Scientific Working Group on Scenarios
Scenarios form a key element of IAM research. The Scientific Working Group on Scenarios aims to contribute to development and use of community scenarios, i.e. scenarios that are used and co-developed by the IAM and other research communities, permitting cross-community integration, comparison and cooperation. Activities of the working group are therefore related to the IAMC Scenario database, the use of the community scenario framework such as the SSP/RCP framework, updates with regard to community scenarios, in particular the SSPs, and the establishment of criteria to determine consistency with the marker scenarios.
Planned activities
- February 2024: Release of new SSP data
- Summer 2024: Presentation of extensions regarding urbanization and inequality.
- Autumn 2024: Contribution to development of new marker scenarios for ScenarioMIP
- November 2024: IAMC Annual Meeting to discuss main activities in WG
Co-chairs
Nico Bauer (PIK), Benjamin Bodirsky (PIK), Laurent Drouet (CMCC), Jae Edmonds (PNNL/JGCRI), Johannes Emmerling (CMCC), Oliver Fricko (IIASA), Jan Sigurd Fuglestvedt (CICERO), Shinichiro Fujimori (U Kyoto, NIES), Tomoko Hasegawa (NIES), Petr Havlik (IIASA), Elmar Kriegler (PIK), Thomas Longden (ANU), Brian O’Neill (JGCRI), Alexander Popp (PIK), P.R. Shukla (UAhmedabad), Steve Smith (PNNL/JGCRI ), Elke Stehfest (PBL), Vassilis Daioglou (PBL), Massimo Tavoni (CMCC), Kenichi Wada (RITE), Stephanie Waldhoff (PNNL/JGCRI).
In addition, the following non-IAM experts are contributing to the activities of the scenario SWG: Jesus Crespo (IIASA), Rob Dellink (OECD), Leiwan Jiang (NCAR), Marian Leimbach (PIK), Wolfgang Lutz (IIASA), KC Samir (IIASA).
IAMC members that are interested in participating in the work of the SWG should contact SWG Co-Chairs.