Describing Socioeconomic Futures for Climate Change Research and Assessment: Report of a Workshop

Describing Socioeconomic Futures for Climate Change Research and Assessment: Report of a Workshop

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The implications of climate change for the environment and society depend on the rate and magnitude of climate change, but also on changes in technology, economics, lifestyles, and policy that will affect the capacity both for limiting and adapting to climate change.Describing Socioeconomic Futures for Climate Change Research and Assessmentreviews the state of science for considering socioeconomic changes over long time frames and clarifies definitions and concepts to facilitate communication across research communities. The book also explores driving forces and key uncertainties that will affect impacts, adaptation, vulnerability and mitigation in the future. Furthermore, it considers research needs and the elements of a strategy for describing socioeconomic and environmental futures for climate change research and assessment.Describing Socioeconomic Futures for Climate Change Research and Assessmentexplores the current state of science in scenario development and application, asserting that while little attention has been given to preparing quantitative and narrative socioeconomic information, advances in computing capacity are making development of such probabilistic scenarios a reality. It also addresses a number of specific methodological challenges and opportunities and discusses opportunities for a next round of assessments.
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Name of the Author
Board on Environmental Change and Society
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
National Research Council
Panel on Socio-Economic Scenarios for Climate Change Research and Assessment
Language
English
ISBN
9780309161442
Release date
2011

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