Climate impact assessment needs to take account of two interrelated processes: socio-
economic change and climate change. To date, future change in socio-economic systems …

Climate change policies currently pay disproportionately greater attention to the mitigation of
climate change through emission reductions strategies than to adaptation measures …

Scenario method is presented in the literature as a means for engaging heterogeneous
stakeholder groups to explore climate change futures and to inform policy and planning for …

Climate scenarios serve a number of functions in helping society manage climate change—
pedagogic, motivational or practical (for example, in engineering design, spatial planning …

Scenarios may be understood as products and/or processes. Viewing scenario exercises as
productive tends to emphasize their tangibility: scenario products may acquire value …

Scenarios have become a powerful tool in integrated assessment and policy analysis for
climate change. Socio-economic and climate scenarios are often combined to assess …

Policy makers and stakeholders are increasingly demanding impact assessments which
produce policy-relevant guidance on the local impacts of global climate change. The …

This article reviews the historic evolution of qualitative scenario storylines and the various
methods used in their development and application in environmental change assessment …

Socio-economic scenarios constitute an important tool for exploring the long-term
consequences of anthropogenic climate change and available response options. A more …

Evaluating the trade-offs between the risks related to climate change, climate change
mitigation as well as co-benefits requires an integrated scenarios approach to sustainable …