A Review of Criticisms of Integrated Assessment Models and Proposed Approaches to Address These, through the Lens of BECCS

• Published in: Energies (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 9; p. 1747
• Main Authors: Gambhir, Ajay, Butnar, Isabela, Li, Pei-Hao, Smith, Pete, Strachan, Neil
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 08.05.2019
• Subjects: Agriculture; BECCS; Carbon; Climate change; climate change mitigation; Collaboration; Emissions; Energy; GDP; Global economy; Gross Domestic Product; IAMs; integrated assessment models; open climate campaign; Paris Agreement; Working groups

This paper reviews the many criticisms that Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs)—the bedrock of mitigation analysis—have received in recent years. Critics have asserted that there is a lack of transparency around model structures and input assumptions, a lack of credibility in those input assumptions...