SSP5-8.5: Garbage In, Doomcasting Out
SSP5-8.5: Garbage In, Doomcasting Out By Willis Eschenbach You might have read about RCP8.5, which is now called SSP5-8.5. It is the most extreme future scenario proposed by the IPCC. You might also have read that it is being thrown in the trash can. Finally, you may have seen claims from the usual suspects that […]
POLITICO admits UN’s worst-case modeling predictions (RCP8.5) were designed to scare nations into climate action: ‘High-emissions scenario was always viewed as an unlikely outlier to help galvanize policymakers to reduce greenhouse gases’

https://www.eenews.net/articles/climate-change-alarms-are-flashing-washington-isnt-paying-attention/ By Zack Colman Key excerpt: The shift in Washington has been driven by President Donald Trump, who has for years dismissed climate change as a hoax, and even sought as recently as last weekend to discredit the IPCC as “WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!” in a social media post. That message was a response to last […]
Watch: Morano on TV talking UN CLIMATE MODELS RETRACTED: ‘The UN thought they could just quietly abandon their extreme predictions, but we’re not letting them’

UN CLIMATE MODELS UNDER FIRE@ClimateDepot says the UN is stepping back from an extreme climate model used in past projections, arguing the shift reinforces long-standing criticism of earlier predictions. “They thought they could just quietly abandon this, but we’re not letting… pic.twitter.com/P2CVOLI18b — Real America’s Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) May 25, 2026 Real America’s Voice – […]
Former Time Mag climate reporter Brian Walsh now admits: ‘The scenario behind the most apocalyptic, attention-getting findings was largely an attempt to imagine how bad things could get, not a true forecast’ – ‘Climate change’s worst-case scenario is officially canceled’

Vox with a BOMBSHELL admission in the wake of the demise of RCP8.5. “Those numbers shaped a decade and a half of climate journalism, including a lot of my own when I covered climate change at Time magazine. I didn’t always know — and didn’t always communicate — that the… pic.twitter.com/uVUBPTjJpe — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) […]
‘Reanchor to reality’: UN backflips on climate change scare
Sky News Australia: The Australian’s Environment Editor Graham Lloyd says the United Nations is seeking to “reanchor” its climate change approach “back into reality,” and shifting away from “catastrophic scenarios”. “People who are doing climate models, they should use much less extreme scenarios,” Mr Graham told Sky News host Jaimee Rogers. “There is a need […]
Scientists Take Credit For Averting A Climate ‘Scenario’ That Was Never Plausible – UN IPCC’s RCP8.5 worst-case scenario ‘did not become implausible because of climate policy’
Scientists Take Credit For Averting A Climate ‘Scenario’ That Was Never Plausible by Roger Pielke Jr. Excerpt: When my son was 12 years old, he was four feet tall. By the time he was 16, he was five feet — growing a whole foot taller in just four years. Having a math degree, I felt […]
Professor Who Predicted Mass Human Extinction By 2026 Was Dead Wrong
Professor Who Predicted Mass Human Extinction By 2026 Was Dead Wrong Guy McPherson’s infamous prediction resurfaces as temperature data tell a very different story. By I & I Editorial Board Predicting that catastrophe is just around the next corner is an old game for the global warming crowd. [some emphasis, links added] From Al Gore to […]
Mainstream media offers misleading framing that ‘worst-case’ climate model scenario RCP 8.5 ‘has become implausible’ due to recent renewable energy trends
In lockstep, mainstream media (AP, Washington Post, NY Times) adopted the misleading framing that “worst-case” climate model scenario RCP 8.5 “has become implausible” due to recent renewable energy trends. However, RCP 8.5 was “never plausible” at its outset –> fatal flaw. https://t.co/HfmSe5Zk6I pic.twitter.com/boxqNmlRUb — Ryan Maue (@RyanWeather) May 19, 2026
Listen: Morano on The Joe Piscopo Show talks UN climate panel retreating on doomsday predictions & how Trump made it happen

May 18, 2026 🔊 | @ClimateDepot gave @JrzyJoePiscopo details on the climate group reversing doomsday predictions Full Interview: https://t.co/tIhrzpovlT pic.twitter.com/RqVsFE2Axy — The Joe Piscopo Show (@JoePiscopoShow) May 18, 2026 🚨 NOW ⏰ 9:40am EST@ClimateDepot joins @JrzyJoePiscopo to discuss the climate group reversing doomsday predictions LISTEN🎙️LIVE: https://t.co/6JNr9bAz5W pic.twitter.com/2Viv6Xzq3p — The Joe Piscopo Show (@JoePiscopoShow) May 18, […]
Trump Takes Victory Lap After UN Backtracks On Climate Change Predictions
https://dailycaller.com/2026/05/17/trump-victory-lap-un-climate-prediction-backtrack/ BY MARK TANOS President Donald Trump declared vindication Saturday night after the United Nations’ (UN) top climate panel quietly retreated from its most alarming long-term warming forecast. Trump tore into the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for backing away from a scenario known as RCP8.5 on Truth Social. The pathway had projected warming […]