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2026
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Environmental Sciences
Italy
2023

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
73
Citations
28613
World Ranking
389
National Ranking
7

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
73
Citations
28764
World Ranking
1386
National Ranking
13

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Massimo Tavoni is affiliated with the Polytechnic University of Milan in Italy. Their primary field of research is Environmental Science, reflected in a substantial body of work in related subfields and topics.

Their main subfields of study include Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Research topics frequently covered by Tavoni comprise Climate Change Policy and Economics, Environmental Education and Sustainability, Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, Environmental Sustainability in Business, Global Energy and Sustainability Research, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, and Smart Grid Energy Management.

Tavoni has published extensively across several reputable venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Tavoni include:

  • Cost and attainability of meeting stringent climate targets without overshoot, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • The interaction of descriptive and injunctive social norms in promoting energy conservation, 2020, Nature Energy
  • AR6 Scenarios Database, 2022, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The cost of mitigation revisited, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • Future Prospects of Direct Air Capture Technologies: Insights From an Expert Elicitation Survey, 2021, Frontiers in Climate

Frequent collaborators in Tavoni's research include Johannes Emmerling, Giovanna D'Adda, Jacopo Bonan, Valentina Bosetti, and Laurent Drouet.

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

  • Betting on negative emissions

    Sabine Fuss;Josep G. Canadell;Glen P. Peters;Massimo Tavoni

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

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

  • Country-level social cost of carbon

    Katharine Ricke;Laurent Drouet;Ken Caldeira;Massimo Tavoni;Massimo Tavoni

  • Towards demand-side solutions for mitigating climate change

    Felix Creutzig;Joyashree Roy;William F. Lamb;Inês M. L. Azevedo

  • Assessing Transformation Pathways

    L Clarke;K Jiang;K Akimoto;M Babiker

  • International climate policy architectures: Overview of the EMF 22 International Scenarios

    Leon Clarke;Jae Edmonds;Volker Krey;Richard Richels

  • A World induced Technical Change Hybrid Model

    Valentina Bosetti;Carlo Carraro;Marzio Galeotti;Emanuele Massetti

  • Connecting climate action with other Sustainable Development Goals

    Francesco Fuso Nerini;Francesco Fuso Nerini;Benjamin Sovacool;Nick Hughes;Laura Cozzi

  • WITCH. A World Induced Technical Change Hybrid Model

    Valentina Bosetti;Carlo Carraro;Marzio Galeotti;Emanuele Massetti

  • 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

  • Future air pollution in the Shared Socio-economic Pathways

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

  • Sharing global CO2 emission reductions among one billion high emitters.

    Shoibal Chakravarty;Ananth Chikkatur;Heleen de Coninck;Stephen Pacala

  • An inter-model assessment of the role of direct air capture in deep mitigation pathways.

    Giulia Realmonte;Laurent Drouet;Ajay Gambhir;James Glynn

  • Assessing China's efforts to pursue the 1.5°C warming limit.

    Hongbo Duan;Sheng Zhou;Kejun Jiang;Christoph Bertram

  • Are renewable energy subsidies effective? Evidence from Europe

    Marcella Giovanna Nicolini;Massimo Tavoni;Massimo Tavoni

  • International energy R&D spillovers and the economics of greenhouse gas atmospheric stabilization.

    Valentina Bosetti;Valentina Bosetti;Carlo Carraro;Emanuele Massetti;Emanuele Massetti;Emanuele Massetti;Massimo Tavoni;Massimo Tavoni;Massimo Tavoni

  • What Should We Expect from Innovation? A Model-Based Assessment of the Environmental and Mitigation Cost Implications of Climate-Related R&D

    Valentina Bosetti;Carlo Carraro;Romain Duval;Massimo Tavoni

  • Limited impact on decadal-scale climate change from increased use of natural gas

    Haewon McJeon;Jae Edmonds;Nico Bauer;Leon Clarke

Frequent Co-Authors

Valentina Bosetti
Valentina Bosetti Bocconi University
Carlo Carraro
Carlo Carraro University of California, Berkeley
Detlef P. van Vuuren
Detlef P. van Vuuren Utrecht University
Keywan Riahi
Keywan Riahi International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Laurent Drouet
Laurent Drouet European Institute
Elmar Kriegler
Elmar Kriegler Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Gunnar Luderer
Gunnar Luderer Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Bob van der Zwaan
Bob van der Zwaan University of Amsterdam
Volker Krey
Volker Krey International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
David E.H.J. Gernaat
David E.H.J. Gernaat Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

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