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Bas J. van Ruijven is affiliated with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with substantial work in related subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Environmental Engineering, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The main topics of their research include Climate Change Policy and Economics, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, Energy and Environment Impacts, Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, and Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies.

Van Ruijven has contributed to numerous publications, with several recent papers including:

  • Achievements and needs for the climate change scenario framework, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Author Correction: Implications of intercontinental renewable electricity trade for energy systems and emissions, 2023, Nature Energy
  • Cost and attainability of meeting stringent climate targets without overshoot, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • A multidimensional feasibility evaluation of low-carbon scenarios, 2021, Environmental Research Letters
  • Accounting for finance is key for climate mitigation pathways, 2021, Science

Frequent collaborators in their work include Keywan Riahi, Elmar Kriegler, Volker Krey, Detlef P. van Vuuren, and Behnam Zakeri.

Van Ruijven's work has appeared regularly in several publication venues. Notably, they have multiple publications in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis)
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Nature Climate Change

Their contributions extend to book publications, including a work published by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis titled Methodologies and Tools for Integrated Systems Modelling (2020).

Best Publications

  • The roads ahead: Narratives for shared socioeconomic pathways describing world futures in the 21st century

    Brian C. O'Neill;Elmar Kriegler;Kristie L. Ebi;Eric Kemp-Benedict

  • RCP2.6: exploring the possibility to keep global mean temperature increase below 2°C

    Detlef P. van Vuuren;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Elke Stehfest;Michel G. J. den Elzen;Tom Kram

  • Stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations at low levels: an assessment of reduction strategies and costs

    Detlef P. van Vuuren;Michel G. J. den Elzen;Paul L. Lucas;Bas Eickhout

  • Energy, land-use and greenhouse gas emissions trajectories under a green growth paradigm

    Detlef P. van Vuuren;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Elke Stehfest;David E. H. J. Gernaat;David E. H. J. Gernaat;Jonathan C. Doelman

  • Amplification of future energy demand growth due to climate change

    Bas J. van Ruijven;Bas J. van Ruijven;Bas J. van Ruijven;Enrica De Cian;Ian Sue Wing

  • Achievements and needs for the climate change scenario framework.

    Brian C. O'Neill;Brian C. O'Neill;Timothy R. Carter;Kristie L. Ebi;Paula A. Harrison

  • Model projections for household energy use in developing countries

    Vasileios Daioglou;Bas J. van Ruijven;Bas J. van Ruijven;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Detlef P. van Vuuren

  • Long-term model-based projections of energy use and CO2 emissions from the global steel and cement industries

    Bas J. van Ruijven;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Willem Boskaljon;Maarten L. Neelis

  • Energy Pathways for Sustainable Development

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

  • Cost and attainability of meeting stringent climate targets without overshoot

    Keywan Riahi;Christoph Bertram;Daniel Huppmann;Joeri Rogelj

  • Pathways to achieve universal household access to modern energy by 2030

    Shonali Pachauri;Bas J van Ruijven;Yu Nagai;Yu Nagai;Keywan Riahi

  • The role of negative CO2 emissions for reaching 2 °C—insights from integrated assessment modelling

    Detlef P. van Vuuren;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Sebastiaan Deetman;Jasper van Vliet;Maarten van den Berg

  • Impact of solar panels on global climate

    Aixue Hu;Samuel Levis;Gerald A. Meehl;Weiqing Han

  • Enhancing the relevance of Shared Socioeconomic Pathways for climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability research

    Bas J. van Ruijven;Marc A. Levy;Arun Agrawal;Frank Biermann

  • Model projections for household energy use in India

    Bas J. van Ruijven;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Bert J.M. de Vries;Morna Isaac

  • Scenarios for vulnerability: opportunities and constraints in the context of climate change and disaster risk

    Joern Birkmann;Susan L. Cutter;Dale S. Rothman;Torsten Welle

  • Modeling Energy and Development: an Evaluation of Models and Concepts

    Bas van Ruijven;Frauke Urban;René M.J. Benders;Henri C. Moll

  • Urban and rural energy use and carbon dioxide emissions in Asia

    Volker Krey;Brian C. O'Neill;Bas van Ruijven;Vaibhav Chaturvedi

  • Oil and natural gas prices and greenhouse gas emission mitigation

    Bas van Ruijven;Detlef P. van Vuuren

  • Improving poverty and inequality modelling in climate research

    Narasimha D. Rao;Bas J. van Ruijven;Keywan Riahi;Valentina Bosetti

  • The Copenhagen Accord: abatement costs and carbon prices resulting from the submissions

    Michel G.J. den Elzen;Andries F. Hof;Angelica Mendoza Beltran;Giacomo Grassi

Frequent Co-Authors

Detlef P. van Vuuren
Detlef P. van Vuuren Utrecht University
Keywan Riahi
Keywan Riahi International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Elmar Kriegler
Elmar Kriegler Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Shinichiro Fujimori
Shinichiro Fujimori Kyoto University
Volker Krey
Volker Krey International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Brian C. O'Neill
Brian C. O'Neill Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Valentina Bosetti
Valentina Bosetti Bocconi University
Michel G.J. den Elzen
Michel G.J. den Elzen Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Shonali Pachauri
Shonali Pachauri International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Oliver Fricko
Oliver Fricko Integrated Assessment and Climate Change

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