Enhancing the relevance of shared socioeconomic pathways for climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability research

This research paper examines the application of shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) and their combination with representative concentration pathways (RCPs) within climate change impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability (IAV) research. It identifies limitations in previous social-environmental scenarios and proposes an expanded set of indicators for SSPs to increase their utility for future research.

• The paper suggests that for shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) to be more useful for impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability (IAV) studies, they should expand beyond standard metrics of population and gross domestic product to include indicators for governance, human health, spatial population, and income distribution.
• The document analyzes the role of shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) and scenarios that integrate SSPs with representative concentration pathways (RCPs) specifically for research concerning climate change vulnerability, adaptation, and impacts.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2013). Enhancing the relevance of shared socioeconomic pathways for climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability research. https://www.sei.org/publications/enhancing-the-relevance-of-shared-socioeconomic-pathways-for-climate-change-impacts-adaptation-and-vulnerability-research/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Enhancing the relevance of shared socioeconomic pathways for climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability research. 2013. https://www.sei.org/publications/enhancing-the-relevance-of-shared-socioeconomic-pathways-for-climate-change-impacts-adaptation-and-vulnerability-research/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2013enhancing, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Enhancing the relevance of shared socioeconomic pathways for climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability research}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2013}, month = oct, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/enhancing-the-relevance-of-shared-socioeconomic-pathways-for-climate-change-impacts-adaptation-and-vulnerability-research/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }