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==IMAGE 3 Documentation==
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IMAGE (Integrated Model to Assess the Global Environment) is an integrated assessment model that simulates the environmental consequences of human activities worldwide. It represents interactions between society, the biosphere and the climate system to assess sustainability issues such as climate change, biodiversity and human well-being. The objective of the IMAGE model is to explore the long-term dynamics and impacts of global changes that result from interacting socio-economic and environmental factors. The model is often used to develop scenarios supporting environmental assessments and provide insights into the consequences of different response strategies. News on the IMAGE model is captured      at the IMAGE website.
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IMAGE is an Integrated Model to Assess the Global Environment.
 
  
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The IMAGE model is developed by the IMAGE team under the authority of PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.
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The IMAGE modelling framework has been developed since the 1980s. Originally, the model focused only on climate change, but the focus has shifted to other environmental and sustainable development issues over time. The IMAGE 3.2 version was released in 2020. IMAGE is documented on this website (including updates) and a previous version can be found in the [http://www.pbl.nl/en/publications/integrated-assessment-of-global-environmental-change-with-IMAGE-3.0 IMAGE 3.0 book]. In 2014, 2018 and 2020 IMAGE was reviewed by an international advisory board. The development strategy for the period  2022-2027 is elaborated in the [http://www.pbl.nl/en/publications/image-strategy-document-2015-2020 IMAGE strategy document].
  
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===What is IMAGE ?===
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===Navigate the website ===
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IMAGE is an ecological-environmental framework that simulates the environmental consequences of human activities worldwide. It represents interactions between society, the biosphere and the climate system to assess sustainability issues like climate change, biodiversity and human well-being. The objective of the version of IMAGE described here (version {{#show:CurrentVersion |?HasCurrentVersion}} released in 2013) is to explore the long-term dynamics and impacts of global change as the result of interacting demographic, technological, economic, social, cultural and political factors.
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Below, we briefly indicate some of the information available on this website.
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* [[Navigate the IMAGE 3.2 website| A detailed description of the IMAGE model framework]]
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* [[Key model improvements in the IMAGE 3.2 model| What is new in IMAGE 3.2]]
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* [[Navigate the IMAGE 3.2 website]]
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* [http://www.pbl.nl/en/image/team IMAGE-team]
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* [http://www.pbl.nl/en/image/publications IMAGE publications]
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* [http://www.pbl.nl/en/image/projects Projects/applications overview]
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* IMAGE-strategy
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* [http://www.pbl.nl/en/publications/integrated-assessment-of-global-environmental-change-with-IMAGE-3.0 The IMAGE 3.0 book]
  
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===This site ===
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===Purpose and setup of this site===
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The [[IMAGE 3.0 book]] is the origin of the content of this site. Here we extent and actualise the information on IMAGE framework.
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* [[About this website, purpose and setup]]  
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How to navigate the site?
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[[Category:Generic]]
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* You can start exploring the site via one of the overviews in the overview menu, for example the [[Components Overview|Model components overview]]
 
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* You can investigate the categories and their pages via [[Special:BrowseData| browse data in the menu]]
 
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* You can read the introduction
 
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Quick entries to the content
 
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Something about additional information like Glosssary, Acronyms, background data etc.
 
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===Availibility of content and data===
 
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Most of the models are not available as downloadable software at the moment. They are too complex and rely on use by experts.
 
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However we do publish the resulting scenarios of projects where we applied the IMAGE framework. See the [[Download]] page.
 

Latest revision as of 12:53, 1 December 2021

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IMAGE (Integrated Model to Assess the Global Environment) is an integrated assessment model that simulates the environmental consequences of human activities worldwide. It represents interactions between society, the biosphere and the climate system to assess sustainability issues such as climate change, biodiversity and human well-being. The objective of the IMAGE model is to explore the long-term dynamics and impacts of global changes that result from interacting socio-economic and environmental factors. The model is often used to develop scenarios supporting environmental assessments and provide insights into the consequences of different response strategies. News on the IMAGE model is captured at the IMAGE website.

The IMAGE modelling framework has been developed since the 1980s. Originally, the model focused only on climate change, but the focus has shifted to other environmental and sustainable development issues over time. The IMAGE 3.2 version was released in 2020. IMAGE is documented on this website (including updates) and a previous version can be found in the IMAGE 3.0 book. In 2014, 2018 and 2020 IMAGE was reviewed by an international advisory board. The development strategy for the period 2022-2027 is elaborated in the IMAGE strategy document.

Navigate the website

Below, we briefly indicate some of the information available on this website.

Purpose and setup of this site

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