The need for and use of socio-economic scenarios for climate change analysis: A new approach based on shared socio-economic pathways

October 1, 2012

Journal Article

The need for and use of socio-economic scenarios for climate change analysis: A new approach based on shared socio-economic pathways

Abstract

A new set of socioeconomic scenarios (Shared Socioeconomic Pathways) are described that provide a set of global narratives and socio-economic pathways to pair with climate model scenarios developed using the new Representative Concentration Pathways.

Revised: October 31, 2012 | Published: October 1, 2012

Citation

Kriegler E., B. O'Neill, S. Hallegatte, T. Kram, R. Lempert, R.H. Moss, and T. Wilbanks. 2012. The need for and use of socio-economic scenarios for climate change analysis: A new approach based on shared socio-economic pathways. Global Environmental Change. Part A, Human and Policy Dimensions 22, no. 4:807-822. PNNL-SA-91376. doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.05.005