Climate action is shaped as much by politics as by technology and economics. The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs), central to mitigation and adaptation assessments, do not yet include a quantitative representation of political development. We outline a research agenda to systematically integrate political dimensions into climate scenario modelling.
Leininger, Julia; Halvard Buhaug; Elisabeth Gilmore; Staffan I. Lindberg; Marina Andrijevic & Elina Brutschin (2026) Climate futures require politics, Nature Communications 17.
