IAMC wiki - IAMC-Documentation (original) (raw)
Integrated assessment models (IAM) aim to provide policy-relevant insights into global environmental change and sustainable development issues by providing a quantitative description of key processes in the human and earth systems and their interactions. The modelling is integrated, i.e. it uses information from many scientific disciplines and describes both the human and earth system. The term assessment refers to focus on generating useful information for decision-making, even in case of large uncertainties. IAMs, for instance, have been successfully applied in support of climate policy (insights in future greenhouse gas emissions and options for mitigation), in several environmental assessments (e.g. the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment), but IAMs have also published a large amount of scientific papers.
The IAMC wiki derives its name from and closely collaborates with the Integrated Assessment Modelling Consortium (IAMC, https://www.iamconsortium.org/). This is an organization of scientific research institutions that are involved in integrated assessment modeling and analysis. The IAMC has members from all over the world, who manage most of the IAM models that currently being used. The IAMC wiki provides a platform for these models' documentation.
For the purpose of IAMs, a transparent model documentation is essential. IAM teams have documented their models individually, often using web-supported tools. As IAMs, however, are often used together it is also important to have information on the similarities and differences across IAM models. This database provides an overview of the IAM models using a transparent wiki-based approach that has been used consistently across a range of models. This allows for direct comparison of these models. In addition to the harmonized model documentation, also Model comparison allow for direct comparisons.
The extent of documentation of the participating models may vary. The model documentation consists of:
The table below shows all models that are currently "fully published" on the wiki (i.e. with complete and reviewed documentation). Models that are currently "in preparation" or "under review" are not yet shown. Note that the reference card menu in the left sidebar includes more models than in the table below. Although the reference cards are published, models do not always appear in the table, when the model documentation pages are not yet published.
Model
Institution
Participation mode
National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan, https://www.nies.go.jp/index-e.html., Kyoto-University (Kyoto-University), Japan, https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en.
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COPPE/UFRJ (Cenergia), Brazil, http://www.cenergialab.coppe.ufrj.br/.
full
Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology (CEEP-BIT), China, http://ceep.bit.edu.cn/english/.
full
COPPE/UFRJ (Cenergia), Brazil, http://www.cenergialab.coppe.ufrj.br/.
full
Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE), Japan, http://www.rite.or.jp/en/.
full
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Joint Global Change Research Institute (PNNL, JGCRI), USA, https://www.pnnl.gov/projects/jgcri.
full
Ricardo (Ricardo), Greece, https://www.ricardo.com/en.
full
Center for International Climate Research (CICERO), Norway, https://cicero.oslo.no/en.
full
Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures, University of Denver (Pardee Center), Colorado, USA, https://pardee.du.edu/.
full
Centre international de recherche sur l'environnement et le développement (CIRED), France, http://www.centre-cired.fr., Societe de Mathematiques Appliquees et de Sciences Humaines (SMASH), France, http://www.smash.fr., École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC), France, https://ecoledesponts.fr/., Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France, https://www.cnrs.fr/fr., AgroParisTech (AgroParisTech), France, https://www.agroparistech.fr/., Centre de coopération International en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), France, https://www.cirad.fr/.
full
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), Netherlands, https://www.pbl.nl/en.
full
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, http://data.ene.iiasa.ac.at.
full
JRC - Joint Research Centre - European Commission (EC-JRC), Belgium, http://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/.
full
E3Modelling (E3M), Greece, https://e3modelling.com/modelling-tools.
full
Potsdam Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK), Germany, https://www.pik-potsdam.de.
full
University College London (UCL), UK, https://www.ucl.ac.uk.
full
European Institute on Economics and the Environment (RFF-CMCC EIEE), Italy, http://www.eiee.org.
full
Open-Source for Climate (OS-C), N/A, https://os-climate.org/transition-analysis/., Linux Foundation (LF), N/A, https://www.linuxfoundation.org/.
full
Kyoto University (KU), Japan, https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/., National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan, .
reference card only
Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University (SIIT-TU), Thailand, https://www.siit.tu.ac.th/.
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Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (HCMIU), Viet Nam, https://ev.hcmiu.edu.vn/en/home/.
