---
title: "Record the scenarios the climate papers actually use"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/climate-esg-and-sustainability-reporting/build-the-scenario-analysis-record-for-the-climate-statements/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A48-X20260927-3-US"
practice_area: "Climate, ESG & Sustainability Reporting"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Record the scenarios the climate papers actually use

> List each scenario name, the date of the paper, and the assumptions the paper states in its own words. Write no opinion on whether the scenarios meet a rule.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/climate-esg-and-sustainability-reporting/build-the-scenario-analysis-record-for-the-climate-statements/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Climate, ESG & Sustainability Reporting](https://ailawframework.com/practice/climate-esg-and-sustainability-reporting.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | List each scenario name, the date of the paper, and the assumptions the paper states in its own words. Write no opinion on whether the scenarios meet a rule. |
| What the lawyer must review | Press release 2026-49 says the Commission has proposed to rescind the stayed climate-disclosure rules. Those rules are not an in-force test of scenario analysis. The California Air Resources Board page describes Scope 1 and Scope 2 reporting that depends on Office of Administrative Law approval of the initial regulation, and a proposed deadline of 10 November 2026 if that approval occurs. It does not, on the text opened, set a scenario-analysis template. The lawyer decides what the papers support. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Build the scenario-analysis record for the climate statements](https://ailawframework.com/practice/climate-esg-and-sustainability-reporting/build-the-scenario-analysis-record-for-the-climate-statements.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: List each scenario name, the date of the paper, and the assumptions the paper states in its own words. Write no opinion on whether the scenarios meet a rule.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Do not add a scenario the papers do not use.
- Do not treat the California date as a federal deadline.

## Sources

- [SEC Press Release 2026-49 (29 May 2026)](https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026-49-sec-proposes-rescission-climate-related-disclosure-rules) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [California Air Resources Board, corporate greenhouse gas reporting page](https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/california-corporate-greenhouse-gas-reporting-and-climate-related-financial-risk) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Scenario-analysis record for the climate statements (Corporations Act s 296D)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/climate-esg-and-sustainability-reporting/scenario-analysis-record.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Working record that climate-related scenario analysis used the two temperature scenarios section 296D requires, with the sources and the sign-off kept off the face of the climate statements. |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*