It provided the most likely future evolution of the global mean temperature under different socio - economic scenarios and that of other quantities like regional precipitation changes. (e360.yale.edu)
A meaningful assessment of associated societal impacts needs to be based on the full range of its possible future evolution. (link.springer.com)
The first is the development of a comprehensive, closely coordinated ensemble of simulations from 18 modeling groups around the world for the historical and future evolution of the earth's climate. (scientificamerican.com)