The Climate Futures Project: Bridging Climate Policy and Models

Models are powerful analytical tools that shape policy priorities, targets, and can impact international negotiations on climate change. National-scale models can, however, feature unclear and widely divergent assumptions, resulting in overly simplistic or conflicting recommendations about an uncertain future. The Climate Futures Project is an initiative co-developed by the Centre for Policy Research and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi to foster an informed and measured use of such modelling studies by policymakers, scientists, journalists and concerned citizens. Focusing on models developing for India, we apply a common framework to assess, compare, and interpret the assumptions and results of modelling studies. Visit climatefuturesproject.in for more information and to read our analyses of climate modelling studies. Watch this short video for an overview of the project.