In February 2009, we conducted an external scientific review of the C-ROADS simulation. The summary statement is available here.
The reviewers were:
Dr. Robert Watson, Review Chair, the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Tyndall Centre at the University of East Anglia (UK)
Mr. Eric Beinhocker, McKinsey Global Institute (UK)
Dr. Bert de Vries, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (The Netherlands)
Dr. Klaus Hasselmann, Max-Planck Institut für Meteorologie (Germany)
Dr. David Lane, London School of Economics & Political Science (UK)
Dr. Jorgen Randers, Norwegian School of Management BI (Norway)
Dr. Stephen Schneider, Stanford University (US)
From the summary: “C-ROADS (Climate Rapid Overview And Decision-support Simulator) is a timely simulation tool that provides policymakers and policy analysts in government, NGOs and the private sector, as well as the general public, a better understanding and intuitive feel for the broad brush, long term consequences of climate change given various GHG reduction strategies. This very rapid simulation model reproduces the response properties of state-of- the-art three dimensional climate models very well – well within the uncertainties of the high resolution models—and with sufficient precision to provide useful information for its intended audience.”
Note that the review panel’s endorsement of C-Roads represents the views of the members of the review panel in their individual capacity and does not necessarily imply any endorsement by the organizations with which they are affiliated.
Preparation for the Scientific Review by the modeling team was funded in part by Zennstrom Philanthropies.