint Global Change Research Institute (US)
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
- Corresponding author
- Meinshausen, Malte
- Gidden, Matthew J.
- Vogel, Elisabeth
- Beyerle, Urs
- Gessner, Claudia
- Nauels, Alexander
- Canadell, Josep G.
- Krummel, Paul B.
- Luderer, Gunnar
- Montzka, Stephen A.
- Rayner, Peter J.
- Reimann, Stefan
- Smith, Steven J.
- Velders, Guus J. M.
- Vollmer, Martin K.
- Wang, Ray H. J.
- ORCID
- Meinshausen, Malte
- Nicholls, Zebedee R. J.
- Lewis, Jared
- Gidden, Matthew J.
- Vogel, Elisabeth
- Freund, Mandy
- Beyerle, Urs
- Gessner, Claudia
- Nauels, Alexander
- Bauer, Nico
- Canadell, Josep G.
- Daniel, John S.
- John, Andrew
- Krummel, Paul B.
- Luderer, Gunnar
- Montzka, Stephen A.
- Rayner, Peter J.
- Reimann, Stefan
- Smith, Steven J.
- van den Berg, Marten
- Velders, Guus J. M.
- Vollmer, Martin K.
- Wang, Ray H. J.
- Venue
- Geoscientific Model Development
- Publisher
- Copernicus GmbH
- Published
- 2020-08-13
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 3571-3605
- ISSN
- 1991-959X (ISSN-L)
- 1991-9603
- OpenAlex
- W3048501727
- Cited by
- 1,815
- References
- 78
- Citations by year
- 2026: 288 · 2025: 412 · 2024: 396 · 2023: 336 · 2022: 241 · 2021: 107 · 2020: 33
- FWCI
- 66.93
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- Language
- en
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- Funders
- Australian Research Council (FT130100809)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate variability and models
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate Change and Environmental Impact
- Keywords
- Shared Socioeconomic Pathways, greenhouse gas concentrations, long-lived greenhouse gases, radiative forcing, fossil fuel emissions, land use change emissions, net-negative emissions, non-CO2 emissions, surface air temperature, RCP scenarios
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