Data Visualisations
Interactive Tools to Explore Climate and Economic Futures
Discover how emissions pathways shape global temperatures and regional economic impacts through scientifically grounded, user-friendly visualisations designed to support informed climate decision-making.
EXCITE (EDHEC Cross-Model Climate Institute Temperature Emulator) is a professionally developed, interactive web-based tool created by the EDHEC Climate Institute. It enables users—including scientists, policymakers, financial professionals, and the broader public—to
explore how global surface temperatures could evolve under a wide range of greenhouse gas emissions scenarios.
EXCITE integrates a comprehensive set of internationally recognised emissions pathways, such as those used by the IPCC (e.g., AR6 and NGFS climate scenarios), and also allows users to construct customised emissions trajectories—either by adjusting emissions parameters directly or by specifying a social cost of carbon. For each selected or user-defined pathway, EXCITE simulates future temperature outcomes using a climate emulator calibrated against leading CMIP5 and CMIP6 models, with configurable filters for "hot", "core", and "cold" model groups.
By combining accessibility with scientific rigour, EXCITE enhances our ability to understand how today’s emissions and policy choices may shape the climate of tomorrow—supporting informed decision-making across research, regulation, and investment.
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EDHEC-CLIRMAP (EDHEC-CLimate-Induced Regional MAcroimpacts Projector) is a web-hosted interactive tool developed by the EDHEC Climate Institute. It offers a user-friendly platform for scientists, experts, professional investors, policymakers, and ordinary users to visualise how climate change–induced shifts in average temperature are projected to affect gross regional economic product (GRP) under various warming scenarios.
EDHEC-CLIRMAP leverages the latest harmonised information on economic output reported at the sub-national level, alongside highly localised climate change simulation data from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Users can customise province-level projections of economic damages by directly adjusting filters such as the selection of Global Climate Models (GCMs), SSP-RCP climate scenarios, or future epochs.
Combining macroeconomic modelling, climate econometrics, and the ‘Delta’ method*, EDHEC-CLIRMAP enables users to intuitively explore the geography of future economic damages and uncover their heterogeneity—supporting informed investment management strategies and improved adaptation to chronic physical climate risks.
*See technical documentation: EDHEC-CLIRMAP: EDHEC-CLimate-Induced Regional MAcroimpacts Projector—The Macroeconomic and Econometric Background.
Figure: Projected chronic physical climate damages (%) on per capita Gross Regional Product (GRP) from climate change-driven shifts in average temperature alone, future epoch (e.g., 2021-2040, 2031-2050, ..., 2099) relative to constant historical 1985-2004 temperature means, model means of a selected CMIP6 global climate model (e.g., ACCESS-ESM1-5, BCC-CSM2-MR, ..., UKESM1-0-LL), under a chosen warming scenario (i.e., SSP5-RCP8.5 vigorous warming, SSP2-RCP4.5 moderate warming, intermediate mid-point scenario between SSP5-8.5 vigorous & SSP2-4.5 moderate warmings).
Source: Our elaboration at EDHEC Climate Institute. See Technical Documentation below:
- EDHEC-CLIRMAP: The Macroeconomic and Econometric Background
- EDHEC-CLIRMAP: A High-Level View
- EDHEC-CLIRMAP: The How-To-Guide