Chapter 6: Climate Projections

The Generic Carbon Budget Model, also known as the GCBM, is a tool developed to assess and report the cumulative effects of anthropogenic and natural disturbances on our forests. The GCBM is a set of science modules developed by the Canadian Forest Service (CFS) to run with FLINT.

This handbook discusses climate science and the components of carbon models. This understanding of climate science and tools like the GCBM help us create solutions to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change. Now that science has gifted us with the knowledge and tools to assess our landscapes, what do we think the earth’s future looks like? How do we expect the world to change, hotter, drier, or even hotter wetter? Utilizing the information available to us, this chapter speculates the climate future of our world.