The International Committee On New Integrated Climate change assessment Scenarios (ICONICS) is pleased to announce Launching the Scenario Evolution Process Webinar on 12 February 2026.

Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) have provided a widely adopted foundation for climate-centric research, yet their design limits applicability in the context of today’s interconnected global challenges. To address these limitations, the International Committee on New Climate Change Assessment Scenarios (ICONICS) has started the Scenario Evolution Process (SEP): a community-led initiative to critically reassess, adapt, and potentially transform the SSPs to a more fit-for-purpose framework that supports research on resilient, equitable, and sustainable development and develop socioeconomic scenarios that have a applicability beyond the climate change domain.

Speakers will provide detail on the motivation, vision and process for the Scenario Evolution Process, with information on the concordant activities:

1. A multi-stage survey to both scenario producers, as well as users of scenario-based information. This engagement aims to broaden perspectives, incorporate feedback from a broad audience, and reduce Global North bias

2. An academic literature exchange, incorporating recommendations towards an updated scenario framework.

3. A series of workshops to engage with a diverse range of communities.

To register for the webinar and hear more about options of staying engaged in the evolution process going forward use this link:
https://iiasa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NKIEsrYmQjuUW1HIneqbrA

If you cannot attend this webinar, it will be recorded and posted on the ICONICS website. Additional Q&A sessions will be held on 2 and 5 March. To register for the Q&A sessions, please use the following links:

2 March – 09:00 CET/Vienna – Zoom: Registration link
5 March – 18:00 CET/Vienna – Zoom: Registration link