Developing and maintaining existing analytical pipelines to translate emissions and scenario inputs into physical climate indicators using reduced-complexity climate models and climate-model emulators (e.g., FaIR/MAGICC), including the probabilistic analysis of pathway ensembles, the physics of greenhouse gases and pollutants, and uncertainty quantification., Developing and maintaining the Climate Action Tracker global aggregation and pathway extension system for emission gap and global warming assessments., Developing scientific tools based on the reduced-complexity models and model emulators to assess emission pathways and mitigation options for all greenhouse gases and forcing agents in reducing the magnitude, likelihood and duration of the overshoot of 1.5°C and in reducing greenhouse gas emissions to below zero within the second half of the century., Maintaining state of the art historical data and climate system calibrations for reduced-complexity climate models and climate-model emulators used by Climate Analytics, and associated methods for analyzing emission pathways., Keeping track of developments in, and application of, reduced-complexity climate models and climate-model emulators, including in the scientific literature and in the context of IPCC AR7 and UNEP Emissions Gap Reports to maintain state-of-the-art capacity., Using these models, emulators and other lines of evidence, helping develop and communicate global and national benchmarks (e.g., temperature outcomes, GHG concentrations, radiative forcing trajectories, carbon budgets) for country and sector decarbonization, in line with the Paris Agreement’s long term temperature goal., Maintaining and expanding partnerships with groups that develop reduced-complexity climate models and climate-model emulators, and support the CPT IAM modeling lead in their work and partnerships with Integrated Assessment Modeling groups., Coordinating with project partners and relevant stakeholders – both internally and externally and maintaining relationships with collaborators., Ensuring scientific integrity of your work and the work of others., Contributing to scientific articles on the topic., Representing Climate Analytics and project teams in meetings and conferences and disseminating project results., Contributing to and leading the development and acquisition of new projects.
