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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">EGUsphere</journal-id>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/egusphere-2026-2348</article-id>
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<article-title>IMAGE-materials 3.5.1.0: Dynamic material flow modelling in the IMAGE Integrated Assessment Model</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Arp</surname>
<given-names>Anke Frederike</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9201-1707</ext-link>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>von Köckritz</surname>
<given-names>Luja</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8655-8731</ext-link>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Tettenborn</surname>
<given-names>Judith</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0394-2740</ext-link>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Zanon Zotin</surname>
<given-names>Marianne</given-names>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>van Engelenburg</surname>
<given-names>Martijn</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9775-0653</ext-link>
</name>
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<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Brouwer</surname>
<given-names>Roel</given-names>
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<sup>4</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Deetman</surname>
<given-names>Sebastiaan</given-names>
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<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Daioglou</surname>
<given-names>Vassilis</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Edelenbosch</surname>
<given-names>Oreane Y.</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Schram</surname>
<given-names>Raoul</given-names>
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<sup>4</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>van den Berg</surname>
<given-names>Maarten</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9649-7995</ext-link>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>van Vuuren</surname>
<given-names>Detlef P.</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0398-2831</ext-link>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development, Utrecht University</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency</addr-line>
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<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Leiden University - CML, Department of Industrial Ecology</addr-line>
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<label>4</label>
<addr-line>Information and Technology Services, Utrecht University</addr-line>
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<label>5</label>
<addr-line>These authors contributed equally to this work.</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>10</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>52</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Anke Frederike Arp et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<abstract>
<p>We present the IMAGE-materials model, a stock-driven dynamic material flow analysis model, part of the IMAGE integrated assessment model (IAM) framework. y combining modelling principles from the IAM and Industrial Ecology (IE) communities, the model quantifies material inflows, stocks, and outflows affected by climate and resource policy scenarios.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;IMAGE-materials is a recursive yearly simulation model that projects global material demand until 2100 for 26 world regions on a sectoral level for a wide variety of bulk and critical materials. The model includes buildings, vehicles, electricity, rail &amp;amp; road infrastructure, and a residual sector capturing the remaining demand, including different types and modes (e.g., housing types and transport modes). It is written using a modular, object-oriented Python architecture, enabling the easy addition of new sectors and data. Key assumptions include product lifetimes, material intensities, and technology mixes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The model is driven by service demand scenarios produced by the IMAGE framework, based on socio-economic and climate policy assumptions. IMAGE-materials can flexibly simulate the adoption of numerous circular economy measures, such as service demand reductions, lifetime extension, lightweighting, and recycling. Therefore, IMAGE-materials enables scientists and policymakers to explore mitigation pathways with a detailed additional dimension of material flows. It can thus assess the synergies and trade-offs between climate and circularity policies by explicitly accounting for their material implications. As such, IMAGE-materials integrates the fields of IAMs and IE, building on the strengths of each.</p>
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