A large insurance company in South America expands use of climate scenario analysis. The company used RCPs in previous scenario analyses but now hires an actuary with climate expertise to incorporate SSPs in this process.
How can the actuary advise the insurance company use SSPs going forward?
The actuary can advise the insurance company to combine SSPs with different RCPs to assess climate policy options. SSPs (Shared Socioeconomic Pathways) provide different socioeconomic development trajectories, whereas RCPs (Representative Concentration Pathways) provide different greenhouse gas concentration trajectories. By combining SSPs with RCPs, the company can explore a wider range of future scenarios and better understand the impacts of various climate policies.
B is the correct answer
Page 144: the SSPs can be combined with different RCPs to explore the climate policy options and assumptions (...) Having the SSPs alongside, but separate from, RCPs allows the two to be mixed and matched.
B is correct
SSP and RCP are alternate option for emission pathways in scenario analysis.
Agree B is correct
the two types (rcp & ssp ) should be combined, not exchanged
Key word here is 'combine' SSPs with RCPs which is fundamental in explaining SSP.
B should be the right answer
The SSP base scenarios deliberately do not include climate policies. The reasoning is that the SSPs can be combined with different RCPs to explore the climate policy options and assumptions that are necessary to limit global warm-ing to a particular target level.
B is correct
B is correct
B should be correct answer, refer to P165 "Having SSP alongside RCP allows the two to be mixed and matched"
B is correct.