WG: ‘Plausible’ energy scenarios?! How users of scenarios assess uncertain futures - new open access paper
Berit Müller
I forward this announcement from one community to the other because I think it could be quite interesting for the openmods.
Best regards
Berit
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Dear network members,
the energy transition literature is rich in scenario studies that produce 'plausible' pathways to inform policy and decision-making. Yet, insights into what plausibility really means and how it is assessed, particularly by the scenario users, remains largely underexplored.
I am very happy to share my latest article that seeks to address this conceptual gap:
I hope the study will be relevant for your work.
Please do share far and wide - the article is open access.
Sincerely,
Ricarda
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Dr. Ricarda Schmidt-Scheele
Postdoctoral Researcher
ZIRIUS Center for Interdisciplinary Risk and Innovation Studies
University of Stuttgart
Seidenstr. 36
70174 Stuttgart
Tel: 0711 685-83973
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*** New Publications ***
Schmidt-Scheele, R. 2020: Plausible energy scenarios?! How users of scenarios assess uncertain futures. Energy Strategy Reviews, 32: 100571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2020.100571
Schmidt-Scheele, R. 2020: The Plausibility of Future Scenarios: Conceptualising an Unexplored Criterion in Scenario Planning.
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Robbie Morrison
Hi Berit, Ricarda, all
This short and sharp article in The
Guardian today follows on from the Schmidt-Scheele theme,
but from the other side of the fence — namely intentional abuse:
- Lewis, Simon (3 March 2021). "The climate crisis can't be solved by carbon accounting tricks". The Guardian. London, United Kingdom. ISSN 0261-3077.
Simon Lewis is professor of global
change science at University College London and University of
Leeds:
Simon identifies three net‑zero
"deceptions":
- over-reliance on NET (negative‑emissions technologies) to preserve the status quo — including questionable land availability and deployment of unproven technologies (example Shell)
- offsetting against notional emissions trajectories instead of removing carbon from the atmosphere (example Mark Carney and Brookfield Asset Management)
- fraudulent additionality claims in commercial carbon offset markets (example Total)
He argues that urgent discussion is needed about what exactly comprises a "residual emission" that requires offsetting.
Energy modelers are (hopefully) not going to be contributing to these deceptions, but our work is nonetheless being increasingly thrust into this wider and rougher policy debate.
@berit: thanks for cross‑posting
with best wishes, Robbie
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