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Models analyzing the future of environmental systems usually presuppose various assumptions about social, political and economic developments (framework assumptions). For instance, energy models need to be feeded on the future population, the economic growth, the technological change, the expected policies and other assumptions before they can be expected to deliver results about the future energy consumption, climate gas emissions or the contribution of a particuar energy source or technology. The same applies for model calculations regarding other environmental topics.
Framework assumptions about future developments are quite unsure, however, and they are interdependent in a way that frequently can be described only in a qualitative manner. For these reasons the compilation of framework assumptions should include a qualitative but systematic exercise ensuring the consistency of the assumption bundle. This can be achieved by constructing "context scenarios" as a preparatory step of the model analysis. 
A project commissioned by the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) and conducted by ZIRN deals with this issue. The project will identify typical factors serving as framework assumptions in environmental models, discuss their interdependence and use CIB for constructing consistent context scenarios for Germany in the year 2030. Project duration: October 2010 - January 2011 Project staff ZIRN : Sandra Wassermann Hannah Kosow Dr. Wolfgang Weimer-Jehle >> Report (in German) |
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The Helmholtz Alliance "ENERGY-TRANS" studies the interplay between technological and societal aspects of the energy transition in Germany. ZIRN develops societal scenarios using the CIB method... More |
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In a project dealing with the conditions of sustainable heat consumption the interdependence of structural conditions, actor behaviour and consumer behaviour is analysed using the CIB method... More |
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A project of the Stuttgart Cluster of Excellence "SimTech" uses CIB as a method to integrate political, social and economical contexts into environmental simulations... More |
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In a project about obesity prevention the obesity risks of socially disadvantaged children and adolescents will be analysed using the CIB method... More |
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The German-Peruvian project LiWa aims at strategies to cope with the threats of climate change to the water supply of Lima. The project's integrative scenarios are developed using the CIB method... More |
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Version 3.42 of the free CIB software ScenarioWizard Basic is available now... More |
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The archive offers a compilation of older CIB notes on projects and publications... More |