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===SAP 2.1===

Scheduled for releaseReleased in MayJuly 2007, CCSP Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.1 is titled "Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations and Review of Integrated Scenario Development and Application".<ref>[http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap2-1/default.php CCSP SAP 2.1 web page] Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations and Review of Integrated Scenario Development and Application</ref> The report utilizes three different integrated assessments models to explore emission scenarios that could result in the stabilization of [[greenhouse gas]] related [[radiative forcing]] at four different levels. The [[US Department of Energy]] is serving aswas the lead agency for CCSP SAP 2.1.

Among the scenario highlights listed in the final report's executive summary<ref>http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap2-1/finalreport/sap2-1a-final-exec-summary.pdf</ref> are:

:"In the stabilization scenarios, GHG emissions reductions require a transformation of the global energy system, including reductions in the demand for energy (relative to the reference scenarios) and changes in the mix of energy technologies and fuels."

and

:"Substantial differences in GHG emissions prices and associated economic costs arise among the modeling groups for each stabilization level. These differences are illustrative of some of the unavoidable uncertainties in long-term scenarios."

===SAP 2.2===