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2023

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82
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854
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Elmar Kriegler publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Elmar Kriegler sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 194 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Elmar Kriegler D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Elmar Kriegler sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

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

  • Tipping elements in the Earth's climate system

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

  • 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 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

  • Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions

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

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

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

  • 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

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

    Alexander Popp;Katherine Calvin;Shinichiro Fujimori;Petr Havlik

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

    Joeri Rogelj;Drew Shindell;Kejun Jiang;Solomone Fifita

  • Assessing Transformation Pathways

    L Clarke;K Jiang;K Akimoto;M Babiker

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

    Elmar Kriegler;Nico Bauer;Alexander Popp;Florian Humpenöder

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Residual fossil CO2 emissions in 1.5–2 °C pathways

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

  • 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

  • A new scenario framework for climate change research : scenario matrix architecture

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Detlef P. van Vuuren
Detlef P. van Vuuren Utrecht University
Keywan Riahi
Keywan Riahi International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Gunnar Luderer
Gunnar Luderer Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Joeri Rogelj
Joeri Rogelj Imperial College London
Volker Krey
Volker Krey International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Ottmar Edenhofer
Ottmar Edenhofer Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Nico Bauer
Nico Bauer Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Massimo Tavoni
Massimo Tavoni Polytechnic University of Milan
Shinichiro Fujimori
Shinichiro Fujimori Kyoto University
Katherine Calvin
Katherine Calvin Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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