# Detlef van Vuuren Back to [[Topics/Climate Change Science and Policy Debate/Climate Change Science and Policy Debate|Climate Change Science and Policy Debate]] · [[Topics/Climate Change Science and Policy Debate/Research and Evidence|Research and Evidence]] **Role:** Integrated-assessment modeller, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and Utrecht University; leads CMIP7 ScenarioMIP. - Senior researcher at PBL and professor at Utrecht University ⚠️ (titles from memory). - Lead author of van Vuuren et al. 2011, "The representative concentration pathways: an overview", *Climatic Change* 109:5 ([doi](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-011-0148-z)). - Lead author of the CMIP7 ScenarioMIP design paper (van Vuuren et al. 2026, *GMD* 19:2627, [doi](https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-2627-2026)). It retires the SSP5-8.5 emission level as "implausible" and introduces a new "High" scenario (~3.3–3.5°C by 2100, still rising).