October 22, 2025
Journal Article

Climate policy models need to get real about people - here's how

Abstract

The main thesis of this commentary is that in order to credibly understand how society and political systems might actually respond to warming, we need to rethink how integrated assessment models represent institutional and political factors.

Published: October 22, 2025

Citation

Peng W., G.C. Iyer, V. Bosetti, V. Chaturvedi, J.A. Edmonds, A.A. Fawcett, and S. Hallegatte, et al. 2021. Climate policy models need to get real about people - here's how. Nature 594:174-176. PNNL-ACT-SA-10560. doi:10.1038/d41586-021-01500-2