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Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs)

Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) are climate change scenarios that project how global society, economics, and demographics could change by 2100. They are used to analyze how these changes could affect climate change and greenhouse gas emissions.

(For a more complete description see Shared Socioeconomic Pathways from the IPCC Sixth Assessment and their Implications for the Future of Places )