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Webinars
Creating Socio-Environmental Scenarios Webinar. University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, and Resources for the Future. Wed. 20 October 2021, 15:00-16:30 (EDT UTC -4)
Presenters:
Vanessa Schweizer, University of Waterloo
Hannah Kosow, University of Stuttgart
Sondoss Elsawah, University of New South Wales
Martin Cenek, University of Portland
Rebecca Kariuki
Abstract
Join SESYNC, The Integrated Assessment Society (TIAS), and the journal Socio-Environmental Systems Modelling (SESMO) for a live webcast this October on Creating Socio-Environmental Scenarios.
Climate change, biodiversity loss, urbanization, pandemics. These phenomena have a major impact on society and the environment and introduce significant uncertainty and complexity into policy and decision processes.
Socio-environmental systems researchers and practitioners are increasingly concerned about potential long-term impacts of near-term decisions. To provide the most effective decision support, we need to expand our understanding of the future in socio-environmental systems.
Based on the 2020 article “Scenario processes for socio-environmental systems analysis of futures: A review of recent efforts and a salient research agenda for supporting decision making,” this webcast explores the present status and futures of creating socio-environmental scenarios. The article grew out of a workshop at the International Congress of the Environmental Modelling & Software Society, where practitioners and researchers discussed the state of the art on the development and use of scenario analysis for exploring and understanding socio-environmental systems. The webcast will begin with a presentation by two of the paper’s co-authors, Hannah Kosow and Vanessa Schweizer, briefly describing the life cycle of scenario development. Comments from each panelist will follow and then an open discussion. Viewers may post questions and comments. Flyer available here. and here on the REAL website.