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Shared Socioeconomical Pathways

  • Shared socioeconomic pathways are possible futures shaped by interacting factors such as land-use change, pollution, health, greenhouse gas emissions, economic growth, demographics, urbanization, and energy systems.
  • Different future scenarios are constructed based on variations in population growth, education, technological development, and energy transition, including scenarios with fossil fuel dominance or renewable energy adoption.
  • Digital transformation level is expressed as an index that varies by country and time, incorporating GDP per capita, population, research and development intensity, and other factors.
  • Digital inequality is a potential outcome of disparities in economic growth and rapid population growth, leading to uneven levels of digitalization across countries.
  • Capacity building is emphasized as a necessary approach to reduce differences in digitalization levels and to prevent unequal digital transformation among global populations.
Updated on Mar 29, 2026