Research scientists at the University of Iceland are currently participating in a joint European project on designing a new set of integrated assessment models to make Europe a low-carbon society.
Research scientists at the University of Iceland are currently participating in a joint European project on designing a new set of integrated assessment models to make Europe a low-carbon society. Non-governmental organizations and policy-makers are also involved in the development of the integrated assessment models (IAMs).
Mankind is currently facing unprecedented threats in environmental issues with species dying out leading to massive biodiversity loss if no action is taken. Countries all over the world are thus setting policies to permanently reduce both pollution and emissions of greenhouse gases. The European Union member countries have already taken measures with the European Green Deal for the world's first climate-neutral continent by 2050. But how are the member states and other countries around the world to achieve their goals? What solutions are available and what are the consequences of the decisions made for society, the economy and the environment?
To answer these questions, it is necessary to design a new set of assessment models, which is the goal of LOCOMOTION - ‘Low-carbon society: an enhanced modelling tool for the transition to sustainability’ that began last summer. "We are going to develop Integrated Assessment Models - IAMs to provide policy-makers and relevant stakeholders with a reliable and practical modelling system to assess the feasibility, effectiveness, costs and ramifications of different sustainability policy options," says Anna Hulda Ólafsdóttir, assistant professor of industrial and mechanical engineering at the University of Iceland. Anna Hulda is a collaborator on the project with Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir, professor at the Faculty of Earth Sciences.
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