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Quantifying water implications of energy transitions is important for assessing long-term freshwater sustainability since large volumes of water are currently used throughout the energy sector. MESSAGE has been adapted to quantify the water impact of energy system transformation pathways developed in the global energy assessment (GEA, '''add link''') ('''Riahi et al 2012'''). The GEA pathways were designed to describe transformative changes toward a more sustainable future, and include a 2 °C climate policy. The GEA scenarios were chosen for the water analysis because the broad range of energy transitions covered by the scenario space which provides an ideal platform to assess uncertainties in future water demand stemming from technology choices made in the energy sector.

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Model Documentation - MESSAGE-GLOBIOM

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Institution International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, http://data.ene.iiasa.ac.at.
Solution concept General equilibrium (closed economy)
Solution method Optimization
Anticipation

Quantifying water implications of energy transitions is important for assessing long-term freshwater sustainability since large volumes of water are currently used throughout the energy sector. MESSAGE has been adapted to quantify the water impact of energy system transformation pathways developed in the global energy assessment (GEA, add link) (Riahi et al 2012). The GEA pathways were designed to describe transformative changes toward a more sustainable future, and include a 2 °C climate policy. The GEA scenarios were chosen for the water analysis because the broad range of energy transitions covered by the scenario space which provides an ideal platform to assess uncertainties in future water demand stemming from technology choices made in the energy sector.