Keppo, I;
Butnar, I;
Bauer, N;
Caspani, M;
Edelenbosch, O;
Emmerling, J;
Fragkos, P;
... Wagner, F; + view all
(2021)
Exploring the possibility space: taking stock of the diverse capabilities and gaps in integrated assessment models.
Environmental Research Letters
, 16
(5)
, Article 053006. 10.1088/1748-9326/abe5d8.
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Abstract
Integrated assessment models (IAMs) have emerged as key tools for building and assessing long term climate mitigation scenarios. Due to their central role in the recent IPCC assessments, and international climate policy analyses more generally, and the high uncertainties related to future projections, IAMs have been critically assessed by scholars from different fields receiving various critiques ranging from adequacy of their methods to how their results are used and communicated. Although IAMs are conceptually diverse and evolved in very different directions, they tend to be criticised under the umbrella of 'IAMs'. Here we first briefly summarise the IAM landscape and how models differ from each other. We then proceed to discuss six prominent critiques emerging from the recent literature, reflect and respond to them in the light of IAM diversity and ongoing work and suggest ways forward. The six critiques relate to (a) representation of heterogeneous actors in the models, (b) modelling of technology diffusion and dynamics, (c) representation of capital markets, (d) energy-economy feedbacks, (e) policy scenarios, and (f) interpretation and use of model results.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Exploring the possibility space: taking stock of the diverse capabilities and gaps in integrated assessment models |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1748-9326/abe5d8 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abe5d8 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10125489 |
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