A narrative contains a storyline in addition to a set of actors . A storyline is a series of events including their causal connections within a narrative. The IPCC and climate change literature more broadly often use the terms storylines and narratives interchangeably . A scenario storyline refers to a narrative description of a scenario including its main characteristics, relationships between driving forces and how these factors evolve . Storylines are used to assess risks related to low-likelihood, but high-impact events . In this use of the terms, narratives and storylines do not include specific actors. There is also a critical literature on the use of narratives and storylines based on projected scenarios, which points out the conservative character of these concepts whose performative effect tends to preserve the status quo and the current socioeconomic relationships. .
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