Natural resource constraints, mitigation policy and climate impacts have driven widespread interest in the important interdependencies between climate and the water, energy and land sectors. For almost a decade IIASA researchers have worked in this area using systems approaches, primarily at the global scale but increasingly at national and river basin scales also.
Financial institutions strive for economic stability but climate-related risks could have large impacts that may result in high costs. Therefore, science-based information is critical for sound decision-making; mutual learning between climate scenario modelers and central bankers is more important than ever before.