At the core of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is the intention to build consistency across the various dimensions of development. Implementation of a holistic agenda such as this will increase the demand for integrated assessment approaches as the basis to improve policy coherence. The international community of natural and social scientists has adopted these approaches, particularly for assessing scenarios of potential impacts of climate hazards on people and their livelihoods. These assessments provide relevant information to decision makers when they include sound analysis of policy options for building resilience to climate change impacts. Integrated assessments are also useful in considering policy options for coping and recovering from climate hazards.
