New Dr. in the house! Congrats to Paul Stegmann (@UUCopernicus IMAGE model ) on successfully defending his thesis on the #circular #bioeconomy for #plastics! A great deep-dive into the future of #plastic value chains and its #substitutes! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 🔎📜 epubs.ogc.nl/?epub=pstegman…

The IAMConsortium Meeting started this morning. Many colleagues from PBL and @UUCopernicus are taking part in the online and in-person programs! Check out the sessions here: iamconsortium.org/event/fifteent… #IAMC2022 🌎✨🌿

What would an Integrated Assessment Model look like if it was developed by artists? Check out this manual on doing modelling differently ⬇️ made by artists Julien Thomas and Ekaterina Volkova futuremodelsmanual.com Detlef van Vuuren IMAGE model @UUCopernicus Urban Futures Studio

Circular bioplastics offer solution for climate crisis and growing resource consumption: nature publication by Paul Stegmann @vassican Marc Londo Detlef van Vuuren Martin Junginger ow.ly/pFmT50LSn1J PBL English NVDE TNO Research @UUCopernicus Utrecht University

We are looking for a highly motivated researcher to join the IMAGE model team to analyse and model future global consumption and production patterns of material resources in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). IAMConsortium academictransfer.com/en/320936/phd-…

How can #ClimateAction and #SDGs be combined? Why do different societal and economic perspectives (e.g. green growth vs. #postGrowth) matter? What do different models say? For answers join us for the final event of the SHAPE research project on Feb 16 (online). More info below.

👉The future of the Sustainable Development Goals 👈--> Workshop in Leiden, the Netherlands July 3-5. Registration is possible until ⏰April-28. Discuss scenarios on SDG achievement, other tools to assess progress and the future of the SDGs. lorentzcenter.nl/sustainable-de…

PhD Position on integrated assessment of Carbondioxide Removal (CDR) at Utrecht University. Please come join the IMAGE team as part of the UPTAKE project. uu.nl/en/organisatio…

👏🥳🎉

The IMAGE model symposium 2023 is on! A full day packed with catch up and critical questions from the (extended) family on the #use and #added #value of the results. The family: 🔗 models.pbl.nl/image 🔗 magnet-model.org 🔗 globio.info

IMAGE model Detlef van Vuuren Jan Rotmans Leen Hordijk Shared lessons IMAGE model: ➡️ Mind boundaries and interactions (Leen) ➡️ Publish! (Rik) ➡️ ..But don't make it main calling: seek relevance (Tom) ➡️ Support next gen sci at IPCC (Rik) ➡️ Look at social legitimacy (Jan) ➡️ Become activist & maintain sparkling optimism! (Jan)

Climate policy is often based on complex energy models. In Nature Energy PBL researchers conduct a sort of DNA analysis of these influential models. This allows policy makers and researchers to better contextualize individual model outcomes. Fascinating! pbl.nl/en/news/2023/f…

.Mark Dekker and colleagues present a typology for energy models to map model differences, which may help in understanding their potential for studying mitigation strategies. @vassican, Detlef van Vuuren, Robert Pietzcker, European Climate and Energy Modelling Forum go.nature.com/3MBogH2

📚 New publication in Nature on consensus in mitigation scenarios! With the many discussions on the role of fossils during the climate conference #COP28, you may wonder what the science of climate change mitigation can tell us. Below, a thread. nature.com/articles/s4158…

🚨NEW STUDY🚨 Wondering about the waterbed effects of long-term #decarbonization pathways for the #clinker and #cement #industry? Amelie Müller et al. got you covered in a new study on coupling IMAGE model with premise in Journal of Cleaner Production: 🔗sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Oh-WOW! 🥳