Towards extended shared socioeconomic pathways: A combined participatory bottom-up and top-down methodology with results from the Barents region |
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| Institution: | 1. Stockholm Environment Institute, Box 24218, SE 104 51 Stockholm, Sweden;2. Arctic Research Centre Arcum, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden;3. Nordland Research Institute, Pb. 1490, N-8049 Bodø, Norway;4. CICERO Center for International Climate and Environmental Research – Oslo, Pb. 1129, Blindern, 0318 Oslo, Norway;5. Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland;6. Institute of Industrial Ecology Problems in the North, Kola Science Center, Russian Academy of Science, 14a, Fersman Str., Apatity 184209, Russia;7. Current affiliation: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment, School of Architecture and the Built Environment, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), SE 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | A major challenge in planning for adaptation to climate change is to assess future development not only in relation to climate but also in relation to social, economic and political changes that affect the capacity for adaptation or otherwise play a role in decision making. One approach is to use scenario methods. This article presents a methodology that combines top-down scenarios and bottom-up approaches to scenario building, with the aim of articulating local so-called extended socio-economic pathways. Specifically, we used the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) of the global scenario framework as developed by the climate research community to present boundary conditions about potential global change in workshop discussion with local and regional actors in the Barents region. We relate the results from these workshops to the different elements of the global SSPs and discuss potential and limitations of the method in relation to use in decision making processes. |
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