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Edited by Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany, and approved September 4, 2013 (received for review July 3, 2013)
Abstract
The Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project offers a framework to compare climate impact projections in different sectors and at different scales. Consistent climate and socio-economic input data provide the basis for a cross-sectoral integration of impact projections. The project is designed to enable quantitative synthesis of climate change impacts at different levels of global warming. This report briefly outlines the objectives and framework of the first, fast-tracked phase of Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project, based on global impact models, and provides an overview of the participating models, input data, and scenario set-up.
Footnotes
- ↵1To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: katja.frieler{at}pik-potsdam.de.
Author contributions: L.W., K.F., V.H., F.P., O.S., and J.S. designed and wrote the paper.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
This article is a PNAS Direct Submission.
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