ICONICS

 

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ICONICS aims to organize the process of developing new socioeconomic scenarios to facilitate interdisciplinary research and assessment on climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Mission

The International Committee On New Integrated Climate change assessment Scenarios (ICONICS) develops, facilitates, and promotes the use of socioeconomic development pathways to support interdisciplinary research and assessment of climate change-related risks, and to support exploration of the effectiveness of adaptation and mitigation policies and actions across spatial and temporal scales to reduce those risks within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals.

ICONICS facilitates this mission through:

• Vertical integration: developing and applying integrative, cross-scale, and cross-sectoral scenarios;
• Horizontal integration: fostering interaction across scientific disciplines engaged in climate change research to develop, apply, and evaluate integrated scenarios bridging climate change, projected risks, adaptation, and mitigation; and
• Broadening the scope: promoting adaptation and mitigation research to support achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Read more background information on the process of developing new socioeconomic scenarios.

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Upcoming webinar

On 12 February 2026, ICONICS will launch the Scenario Evolution Process of the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways through a virtual webinar. Speakers will provide detail on the motivation, vision and process for the Scenario Evolution Process, with an invitation to listeners to engage in the evolution process going forward.

To register for the webinar and hear more about options of staying engaged in the the evolution process going forward use this link: https://iiasa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NKIEsrYmQjuUW1HIneqbrA

Learn more here

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