Climate change scenario services

This research paper proposes the concept of a 'climate change scenario service' to bridge the gap between scientific climate change scenarios and their application by decision makers and societal actors. The authors introduce the SENSES toolkit as a practical implementation of this service concept, focusing primarily on mitigation scenarios while also including materials for adaptation and impact projections.

• The authors argue that the utility of climate change scenarios has been limited by the absence of an intermediary service to provide guidance, and they propose a 'climate change scenario service' to improve the 'salience, credibility and legitimacy' of these scenarios for decision makers.
• The SENSES toolkit is introduced as a tool that implements the core components of the scenario service concept; while it includes material for adaptation scenarios and impact projections, its primary focus is on mitigation scenarios because they are 'strongly under-represented in the arena of climate services'.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2021). Climate change scenario services. https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-change-scenario-services/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Climate change scenario services. 2021. https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-change-scenario-services/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Climate change scenario services |date=26 August 2021 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-change-scenario-services/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2021climate, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Climate change scenario services}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2021}, month = aug, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-change-scenario-services/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }