Abstract submissions for the Scenarios Forum 2025 are now open!

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About the Event

Forum on Scenarios for Climate and Societal Futures

The Forum on Scenarios for Climate and Societal Futures (Scenarios Forum 2025) is an influential multi-disciplinary conference organised by the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures and the University of Leeds, building on the successes of previous forums in Denver (2019) and IIASA (2022). Dedicated to advancing the use of socioeconomic scenarios in addressing some of the most complex and interconnected challenges of our time, this year’s forum is particularly timely as we navigate an era defined by rapid environmental shifts, social upheavals, and global uncertainties.

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University of Leeds, UK

16 - 18 July 2025

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Conference Themes

The themes and subthemes listed are expansive and overlapping areas of interest designed to guide abstract submissions. They are flexible, and we encourage diverse, creative contributions.

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Hosting a sustainable conference

For the Scenarios Forum 2025, we are bringing together operational and research staff and students to collaborate to develop plans that trial new ways of aligning key elements of conference delivery with the latest evidence on climate and sustainability. This isn’t about one-off measures for the Scenarios Forum 2025 but about building on our established practises and testing new practices that can be embedded in business as usual and sharing our learning across the University of Leeds and beyond. Find out more about our plans for making this a ‘Living Lab’.  

Highlights from Scenarios Forum 2022

The Forum addressed the critical need for researchers from various disciplines to come together to share their experiences, progress, and plans. It provided a means of promoting integration across the climate modeling, integrated assessment, and impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability communities, as well as with additional research communities in the social, natural, sustainability, economic and cultural sciences. It also aimed to improve linkages among the research, assessment, practitioner and policy communities.