ICONICS webinar: Launching the scenario evolution process

The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) have provided a widely adopted foundation for climate-centric research, but the time has come to evolve them to help study today's interconnected global challenges. To address these limitations, the International Committee on New Climate Change Assessment Scenarios (ICONICS) has started the Scenario Evolution Process (SEP): a community-led initiative to critically reassess, adapt, and potentially transform the SSPs to a more fit-for-purpose framework that supports research on resilient, equitable, and sustainable development and develop socioeconomic scenarios that have applicability beyond the climate change domain. 

Speakers will provide detail on the motivation, vision, and process for the Scenario Evolution Process, with information on the concordant activities:  

1. A multi-stage survey to both scenario producers, as well as users of scenario-based information. This engagement aims to broaden perspectives, incorporate feedback from a broad audience, and reduce Global North bias. 
2. An academic literature exchange, incorporating recommendations towards an updated scenario framework.   
3. A series of workshops and conference sessions to engage with a diverse range of communities   

If you cannot attend this webinar, it will be recorded and posted on the ICONICS website. An additional Q&A session will also be held the first week of March, more details to follow. 

Click on the link below to register for the webinar and hear more about options of staying engaged in the evolution process going forward.

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