Bas van Ruijven|Marion J. Levy|Arun Agrawal|Frank Biermann|Joern Birkmann|Timothy R. Carter|Kristie L. Ebi|Matthias Garschagen|Benjamin A. Jones|Roger Jones|Eric Kemp?Benedict|Marcel Kok|Kasper Kok|Maria Carmen Lemos|Paul Lucas|Benjamín S. Orlove|Shonali Pachauri|Tom M. Parris|Anand Patwardhan|Arthur C. Petersen|Benjamin L. Preston|Jesse Ribot|Dale S. Rothman|Vanessa Schweizer
Enhancing the relevance of Shared Socioeconomic Pathways for climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability research
National Center for Atmospheric Research|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|Institute for Environment and Human Security|Institute for Environment and Human Security|National Center for Atmospheric Research|Victoria University|Stockholm Environment Institute|Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency|Wageningen University & Research|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency|Columbia University|International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis|University of Maryland, College Park|Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency|Oak Ridge National Laboratory|University of Illinois System|University of Denver|National Center for Atmospheric Research
paper discusses role relevance shared socioeconomic pathways ssps new scenarios combine ssps representative concentration pathways rcps climate change impacts adaptation vulnerability iav research first provides overview uses socialenvironmental scenarios iav studies identifies main shortcomings earlier scenarios second paper elaborates two aspects ssps new scenarios would improve usefulness iav studies compared earlier scenario sets enhancing applicability retaining coherence across spatial scales ii adding indicators importance projecting vulnerability paper therefore presents agenda future research recommending ssps incorporate standard variables population gross domestic product also indicators income distribution spatial population human health governance