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26810
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Overview

Arnulf Grubler is affiliated with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria. Their research portfolio centers on energy systems, climate change mitigation, and sustainable environmental policies. Their work frequently covers topics related to renewable energy, sustainability, and environmental impact, intersecting with economics, econometrics, ecology, transportation, and environmental engineering.

Grubler's recent publications demonstrate a focus on energy demand, decarbonization, and policy solutions addressing climate change. Notable papers include:

  • Demand-side solutions to climate change mitigation consistent with high levels of well-being (2021, Nature Climate Change)
  • Granular technologies to accelerate decarbonization (2020, Science)
  • Modeling Low Energy Demand Futures for Buildings: Current State and Research Needs (2023, Annual Review of Environment and Resources)
  • Leverage demand-side policies for energy security (2024, Science)
  • Industry Transformations for High Service Provisioning with Lower Energy and Material Demand: A Review of Models and Scenarios (2024, Annual Review of Environment and Resources)

The main topics covered in their research work include:

  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation

Grubler frequently collaborates with a consistent group of co-authors, reflecting ongoing partnerships in advancing research in their fields. These collaborators include:

  • Nuno Bento
  • Felix Creutzig
  • Leila Niamir
  • Eric Masanet
  • Benigna Boza-Kiss

The venues where Grubler publishes their findings tend to be well-established journals emphasizing environmental science, climate policies, and energy systems. Their most frequent publication venues are:

  • Science
  • Annual Review of Environment and Resources
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Scientometrics
  • Risk Governance and Control Financial Markets & Institutions

Best Publications

  • Special report on emissions scenarios : a special report of Working group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    N. Nakicenovic;J. Alcamo;G. Davis;B. de Vries

  • Environment and development. Sustainability science.

    Kates Rw;Clark Wc;Corell R;Hall Jm

  • Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions

    Pete Smith;Steven J. Davis;Felix Creutzig;Sabine Fuss

  • Scenarios of long-term socio-economic and environmental development under climate stabilization

    Keywan Riahi;Arnulf Grübler;Arnulf Grübler;Nebojsa Nakicenovic

  • A low energy demand scenario for meeting the 1.5 °c target and sustainable development goals without negative emission technologies

    Arnulf Grubler;Charlie Wilson;Charlie Wilson;Nuno Bento;Nuno Bento;Benigna Boza-Kiss

  • Dynamics of energy technologies and global change

    Arnulf Grübler;Nebojša Nakićenović;David G Victor

  • Global energy : perspectives

    Nebojsa Nakicenovic;Arnulf Grübler;Alan T. McDonald

  • Towards demand-side solutions for mitigating climate change

    Felix Creutzig;Joyashree Roy;William F. Lamb;Inês M. L. Azevedo

  • Technology and global change

    Arnulf Grübler

  • Energy transitions research: Insights and cautionary tales

    Arnulf Grubler;Arnulf Grubler

  • Demand-side solutions to climate change mitigation consistent with high levels of well-being

    Felix Creutzig;Leila Niamir;Xuemei Bai;Max Callaghan

  • The Energy Technology Innovation System

    Kelly Sims Gallagher;Arnulf Grübler;Laura Kuhl;Gregory Nemet

  • Energy Pathways for Sustainable Development

    K. Riahi;F. Dentener;D. Gielen;A. Grubler

  • Regional, national, and spatially explicit scenarios of demographic and economic change based on SRES

    A. Grubler;A. Grubler;B.C. O'Neill;B.C. O'Neill;K. Riahi;V. Chirkov

  • Technological change and the timing of mitigation measures

    Arnulf Grübler;Sabine Messner

  • Marginalization of end-use technologies in energy innovation for climate protection

    Charlie Wilson;Arnulf Grubler;Arnulf Grubler;Kelly S. Gallagher;Gregory F. Nemet

  • Climate policies can help resolve energy security and air pollution challenges

    David L. McCollum;David L. McCollum;Volker Krey;Keywan Riahi;Keywan Riahi;Peter Kolp

  • Urban Energy Systems

    Arnulf Grubler;Xuemei Bai;Thomas Buettner;Shobhakar Dhakal

  • Future capacity growth of energy technologies: are scenarios consistent with historical evidence?

    C. Wilson;A. Grubler;A. Grubler;N. Bauer;V. Krey

  • Granular technologies to accelerate decarbonization

    C. Wilson;C. Wilson;A. Grubler;N. Bento;N. Bento;S. Healey;S. Healey;S. Healey

  • Regional, national, and spatially explicit scenarios of demographic and economic change based on SRES. Technol Forecast Soc Chang

    A. Grübler;B. O'Neill;K. Riahi;V. Chirkov

Frequent Co-Authors

Nebojsa Nakicenovic
Nebojsa Nakicenovic International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Keywan Riahi
Keywan Riahi International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Volker Krey
Volker Krey International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Brian C. O'Neill
Brian C. O'Neill Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Shonali Pachauri
Shonali Pachauri International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
David L. McCollum
David L. McCollum Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Dominique Foray
Dominique Foray École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Michael E. Schlesinger
Michael E. Schlesinger University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Detlef P. van Vuuren
Detlef P. van Vuuren Utrecht University
Felix Creutzig
Felix Creutzig Technical University of Berlin

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