Assessing future cross-border climate impacts: Shared Socioeconomic Pathways

This research paper introduces a scenario-based framework using global Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) to assess future cross-border climate impacts in Kenya and evaluate corresponding adaptation options.

• The authors developed a scenario-based framework to address a research gap where previous national-level scoping studies on cross-border climate impacts lacked an explicit futures perspective and assumed static conditions. This framework utilizes global Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) to assess future cross-border climate impacts specifically in Kenya.
• The methodology employs "extended SSPs" created through a combined top-down and bottom-up approach involving a co-production process with local stakeholders. The top-down component uses global SSPs as common boundary conditions, while the bottom-up component focuses on local drivers to understand Kenya's vulnerability to future cross-border climate impacts.
• The extended SSPs and identified cross-border climate impacts are used in a participatory co-production process to evaluate adaptation options and activities. These actions aim to enhance Kenyan adaptation planning to mitigate and adapt to future climate impacts resulting from global flows.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2021). Assessing future cross-border climate impacts: Shared Socioeconomic Pathways. https://www.sei.org/publications/assessing-future-cross-border-climate-impacts-shared-socioeconomic-pathways/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Assessing future cross-border climate impacts: Shared Socioeconomic Pathways. 2021. https://www.sei.org/publications/assessing-future-cross-border-climate-impacts-shared-socioeconomic-pathways/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2021assessing, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Assessing future cross-border climate impacts: Shared Socioeconomic Pathways}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2021}, month = apr, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/assessing-future-cross-border-climate-impacts-shared-socioeconomic-pathways/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }