Large-scale scenarios as boundary conditions

This research paper proposes a methodology using "cross-impact balances" (CIB) to integrate global climate scenarios as external boundary conditions for regional and local scenario development, simplifying the process when global scenarios are stable.

• The paper introduces a method to handle cross-scale interactions by utilizing global scenarios as external conditions for local and regional scenarios through a methodology known as "cross-impact balances" (CIB).
• The authors demonstrate that a simplified cross-impact balance can be used instead of a full multi-scale balance provided that a stable set of global scenarios is adopted at a large scale and these global scenarios are treated as states of the world that remain stable despite small disturbances from regional and local activity.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2019). Large-scale scenarios as boundary conditions. https://www.sei.org/publications/large-scale-scenarios-as-boundary-conditions/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Large-scale scenarios as boundary conditions. 2019. https://www.sei.org/publications/large-scale-scenarios-as-boundary-conditions/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Large-scale scenarios as boundary conditions |date=20 March 2019 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/large-scale-scenarios-as-boundary-conditions/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2019largescale, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Large-scale scenarios as boundary conditions}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2019}, month = mar, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/large-scale-scenarios-as-boundary-conditions/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }