Models and Methods for Assessing Climate Change and Societal Future

Problems and the approach: Climate Change is an extreme case of externality imposing huge costs on current and future generations. The responses to address climate change need to keep socio-economic and political transformations across regions, nations and locales. Given the inertia of natural and social transformations and global scale, the climate change  policy assessments require using concepts, methods and tools focused on research and interdisciplinary learning. 
Purpose and Key Takeaways from the Seminar

• What are the different types of models and modelling methods?
• How are models used for policy assessment in areas of energy environment – climate change – sustainable development?
• Results from top down – model to understand optimal Global/National response to Climate change: Technology, Finance.
• Results from bottom up model to answer India’s policy response to GHG limitations (Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency).