Integrated Global System Model

The Integrated Global System Model (IGSM) is an Integrated Assessment Model (IAM) developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change.

[4] The IGSM has been referenced by the United States Environmental Protection Agency[6] and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

[7][8] The IGSM has also been referenced in academic literature on climate systems, human activity, and policy implications.

[12] The strategy for investigating the impacts of climate change on Earth’s physical, biological and human resources and links to their socio-economic consequences in the MIT IGSM is discussed in an article published in Climatic Change in 2013.

[13] A demonstration of the IGSM capabilities for multi-sectoral assessment of climate impacts under a range of consistent and integrated economic and climate scenarios that are responsive to new policies and business expectations was published in Nature Communications in 2018.