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The roads ahead: Narratives for shared socioeconomic pathways describing world futures in the 21st century
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- Authors
- 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)
- Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (NL)
- University of Stuttgart (DE)
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
- Columbia University (US)
- Hunter College (US)
- Corresponding author
- O’Neill, Brian C.
- ORCID
- 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
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- 2026: 401 · 2025: 469 · 2024: 478 · 2023: 485 · 2022: 413 · 2021: 329 · 2020: 250 · 2019: 201 · 2018: 156 · 2017: 93
- FWCI
- 266.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
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- 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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