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David E.H.J. Gernaat is affiliated with the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency in the Netherlands. Their research primarily centers on environmental science and engineering, with a focus on topics related to energy systems, climate change impacts, and sustainability.

The main fields of study for David Gernaat include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering

Subfields of specialization encompass:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Water Science and Technology

Their research work covers a variety of interrelated topics, such as:

  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Climate variability and models

Frequent publication venues for David Gernaat include:

  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Energy
  • Climatic Change
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Nature Energy

They have collaborated extensively with several researchers, notably:

  • Detlef P. van Vuuren
  • Harmen Sytze de Boer
  • Vassilis Daioglou
  • Seleshi Yalew
  • Gokul Iyer

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by David Gernaat include:

  • Climate change impacts on renewable energy supply, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • Impacts of climate change on energy systems in global and regional scenarios, 2020, Nature Energy
  • Global resource potential of seasonal pumped hydropower storage for energy and water storage, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Decarbonising the critical sectors of aviation, shipping, road freight and industry to limit warming to 1.5-2°C, 2020, Climate Policy
  • The role of residential rooftop photovoltaic in long-term energy and climate scenarios, 2020, Applied Energy

Best Publications

  • The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and their energy, land use, and greenhouse gas emissions implications: An overview

    Keywan Riahi;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Elmar Kriegler;Jae Edmonds

  • Scenarios towards limiting global mean temperature increase below 1.5 °C

    Joeri Rogelj;Joeri Rogelj;Alexander Popp;Katherine V. Calvin;Gunnar Luderer

  • 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

  • Alternative pathways to the 1.5 °C target reduce the need for negative emission technologies

    Detlef P. van Vuuren;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Elke Stehfest;David E. H. J. Gernaat;David E. H. J. Gernaat;Maarten van den Berg

  • Climate change impacts on renewable energy supply

    David E. H. J. Gernaat;David E. H. J. Gernaat;Harmen Sytze de Boer;Harmen Sytze de Boer;Vassilis Daioglou;Vassilis Daioglou;Seleshi G. Yalew;Seleshi G. Yalew;Seleshi G. Yalew

  • Future air pollution in the Shared Socio-economic Pathways

    Shilpa Rao;Shilpa Rao;Zbigniew Klimont;Steven J. Smith;Steven J. Smith;Rita Van Dingenen

  • Impacts of climate change on energy systems in global and regional scenarios

    Seleshi G. Yalew;Seleshi G. Yalew;Seleshi G. Yalew;Michelle T. H. van Vliet;Michelle T. H. van Vliet;David E. H. J. Gernaat;David E. H. J. Gernaat;Fulco Ludwig

  • Shared Socio-Economic Pathways of the Energy Sector – Quantifying the Narratives

    Nico Bauer;Katherine Calvin;Johannes Emmerling;Johannes Emmerling;Oliver Fricko

  • Exploring SSP land-use dynamics using the IMAGE model: Regional and gridded scenarios of land-use change and land-based climate change mitigation

    Jonathan C. Doelman;Elke Stehfest;Andrzej Tabeau;Hans van Meijl

  • Afforestation for climate change mitigation: Potentials, risks and trade-offs

    Jonathan C. Doelman;Jonathan C. Doelman;Elke Stehfest;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Andrzej Tabeau

  • High-resolution assessment of global technical and economic hydropower potential

    David E. H. J. Gernaat;David E. H. J. Gernaat;Patrick W. Bogaart;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Hester Biemans

  • Limited emission reductions from fuel subsidy removal except in energy-exporting regions

    Jessica Jewell;Jessica Jewell;David McCollum;David McCollum;Johannes Emmerling;Christoph Bertram

  • Global resource potential of seasonal pumped hydropower storage for energy and water storage.

    Julian D. Hunt;Edward Byers;Yoshihide Wada;Simon Parkinson;Simon Parkinson

  • Looking under the hood: A comparison of techno-economic assumptions across national and global integrated assessment models

    Volker Krey;Volker Krey;Fei Guo;Peter Kolp;Wenji Zhou

  • Decarbonising the critical sectors of aviation, shipping, road freight and industry to limit warming to 1.5–2°C

    M. Sharmina;O. Y. Edelenbosch;C. Wilson;R. Freeman

  • Assessing current and future techno-economic potential of concentrated solar power and photovoltaic electricity generation

    Alexandre C. Köberle;Alexandre C. Köberle;David E.H.J. Gernaat;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Detlef P. van Vuuren

  • Global and regional abatement costs of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and of enhanced action to levels well below 2 °C and 1.5 °C

    Andries F. Hof;Andries F. Hof;Michel G.J. den Elzen;Annemiek Admiraal;Mark Roelfsema

  • Integrated scenarios to support analysis of the food–energy–water nexus

    Detlef P. Van Vuuren;Detlef P. Van Vuuren;David L. Bijl;Patrick Bogaart;Patrick Bogaart;Elke Stehfest

  • The role of decentralized systems in providing universal electricity access in Sub-Saharan Africa – A model-based approach

    Anteneh G. Dagnachew;Paul L. Lucas;Andries F. Hof;Andries F. Hof;David E.H.J. Gernaat

  • Sensitivity of projected long-term CO2 emissions across the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways

    Giacomo Marangoni;Giacomo Marangoni;Giacomo Marangoni;Massimo Tavoni;Massimo Tavoni;Massimo Tavoni;V. Bosetti;V. Bosetti;V. Bosetti;E. Borgonovo

  • IAMC 1.5°C Scenario Explorer and Data hosted by IIASA

    Daniel Huppmann;Elmar Kriegler;Volker Krey;Keywan Riahi

  • Evaluating the use of biomass energy with carbon capture and storage in low emission scenarios

    Naomi E Vaughan;Clair Gough;Sarah Mander;Emma W Littleton

  • Understanding the contribution of non-carbon dioxide gases in deep mitigation scenarios

    David E.H.J. Gernaat;Katherine Calvin;Paul L. Lucas;Gunnar Luderer

Frequent Co-Authors

Detlef P. van Vuuren
Detlef P. van Vuuren Utrecht University
Massimo Tavoni
Massimo Tavoni Polytechnic University of Milan
Vassilis Daioglou
Vassilis Daioglou Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Keywan Riahi
Keywan Riahi International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Andries F. Hof
Andries F. Hof Utrecht University
Volker Krey
Volker Krey International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Shinichiro Fujimori
Shinichiro Fujimori Kyoto University
Laurent Drouet
Laurent Drouet European Institute
Elke Stehfest
Elke Stehfest Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Elmar Kriegler
Elmar Kriegler Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

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