Thanks to everyone who contributed to the newsletter April 2026 edition! Please find below updates on institutional highlights, publications and more.

Reminder: Call for abstracts for the Nineteenth IAMC Annual Meeting is now online

We invite abstract submissions for oral and poster presentations. Abstracts are welcomed across 22 thematic topics spanning mitigation strategies, energy systems, land use, climate impacts, equity, and methodological advances in integrated assessment modelling. More...

Important upcoming dates:

Deadline for abstract submissions: 8 May 2026

Notification of evaluation of submissions: 22 June 2026

Registration opens: 22 June 2026

IAMC Awards 2026: Call for Nominations

IAMC is inviting nominations for the Lifetime Achievement Award (LAA), the Award for Extraordinary Contributions to the field of IAM (ECA), and the Award for Early Career Researcher (ECRA). We encourage you to submit nominations and help recognize outstanding contributions within the IAM community. More...

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IAMC 2027 Call for Expressions of Interest: Local Organising Committee & Venue

The IAMC solicits proposals for the Local Organising Committee and the Conference Venue for its 20th Annual Meeting, tentatively to be held in fall 2027 on the Asian continent. The event will be held in person, with a portfolio of online sessions as part of the programme. More...

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Start of IAM diagnostics exercise

The Scientific Working Group on Model Diagnostics and Evaluation has launched a pilot exercise to develop a community-standard diagnostic framework for Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs). No less than 32 teams have shown interest in joining the exercise. More...

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Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) at EGU 2026
Please consider visiting the following events at EGU this year in case you want to learn more about the future evolution of the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways:

• May 4, 3:35-3:45 PM: ”Community Scenarios beyond the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways: The Scenario Evolution Process” presented by Bas van Ruijven [Session ITS4.37/CL0.13]
• May 5, 3-5 PM: IIASA booth to meet Inga Menke + Bas van Ruijven and learn more about” The Scenario Evolution Process of the SSPs”

• May 7, 4:15-6 PM: Splinter Meeting ”The Scenario Evolution Process –
  evolving the SSP/RCP framework” presented by Bas van Ruijven + Inga Menke [SPM94]

ADJUST final conference

How can Europe achieve climate neutrality without leaving anyone behind? At the AdJUST final conference, researchers, policymakers, trade unions, and civil society come together to tackle this crucial question. More...

CMCC Lecture: Modelling wildfires: current understanding, new approaches, remaining challenges

Join Sandy P. Harrison‘s Lecture to explore why wildfires matter more than ever in a changing climate. More...

Summer School “Climate Action Beyond Governments: Assessing and Strengthening Integrity”

The conference will take place from November 24 to 25, 2026 in Beijing, China. An open call for abstracts will be published soon. More...

ACCLIMATE Project Survey: How Modelling Teams Communicate Their Work via Online Platforms and Tools

This survey specifically targets modellers working in the climate, energy, and economy fields and focuses on how modelling teams communicate their work through online applications and platforms. More..

From least-cost to SDG-optimal sectoral allocation of Paris Agreement-compatible mitigation efforts

Limiting global warming to well below 2 °C necessitates profound decarbonization, but how to distribute mitigation efforts over sectors remains a widely debated issue. More...

Region-specific and nutritionally adequate dietary transitions can bolster sustainability and socioeconomic benefits

Shifting towards plant-based diets and reducing ruminant-based food consumption offers broad benefits but varies across regions. More...

Ozone pollution reduction partially offsets the negative impact of climate change mitigation efforts on global hunger

Studies warning of the potential negative effects of climate mitigation on food security through the competing use of land for bioenergy and afforestation have overlooked the impact of reduced ozone and its potential enhancement of crop yields. More...

Quantum Computing Energy and Resource Impacts

Quantum computing has become the subject of enormous attention worldwide, owing to breakthrough technological developments in recent years and the potential for dramatically accelerating compute over the coming decades. More...

Who gets what in climate mitigation scenarios?

Politicians care a lot about the distribution of burdens and benefits, but mitigation scenarios rarely make distributional assumptions explicit. More...

Assessment of Newer Global Emissions Scenarios for Corporate Climate Transition Risk and Target Setting Applications

This study evaluates the latest vintage of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions pathways from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the International Energy Agency, the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI), Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI), and the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS). More...

Narrative and quantitative analysis of democratic principles in the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways

Although climate action is highly intertwined with governance structures, climate policy modelling science has been argued to insufficiently reflect political processes.

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Exploring global, economy-wide material trajectories and associated environmental pressures under shared socioeconomic pathways

Material production is a major contributor to many environmental challenges, but has received limited attention in the global, long-term scenarios produced by integrated assessment models (IAMs) used to investigate humankind’s potential responses. More...

Global Energy and Climate Outlook 2025

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre has published the Global Energy and Climate Outlook 2025. This edition of the GECO presents an updated view on the implications of energy and climate policies around the world. More...

Release of GCAM-China-v8 to Support China’s National Climate Assessment

The update of GCAM-China-v8 introduces a series of new features, including harmonization with the latest global GCAM v8.2 framework, updating the base year to 2021, introducing a provincial-level water supply and demand module, disaggregating coal power plants based on historical vintage years. More...

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