2026 Elmar Kriegler: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	82	854	813	51	50	194	51978

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Elmar Kriegler is affiliated with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany. Their research spans several interrelated fields and topics largely focused on climate change, sustainability, and environmental policy.

Their work heavily involves areas such as:

Climate Change Policy and Economics
Environmental Impact and Sustainability
Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
Global Energy and Sustainability Research
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Sustainability and Climate Change Governance

Kriegler's subfields of study include:

Economics and Econometrics
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Global and Planetary Change
Environmental Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

Their research contributions have been published predominantly in venues such as:

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

Frequent collaborators include:

Gunnar Luderer
Christoph Bertram
Detlef P. van Vuuren
Bas van Ruijven
Nico Bauer

Recent publications highlight key areas of their research focus:

Climate model projections from the Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) of CMIP6, 2021, Earth System Dynamics
Achievements and needs for the climate change scenario framework, 2020, Nature Climate Change
Assessing China's efforts to pursue the 1.5°C warming limit, 2021, Science
Impact of declining renewable energy costs on electrification in low-emission scenarios, 2021, Nature Energy
A sustainable development pathway for climate action within the UN 2030 Agenda, 2021, Nature Climate Change

Their research addresses complex climate and energy modeling challenges, sustainable development frameworks, and policy implications of transitioning toward low-emission energy systems. This includes integrating economic and engineering insights to evaluate climate mitigation scenarios and sustainable pathways aligned with international agendas.

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

6201
Citations
Tipping elements in the Earth's climate system

Timothy M. Lenton;Hermann Held;Elmar Kriegler;Elmar Kriegler;Jim W. Hall

4793
Citations
The Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) for CMIP6

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

4323
Citations
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

3314
Citations
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

2892
Citations
Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions

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

1587
Citations
Scenarios towards limiting global mean temperature increase below 1.5 °C

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

1313
Citations
Energy system transformations for limiting end-of-century warming to below 1.5 °C

Joeri Rogelj;Joeri Rogelj;Gunnar Luderer;Robert C. Pietzcker;Elmar Kriegler

1112
Citations
Land-use futures in the shared socio-economic pathways

Alexander Popp;Katherine Calvin;Shinichiro Fujimori;Petr Havlik

1094
Citations
Guidance Note for Lead Authors of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report on Consistent Treatment of Uncertainties

Michael D. Mastrandrea;Christopher B. Field;Thomas F. Stocker;Ottmar Edenhofer

1020
Citations
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

988
Citations
A new scenario framework for climate change research: Scenario matrix architecture

Detlef P. van Vuuren;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Elmar Kriegler;Brian C. O’Neill;Kristie L. Ebi

879
Citations
Technical Summary: Global warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty

M. Allen;P. Antwi-Agyei;F. Aragon-Durand;M. Babiker

825
Citations
Mitigation Pathways Compatible with 1.5°C in the Context of Sustainable Development

Joeri Rogelj;Drew Shindell;Kejun Jiang;Solomone Fifita

813
Citations
Assessing Transformation Pathways

L Clarke;K Jiang;K Akimoto;M Babiker

773
Citations
Fossil-fueled development (SSP5): An energy and resource intensive scenario for the 21st century

Elmar Kriegler;Nico Bauer;Alexander Popp;Florian Humpenöder

736
Citations
Climate model projections from the Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) of CMIP6

Claudia Tebaldi;Kevin Debeire;Veronika Eyring;Veronika Eyring;Erich Fischer

682
Citations
Energy investment needs for fulfilling the Paris Agreement and achieving the sustainable development goals

David L. McCollum;David L. McCollum;Wenji Zhou;Christoph Bertram;Harmen Sytze de Boer

640
Citations
The need for and use of socio-economic scenarios for climate change analysis: A new approach based on shared socio-economic pathways

Elmar Kriegler;Brian C. O’Neill;Stephane Hallegatte;Tom Kram

624
Citations
Residual fossil CO2 emissions in 1.5–2 °C pathways

Gunnar Luderer;Zoi Vrontisi;Christoph Bertram;Oreane Y. Edelenbosch;Oreane Y. Edelenbosch

541
Citations
The role of technology for achieving climate policy objectives: overview of the EMF 27 study on global technology and climate policy strategies.

Elmar Kriegler;John Weyant;Geoffrey J. Blanford;Volker Krey

539
Citations
A new scenario framework for climate change research : scenario matrix architecture

Keywan Riahi;Tom Kram;Timothy R. Carter;Jae Edmonds

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Detlef P. van Vuuren Utrecht University

Keywan Riahi International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Gunnar Luderer Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Joeri Rogelj Imperial College London

Volker Krey International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Ottmar Edenhofer Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Nico Bauer Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Massimo Tavoni Polytechnic University of Milan

Shinichiro Fujimori Kyoto University

Katherine Calvin Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

External Links

Personal website of Elmar Kriegler Google Scholar page

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