The NEWPATHWAYS consortium would like to use development-focused socio-economic projections (DSPs) as input for a new set of global mitigation pathways. If you are developing or considering to develop such projections, please get in touch with us.
We would like to explore with you the possibility of using your DSP work as input for the mitigation pathway modelling in NEWPATHWAYS. This could be mutually beneficial and further amplify the significance and reach of your work. These pathways will enter the academic literature where they can be assessed as part of the next global stocktake in 2028 and international assessments like the UNEP Emissions Gap and IPCC 7th Assessment Reports.
Recent literature has highlighted the need for strengthening the development perspective in mitigation, adaptation and sustainable development pathway research. NEWPATHWAYS seeks to address this by integrating new socio-economic projections that place development objectives and needs, particularly in the Global South, at the centre. DSPs can help shape Paris-aligned modelling pathways enabling deep decarbonisation while protecting nature and advancing equity, justice, and sustainable development.
We welcome collaboration with research teams or consortium of research teams with expertise in macro-economic projections and ideally demographics and development economics, as well as a commitment to open science. The research team(s) will be affiliated with universities or other public research institutions, preferably with a prominent role for institutions in the Global South.
To be used by NEWPATHWAYS, DSPs must be finalised by the end of 2026, include a narrative and quantitative projections (e.g. GDP and population by country), and meet specific conceptual, institutional, and technical criteria.
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