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Detlef P. van Vuuren

Detlef P. van Vuuren

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Biology and Biochemistry
Netherlands
2026
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Environmental Sciences
Netherlands
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
147
Citations
117929
World Ranking
34
National Ranking
3

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
137
Citations
106444
World Ranking
312
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2018 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Detlef P. van Vuuren is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with particular attention to economics and econometrics, global and planetary change, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, environmental engineering, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics including climate change policy and economics, environmental impact and sustainability, energy, environment, and transportation policies, sustainability and climate change governance, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, global energy and sustainability research, and energy and environment impacts.

Frequent coauthors associated with Detlef P. van Vuuren include Vassilis Daioglou, Shinichiro Fujimori, Keywan Riahi, Mathijs Harmsen, and Jonathan Doelman.

Their publications appear in various scholarly venues with high frequency in:

  • Nature Climate Change
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Climatic Change
  • Nature Communications

Some of the recent papers attributed to this researcher include:

  • "Harmonization of global land use change and management for the period 850-2100 (LUH2) for CMIP6," 2020, published in Geoscientific Model Development
  • "Safe and just Earth system boundaries," 2023, published in Nature
  • "Social tipping dynamics for stabilizing Earth's climate by 2050," 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy," 2020, published in Nature
  • "Climate model projections from the Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) of CMIP6," 2021, published in Earth System Dynamics

Detlef P. van Vuuren was recognized by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2018.

Best Publications

  • The representative concentration pathways: an overview

    Detlef P. van Vuuren;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Jae Edmonds;Mikiko Kainuma;Keywan Riahi

  • The next generation of scenarios for climate change research and assessment

    Richard H. Moss;Jae A. Edmonds;Kathy A. Hibbard;Martin R. Manning

  • 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

  • The Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) for CMIP6

    Brian C. O'Neill;Claudia Tebaldi;Detlef P. Van Vuuren;Detlef P. Van Vuuren;Veronika Eyring

  • The RCP greenhouse gas concentrations and their extensions from 1765 to 2300

    Malte Meinshausen;Malte Meinshausen;S. J. Smith;K. Calvin;J. S. Daniel

  • 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

  • A new scenario framework for climate change research: the concept of shared socioeconomic pathways

    Brian C. O’Neill;Elmar Kriegler;Keywan Riahi;Kristie Lee Ebi

  • Historical (1850–2000) gridded anthropogenic and biomass burning emissions of reactive gases and aerosols: methodology and application

    J.-F. Lamarque;T. C. Bond;V. Eyring;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;Claire Granier

  • Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions

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

  • Harmonization of land-use scenarios for the period 1500–2100: 600 years of global gridded annual land-use transitions, wood harvest, and resulting secondary lands

    G. C. Hurtt;G. C. Hurtt;L. P. Chini;S. Frolking;R. A. Betts

  • Indicators for energy security

    Bert Kruyt;D.P. van Vuuren;H.J.M. de Vries;H.J.M. de Vries;H. Groenenberg

  • Modeling global residential sector energy demand for heating and air conditioning in the context of climate change

    Morna Isaac;Detlef P. van Vuuren

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

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

  • Exploring global changes in nitrogen and phosphorus cycles in agriculture induced by livestock production over the 1900–2050 period

    Lex Bouwman;Kees Klein Goldewijk;Klaas W. Van Der Hoek;Arthur H. W. Beusen

  • Climate benefits of changing diet

    Elke Stehfest;Lex Bouwman;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Michel G. J. den Elzen

  • Global drivers of future river flood risk

    Hessel C. Winsemius;Jeroen C.J.H. Aerts;Ludovicus P.H. van Beek;Marc F.P. Bierkens

  • 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

  • Land-use futures in the shared socio-economic pathways

    Alexander Popp;Katherine Calvin;Shinichiro Fujimori;Petr Havlik

  • Global emissions pathways under different socioeconomic scenarios for use in CMIP6: a dataset of harmonized emissions trajectories through the end of the century

    Matthew J. Gidden;Keywan Riahi;Steven J. Smith;Shinichiro Fujimori;Shinichiro Fujimori

  • Harmonization of global land use change and management for the period 850–2100 (LUH2) for CMIP6

    George C. Hurtt;Louise Chini;Ritvik Sahajpal;Steve Frolking

  • Evolution of anthropogenic and biomass burning emissions of air pollutants at global and regional scales during the 1980–2010 period

    Claire Granier;Bertrand Bessagnet;Tami Bond;Ariela D'Angiola

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Keywan Riahi
Keywan Riahi International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Andries F. Hof
Andries F. Hof Utrecht University
Shinichiro Fujimori
Shinichiro Fujimori Kyoto University
Michel G.J. den Elzen
Michel G.J. den Elzen Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Elke Stehfest
Elke Stehfest Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
David E.H.J. Gernaat
David E.H.J. Gernaat Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Elmar Kriegler
Elmar Kriegler Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Massimo Tavoni
Massimo Tavoni Polytechnic University of Milan
Volker Krey
Volker Krey International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Vassilis Daioglou
Vassilis Daioglou Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

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