text: Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) ensemble, forced with the RCP8.5 concentration 
  scenario. To provide more detailed representations of climate processes and impacts, the 
  spatial resolution was N216 (approx. 60 km grid length in mid-latitudes), a higher resolution 
  than the CMIP5 models. We used a set of impacts-relevant indices and a global land surface 
  model to examine the projected changes in weather extremes and their implications for 
  freshwater availability and vulnerability to food insecurity. Uncertainties in regional climate 
  responses are assessed, examining ranges of outcomes in impacts to inform risk assessments. 
  Despite some degree of inconsistency between components of the study due to the need to 
  correct for systematic biases in some aspects, the outcomes from different ensemble members 
  could be compared for several different indicators. The projections for weather extremes 
  indices and biophysical impacts quantities support expectations that the magnitude of change 
  is generally larger for 2°C global warming than 1.5°C. Hot extremes become even hotter, with 
  increases being more intense than seen in CMIP5 projections. Precipitation-related extremes 
  show more geographical variation with some increases and some decreases in both heavy 
  precipitation and drought. There are substantial regional uncertainties in hydrological impacts 
  at local scales due to different climate models producing different outcomes. Nevertheless, 
  hydrological impacts generally point towards wetter conditions on average, with increased 
  mean river ﬂows, longer heavy rainfall events, particularly in South and East Asia with the 
  most extreme projections suggesting more than a doubling of ﬂows in the Ganges at 2°C global 
  warming. Some areas are projected to experience shorter meteorological drought events and 
  less severe low ﬂows, although longer droughts and/or decreases in low ﬂows are projected 
  in many other areas, particularly southern Africa and South America. Flows in the Amazon 
  are projected to decline by up to 25%. Increases in either heavy rainfall or drought events 
  imply increased vulnerability to food insecurity, but if global warming is limited to 1.5°C, this 
  vulnerability is projected to remain smaller than at 2°C global warming in approximately 76% 
  of developing countries. At 2°C, four countries are projected to reach unprecedented levels of 
  vulnerability to food insecurity. 