Policy dialogues in integrated assessment modelling (IAM) to strengthen climate change mitigation and adaptation

Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) are an integral part of the IPCC Special Report  on Global Warming of 1.5°C (SR15)3 and the IPCC Assessment Reports before it,  providing a framework to compare different possible measures to limit the level of  global warming that is currently anticipated. In this briefing note, we describe how  IAMs could be more effectively applied to support the design and assessment of  low-carbon emission strategies, using a transdisciplinary approach that starts from  the policies and measures that stakeholders are willing, and able, to implement.