Bringing it all together: science priorities for improved understanding of Earth system change and to support international climate policy

Jones, Colin G.; Adloff, Fanny; Booth, Ben B. B.; Cox, Peter M.; Eyring, Veronika; Friedlingstein, Pierre; Frieler, Katja; Hewitt, Helene T.; Jeffery, Hazel A.; Joussaume, Sylvie; Koenigk, Torben; Lawrence, Bryan N.; O'Rourke, Eleanor; Roberts, Malcolm J.; Sanderson, Benjamin M.; Séférian, Roland; Somot, Samuel; Vidale, Pier Luigi; van Vuuren, Detlef; Acosta, Mario; Bentsen, Mats; Bernardello, Raffaele; Betts, Richard; Blockley, Ed; Boé, Julien; Bracegirdle, Tom; Braconnot, Pascale; Brovkin, Victor; Buontempo, Carlo; Doblas-Reyes, Francisco; Donat, Markus; Epicoco, Italo; Falloon, Pete; Fiore, Sandro; Frölicher, Thomas; Fučkar, Neven S.; Gidden, Matthew J.; Goessling, Helge F.; Graversen, Rune Grand; Gualdi, Silvio; Gutiérrez, José M.; Ilyina, Tatiana; Jacob, Daniela; Jones, Chris D.; Juckes, Martin; Kendon, Elizabeth; Kjellström, Erik; Knutti, Reto; Lowe, Jason; Mizielinski, Matthew; Nassisi, Paola; Obersteiner, Michael; Regnier, Pierre; Roehrig, Romain; Salas y Mélia, David; Schleussner, Carl-Friedrich; Schulz, Michael; Scoccimarro, Enrico; Terray, Laurent; Thiemann, Hannes; Wood, Richard A.; Yang, Shuting; Zaehle, Sönke

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Bringing it all together: science priorities for improved understanding of Earth system change and to support international climate policy

Jones, Colin G.; Adloff, Fanny; Booth, Ben B. B.; Cox, Peter M.; Eyring, Veronika; Friedlingstein, Pierre; Frieler, Katja; Hewitt, Helene T.; Jeffery, Hazel A.; Joussaume, Sylvie; Koenigk, Torben; Lawrence, Bryan N.; O'Rourke, Eleanor; Roberts, Malcolm J.; Sanderson, Benjamin M.; Séférian, Roland; Somot, Samuel; Vidale, Pier Luigi; van Vuuren, Detlef; Acosta, Mario; Bentsen, Mats; Bernardello, Raffaele; Betts, Richard; Blockley, Ed; Boé, Julien; Bracegirdle, Tom ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8868-4739; Braconnot, Pascale; Brovkin, Victor; Buontempo, Carlo; Doblas-Reyes, Francisco; Donat, Markus; Epicoco, Italo; Falloon, Pete; Fiore, Sandro; Frölicher, Thomas; Fučkar, Neven S.; Gidden, Matthew J.; Goessling, Helge F.; Graversen, Rune Grand; Gualdi, Silvio; Gutiérrez, José M.; Ilyina, Tatiana; Jacob, Daniela; Jones, Chris D.; Juckes, Martin; Kendon, Elizabeth; Kjellström, Erik; Knutti, Reto; Lowe, Jason; Mizielinski, Matthew; Nassisi, Paola; Obersteiner, Michael; Regnier, Pierre; Roehrig, Romain; Salas y Mélia, David; Schleussner, Carl-Friedrich; Schulz, Michael; Scoccimarro, Enrico; Terray, Laurent; Thiemann, Hannes; Wood, Richard A.; Yang, Shuting; Zaehle, Sönke. 2024 Bringing it all together: science priorities for improved understanding of Earth system change and to support international climate policy. Earth System Dynamics, 15 (5). 1319-1351. 10.5194/esd-15-1319-2024

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Abstract

We review how the international modelling community, encompassing integrated assessment models, global and regional Earth system and climate models, and impact models, has worked together over the past few decades to advance understanding of Earth system change and its impacts on society and the environment and thereby support international climate policy. We go on to recommend a number of priority research areas for the coming decade, a timescale that encompasses a number of newly starting international modelling activities, as well as the IPCC Seventh Assessment Report (AR7) and the second UNFCCC Global Stocktake. Progress in these priority areas will significantly advance our understanding of Earth system change and its impacts, increasing the quality and utility of science support to climate policy. [...]

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