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Overview

Nebojsa Nakicenovic is affiliated with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria, focusing their research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their scholarly output covers a range of related subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, as well as Water Science and Technology.

The main topics covered in their work reflect a multidisciplinary approach, highlighting:

  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Water resources management and optimization

Their publications appear frequently in notable academic venues, with multiple contributions to Nature Sustainability and Nature, as well as Environmental Research Letters, IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis), and Earth's Future.

Among their recent papers, several stand out for their relevance and citation counts:

  • "Safe and just Earth system boundaries", 2023, published in Nature
  • "Identifying a Safe and Just Corridor for People and the Planet", 2021, published in Earth's Future
  • "Defining a sustainable development target space for 2030 and 2050", 2022, published in One Earth
  • "All options, not silver bullets, needed to limit global warming to 1.5 °C: a scenario appraisal", 2021, published in Environmental Research Letters
  • "A just world on a safe planet: a Lancet Planetary Health-Earth Commission report on Earth-system boundaries, translations, and transformations", 2024, published in The Lancet Planetary Health

The scientist collaborates frequently with a group of coauthors contributing to a range of interdisciplinary projects. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Johan Rockström
  • Caroline Zimm
  • Joyeeta Gupta
  • Timothy M. Lenton
  • Steven J. Lade

Best Publications

  • The representative concentration pathways: an overview

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

  • Special report on emissions scenarios : a special report of Working group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    N. Nakicenovic;J. Alcamo;G. Davis;B. de Vries

  • Special report on emissions scenarios

    Nebojsa Nakicenovic;Joseph Alcamo;Gerald Davis;Bert de Vries

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

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

  • RCP 8.5—A scenario of comparatively high greenhouse gas emissions

    Keywan Riahi;Shilpa Rao;Volker Krey;Cheolhung Cho

  • Six transformations to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

    Jeffrey D. Sachs;Guido Schmidt-Traub;Mariana Mazzucato;Dirk Messner

  • Numerical Ecology: Second English Edition

    Pierre Legendre;Louis Legendre

  • Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions

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

  • Scenarios of long-term socio-economic and environmental development under climate stabilization

    Keywan Riahi;Arnulf Grübler;Arnulf Grübler;Nebojsa Nakicenovic

  • A roadmap for rapid decarbonization

    Johan Rockström;Owen Gaffney;Owen Gaffney;Joeri Rogelj;Joeri Rogelj;Malte Meinshausen;Malte Meinshausen

  • World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change

    N. Nakicenovic

  • World Energy Outlook 2008

    A. Chambers;N. Nakicenovic

  • Safe and just Earth system boundaries

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  • Dynamics of energy technologies and global change

    Arnulf Grübler;Nebojša Nakićenović;David G Victor

  • Global energy : perspectives

    Nebojsa Nakicenovic;Arnulf Grübler;Alan T. McDonald

  • Avoiding dangerous climate change

    AJ Challinor;TR Wheeler;TM Osborne;JM Slingo

  • Policy: Five priorities for the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

    Yonglong Lu;Nebojsa Nakicenovic;Martin Visbeck;Anne-Sophie Stevance

  • Key indicators to track current progress and future ambition of the Paris Agreement

    Glen P. Peters;Robbie M. Andrew;Josep G. Canadell;Sabine Fuss

  • Anthropogenic Drivers of Ecosystem Change: an Overview

    Gerald C. Nelson;Elena Bennett;Asmeret A. Berhe;Kenneth Cassman

  • A proposal for a new scenario framework to support research and assessment in different climate research communities

    Detlef Van Vuuren;Detlef Van Vuuren;Keywan Riahi;Richard H. Moss;James A. Edmonds

  • Characterizing Climate-Change Uncertainties for Decision-Makers. An Editorial Essay

    Robert Lempert;Nebojsa Nakicenovic;Daniel Sarewitz;Michael Schlesinger

  • Thenextgenerationofscenariosforclimate change research and assessment

    RichardH . Moss;Timothy R. Carter;Seita Emori;Mikiko Kainuma

Frequent Co-Authors

Arnulf Grubler
Arnulf Grubler International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Keywan Riahi
Keywan Riahi International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Detlef P. van Vuuren
Detlef P. van Vuuren Utrecht University
Volker Krey
Volker Krey International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Brian C. O'Neill
Brian C. O'Neill Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Reinhold Leinfelder
Reinhold Leinfelder Freie Universität Berlin
Steven J. Smith
Steven J. Smith Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Stefan Rahmstorf
Stefan Rahmstorf Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Shonali Pachauri
Shonali Pachauri International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

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