Open AccessGrounding Social Foundations for Integrated Assessment Models of Climate Change
Author(s) -
Mathias JeanDenis,
Debeljak Marko,
Deffuant Guillaume,
Diemer Arnaud,
Dierickx Florian,
Donges Jonathan F.,
Gladkykh Ganna,
Heitzig Jobst,
Holtz Georg,
Obergassel Wolfgang,
Pellaud Francine,
Sánchez Angel,
Trajanov Aneta,
Videira Nuno
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
earth's future
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.641
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 2328-4277
DOI - 10.1029/2020ef001573
Subject(s) - climate change , order (exchange) , climate policy , management science , economics , ecology , finance , biology
Integrated assessment models (IAMs) are commonly used by decision makers in order to derive climate policies. IAMs are currently based on climate‐economics interactions, whereas the role of social system has been highlighted to be of prime importance on the implementation of climate policies. Beyond existing IAMs, we argue that it is therefore urgent to increase efforts in the integration of social processes within IAMs. For achieving such a challenge, we present some promising avenues of research based on the social branches of economics. We finally present the potential implications yielded by such social IAMs.