Grounding Social Foundations for Integrated Assessment Models of Climate Change
Jean‐Denis Mathias, Marko Debeljak, Guillaume Deffuant, Arnaud Diemer, Florian Dierickx, Jonathan F. Donges, Ganna Gladkykh, Jobst Heitzig, Georg Holtz, Wolfgang Obergassel, Francine Pellaud, Ángel Sánchez, Aneta Trajanov, Nuno Videira
Abstract
Abstract Integrated assessment models (IAMs) are commonly used by decision makers in order to derive climate policies. IAMs are currently based on climate‐economics interactions, whereas the role of social system has been highlighted to be of prime importance on the implementation of climate policies. Beyond existing IAMs, we argue that it is therefore urgent to increase efforts in the integration of social processes within IAMs. For achieving such a challenge, we present some promising avenues of research based on the social branches of economics. We finally present the potential implications yielded by such social IAMs.