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Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), Japan, https://criepi.denken.or.jp/en/.
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National Academy of Techhnologies of France (NATF), France, https://www.academie-technologies.fr/en/academie/.
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Tsinghua University (Tsinghua University), China, https://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/.
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Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Germany, https://www.ifw-kiel.de/.
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Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Italy, https://www.cmcc.it/., Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies - Institute of Economics (SSSA), Italy, https://www.santannapisa.it/en/istituto/economia/institute-economics.
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TU Delft (TU Delft), The Netherlands, https://www.tudelft.nl/.
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Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), India, https://www.ceew.in/.
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King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Saudi Arabia, https://www.kapsarc.org/.
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Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), Germany, https://wip.tu-berlin.de/., Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin), Germany, https://www.diw.de/., Europa-Universität Flensburg (EUF), Germany, https://www.uni-flensburg.de/eum.
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Centre international de recherche sur l'environnement et le développement (CIRED), France, http://www.centre-cired.fr., Societe de Mathematiques Appliquees et de Sciences Humaines (SMASH), France, http://www.smash.fr., École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC), France, https://ecoledesponts.fr/œ., Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France, https://www.cnrs.fr/fr., AgroParisTech (AgroParisTech), France, https://www.agroparistech.fr/., Centre de coopération International en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), France, https://www.cirad.fr/.
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National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), USA, https://ncar.ucar.edu/.
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Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South-Korea, https://www.kaist.ac.kr/en/.
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Center for the Environment and Kennedy School, Harvard University (Harvard), USA, https://environment.harvard.edu.
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Centre d’Économie de la Sorbonne, University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne (CES), France, https://ces.pantheonsorbonne.fr/., Paris School of Economics (PSE), France, https://www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/., Macroeconomics Department, Halle Institute for Economic Research, University of Leipzig (IWH), Germany, https://www.iwh-halle.de/., Institute for Theoretical Economics, University of Leipzig (Institute for Theoretical Economics), Germany, https://www.wifa.uni-leipzig.de/institut-fuer-theoretische-volkswirtschaftslehre., World Bank Group (World Bank), United States, https://www.worldbank.org/ext/en/home., School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University (SPIA), United States, https://spia.princeton.edu/., Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany, https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en., Economics of Climate Change Department, Technische Universität Berlin (TUB), Germany, https://www.tu.berlin/en/climatecon., Centre International de Recherche sur l’Environnement et le Développement (CNRS, Agro ParisTech, Ponts ParisTech, EHESS, CIRAD) (CIRED), France, https://www.centre-cired.fr/.
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Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE (Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE), Germany, https://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/en.html.
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Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Italy, https://www.cmcc.it/.
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Statistics Norway (SSB), Norway, https://www.ssb.no/en.
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Centre for Applied Mathematics (CMA), France, https://www.cma.mines-paristech.fr/en.
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Wise-Europa (Wise-Europa), Poland, https://wise-europa.eu/en/.
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Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change, University of Graz, Austria (Uni-Graz), Austria, https://wegcenter.uni-graz.at/en/.
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IAM models also collaborate in other ways in order to enhance the transparency of IAM model output. First of all, various databases, such as the RCP, SSP and IPCC Report databases, host the output of several IAMs in a common format (RCP Database, SSP database, IPCC AR6 database). These databases also include key input variables to the models (please find links to key input variables on the AR6 database under 'model inputs' in the left sidebar). Second, IAM models have also produced common evaluation metrics, distilled from common simple model experiments [1] [2] [3].
The first version of the wiki benefited from the work of an earlier version developed at University College London. Major developments of this wiki-based multi-model documentation received input from the FP7 ADVANCE project (grant agreement No. 308329). Maintenance of the wiki has also been partially funded through the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreements No. 821471 (ENGAGE) and No. 821124 (NAVIGATE) and is being further updated and developed in the H2020 projects ELEVATE and PRISMA. The wiki has also been improved based on comments and suggestions of other modelling teams part of the IAMC. Integrated Assessment Model teams interested in joining this common documentation platform should send a mail to IAMCwiki@iamconsortium.org.