Climate futures require politics
Climate action is shaped as much by politics as by technology and economics. The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs), central to mitigation and adaptation assessments, do not yet include a quantitative representation of political development. We outline a research agenda to systematically integrate political dimensions into climate scenario modelling.
Authors
- Elina Brutschin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7040-3057)
- Marina Andrijevic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0199-1988)
- Elisabeth Gilmore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9037-6751)
- Julia Leininger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2609-8929)
- Halvard Buhaug (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6432-5985)
- Staffan I. Lindberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0386-7390)
Institutions
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (AT)
- German Institute of Development and Sustainability (DE)
- Webster Vienna Private University (AT)
- Peace Research Institute Oslo (NO)
- Carleton University (CA)
- University of Gothenburg (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2026-04-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71711-6
- Primary Topic
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- European Commission
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada