Integrated Assessment Model

Definition

An Integrated Assessment Model (IAM) is any model that attempts to integrate knowledge from two or more domains of expertise or academic disciplines. They are constructed to address

In the context of Climate Change such models combine tracking emissions, the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere as well as other carbon sinks, temperature and other climate impacts arising from increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and damages resulting from those climate impacts. Emissions follow from economic behaviour, and policies scenarios can be hypothesized to affect emissions along a number of dimensions.

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