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As indicated in the previous chapter, integrated assessment models, such as IMAGE, have established themselves as powerful tool to study future development of complex, large-scale environmental and sustainable development issues. There are at least two key reasons for this: 1) many of these issues are strongly interlinked and integrated models can capture important consequences of these linkages; and 2)substantial inertia is an inherent property of these problems, which can only be captured using long-term scenarios. The IMAGE 3.0 model represents one such integrated assessment framework. In this chapter the model framework is presented briefly, but comprehensively, to provide an overview of how it is and can be used to assess long-term environmental and human futures. | |||
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Key policy issues
- How could global environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss and air pollution evolve?
- What are the consequences of these changes for international targets for biodiversity protection (addressed by the CBD), climate change (UNFCCC) and human development (addressed by the Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals)?
- How could response strategies limit environmental pressures and foster more sustainable development?
- What are the linkages between components of environmental change and human development? What are key uncertainties?
Introduction