Check out the video below to learn more about IEEM and how it is applied to evidence-based public policy and investment design.
IEEM is used to ask, ‘What if?’ questions through the design of public policy and investment scenarios. Hover over the circles below for an overview of how IEEM can be applied to provide evidence-based underpinnings to the four stages of the policy cycle.
Policy scenarios are implemented in IEEM
IEEM estimates impacts on economic indicators and on land use land cover (LULC) change
LULC change estimates are allocated across the landscape to generate a future LULC map
The future LULC map is used to estimate impacts on future ecosystem service flows
Changes in ecosystem service flows are linked back to the economy and step one is implemented once again until the end of the analytical period