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

The document evaluates the utility of shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) and representative concentration pathways (RCPs) for climate change impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability (IAV) research. It identifies shortcomings in previous social-environmental scenarios and proposes an expanded research agenda for SSPs.

• The paper proposes that for SSPs to be more useful for IAV studies, they should expand beyond standard variables like population and gross domestic product to include indicators such as governance, human health, spatial population, and income distribution.

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} }