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The roads ahead: Narratives for shared socioeconomic pathways describing world futures in the 21st century

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O’Neill, Brian C., Kriegler, Elmar, Ebi, Kristie L., Kemp-Benedict, Eric, Riahi, Keywan, Rothman, Dale S., van Ruijven, Bas J., van Vuuren, Detlef P. +4 more·2017·Global Environmental Change

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  • SSPs 3 and 4 envision more pessimistic development trends, with little investment in education or health, fast growing population, and increasing inequalities.

    “SSPs 3 and 4 envision more pessimistic development trends, with little investment in education or health, fast growing population, and increasing inequalities.”

    From The Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) for CMIP6 (2016) · cites this paper as O'Neill et al., 2015

    Section 4 says SSPs 3 and 4 have high population growth, slow economic growth and compounded inequality. Sections 3.3–3.4 describe declining or unequal investment in education and difficulty providing health care to disadvantaged groups. They do not establish uniformly little investment in health, or little education investment across all groups in SSP4. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  • SSPs 1 and 5 envision relatively optimistic trends for human development, with substantial investments in education and health, rapid economic growth, and well-functioning institutions.

    “SSPs 1 and 5 envision relatively optimistic trends for human development, with substantial investments in education and health, rapid economic growth, and well-functioning institutions.”

    From The Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) for CMIP6 (2016) · cites this paper as O'Neill et al., 2015

  • SSP2 envisions a central pathway in which trends continue their historical patterns without substantial deviations.

    “SSP2 envisions a central pathway in which trends continue their historical patterns without substantial deviations.”

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  • SSP5 assumes an energy intensive, fossil-based economy, while in SSP1 there is an increasing shift toward sustainable practices.

    “However, SSP5 assumes an energy intensive, fossilbased economy, while in SSP1 there is an increasing shift toward sustainable practices.”

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O’Neill, B. C., Kriegler, E., Ebi, K. L., Kemp-Benedict, E., Riahi, K., Rothman, D. S., van Ruijven, B. J., van Vuuren, D. P., Birkmann, J., Kok, K., Levy, M., & Solecki, W.
Affiliations
  • NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
  • Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (DE)
  • University of Washington (US)
  • Chulalongkorn University (TH)
  • International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (AT)
  • University of Denver (US)
  • University of Stuttgart (DE)
  • Wageningen University & Research (NL)
  • Columbia University (US)
  • Hunter College (US)
Corresponding author
O’Neill, Brian C.
Venue
Global Environmental Change
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-01
Volume
42
Pages
169-180
ISSN
0959-3780 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1992193293
Cited by
3,359
References
84
Citations by year
2026: 401 · 2025: 469 · 2024: 478 · 2023: 485 · 2022: 413 · 2021: 329 · 2020: 250 · 2019: 201 · 2018: 156 · 2017: 93 · 2016: 69 · 2015: 12 · 2013: 2
FWCI
266.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Global Environmental Change (publishedVersion)
  • Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (acceptedVersion)
  • Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Publication Database PIK (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)) (submittedVersion)
  • IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate variability and models
Keywords
Shared Socioeconomic Pathways, long-term scenarios, climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, social development, expert opinion, future scenarios, human development, technology and institutions, natural resources

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