The scope of possible futures and action pathways as presented in the IPCC reports are prominently based on scenarios generated from Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs). Thus, the assumptions and decisisons of the modelling process have significant impact on how we perceive and evaluate climate futures.
To move towards a sustainable future for all, it is crucial to tackle the climate problem in awareness of its interactions with other environmental issues such as biodiversity loss, pollution and resource constraints. It is challenging to include these aspects in IAMs, adding ever more levels of complexity. However, to achieve robust and policy relevant results from these models, in my view it is crucial to develope an adequate representation of natures impacts on human wellbeing as well as human impacts on biosphere stability.
Approaches to tackle this issue include the Planetary Boundaries Framework, the Nature Futures Framework and generally attempts of improved integration in social-economic-ecological modelling. In my poster, I would like to explore some current suggestions, challenges and/or research gaps in this area.