The Integrated Global System Model (IGSM) is an Integrated Assessment Model (IAM) developed by the

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(MIT) Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. The IGSM couples the MIT Earth System Model (MESM), an Earth system model of intermediate complexity, to the Economic Projection and Policy Analysis (EPPA), a human activity model that represents the world's economy. It has been used to understand the interactions between humans and the global climate system.

History

IGSM was introduced in 1999 in a paper by

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et al. in a paper in ''

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'' Version 2 was released in 2005.

Reception

Academic reception

The IGSM has been referenced by the

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and the

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. The IGSM has also been referenced in academic literature on climate systems, human activity, and policy implications. Version 1 was used by the model creators for an analysis of the

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in a 1999 paper for ''

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''. Version 2.2 was used by the creators of the model in a study published as a working paper in 2008. A modified version was published in ''

'' in 2011. A 2012 working paper did an analysis of climate policy targets under uncertainty. The strategy for investigating the impacts of climate change on Earth’s physical, biological and human resources and links to their socio-economic consequences in the MIT IGSM is discussed in an article published in ''

'' in 2013. A demonstration of the IGSM capabilities for multi-sectoral assessment of climate impacts under a range of consistent and integrated economic and climate scenarios that are responsive to new policies and business expectations was published in ''

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'' in 2018. Independent authors have also referenced the IGSM.

References

External links

{{official website, globalchange.mit.edu/research/IGSM Climate change assessment and attribution

History

Reception

Academic reception

See also

References

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