Under the B1 scenario (rapid economic growth towards a service and information economy), there is a temperature increase of +0.20°C per decade from 2000 to the end of 2100 [+2°C], while the A2 scenario (a world of independently operating, self-reliant nations with continuously increasing populations and high emissions) forecasts +0.40°C per decade from 2000 up to the middle of the century (2046-2065). After that, an increase of +0.80 C per decade is projected till the end of the century (20