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EDHEC Climate Institute Unveils Open-Access Tools to Explore Climate and Economic Risks

 

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The EDHEC Climate Institute has unveiled two new open-access, interactive visualisations designed to combine scientific rigour with accessibility. These tools allow researchers, policymakers, financial professionals, educators, and the wider public to explore how different greenhouse gas emissions pathways could shape future climate outcomes and their economic impacts.
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EXCITE Emulator

The EDHEC Cross-Model Climate Institute Temperature Emulator (EXCITE) enables users to simulate possible global surface temperature trajectories under a wide range of emissions scenarios, including IPCC AR6 and NGFS pathways.

EXCITE Emulator

 

EXCITE makes it possible to:

  • Explore established or custom-built emissions pathways;

  • Adjust emissions parameters directly or define a social cost of carbon;

  • Visualise temperature projections generated from leading CMIP5 and CMIP6 climate models, grouped into “hot,” “core,” and “cold” categories.

 

EDHEC-CLIRMAP

The EDHEC-Climate-Induced Regional Macroimpacts Projector (EDHEC-CLIRMAP) is a web-based platform that projects the regional economic impacts of mean temperature changes—representing the chronic component of physical climate risks—on Gross Regional Product (GRP) per capita.

 

CLIRMAP

 

Drawing on the latest economic and climate historical records, alongside spatio-temporally resolved climate simulations from NASA, the tool enables users to:

  • Visualise projections of future economic damages under different warming scenarios;

  • Configure parameters such as global climate models, SSP-RCP pathways, and time horizons;

  • Uncover the geographic heterogeneity of climate risk impacts, helping to inform adaptation strategies.

 

Tools for Decision-Making and Education

Together, these interactive visualisations are designed to support informed decision-making by researchers, policymakers, and investors, while also serving as powerful pedagogical tools for teaching and raising awareness about climate change.

Each tool is accompanied by comprehensive documentation, including scientific background papers and practical how-to guides, helping users understand the methodology and make the most of the insights provided.

 

Explore the visualisations here: https://climateinstitute.edhec.edu/data-visualisations