Book realized within the framework of the ESCRIME project, with the support of INSU, ONERC and IDDRI.
The English version of the White Paper has been edited with the financial support from the IDDRI Foundation.

The ESCRIME project aims to bring together the analyses conducted on the many different climate simulations carried out within the framework of the Fourth Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It specifically focuses on those conducted using models developed by the French community.
This document is the final version of the ESCRIME white paper. It is simply a compilation of individual contributions and has been standardized in terms of its format. It constitutes the definitive version of the text and illustrations. It also includes an editorial signed by Jean Jouzel and Eric Brun, as well as a summary aimed at a wider public than the scientific community involved in this analysis.