Telling Better Stories: Strengthening the Story in Story and Simulation

The document discusses the importance of the IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) as a reference for understanding long-term climate implications and evaluates the cross-impact balances technique developed by Schweizer and Kriegler in 2012. It concludes that this method is a useful tool for creating future climate scenarios, particularly when paired with techniques that promote scenario diversity.

• The IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) serves as a critical reference and starting point for analyzing how human activities and policies affect climate and adaptive capacity, despite facing both widespread citation and criticism.
• The cross-impact balance method developed by Schweizer and Kriegler in 2012 is identified as a beneficial tool for the development of future climate scenarios, with its effectiveness increasing when combined with methods that ensure a diversity of scenarios.

APA

Kemp-Benedict, E. (2012). Telling Better Stories: Strengthening the Story in Story and Simulation. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/publications/telling-better-stories-strengthening-the-story-in-story-and-simulation/

Chicago

Kemp-Benedict, Eric. Telling Better Stories: Strengthening the Story in Story and Simulation. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2012. https://www.sei.org/publications/telling-better-stories-strengthening-the-story-in-story-and-simulation/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{kempbenedict2012telling, author = {Kemp-Benedict, Eric}, title = {{Telling Better Stories: Strengthening the Story in Story and Simulation}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2012}, month = dec, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/telling-better-stories-strengthening-the-story-in-story-and-simulation/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }