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Economics and Finance

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Overview

Nico Bauer is affiliated with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany. Their research contributions span multiple interdisciplinary fields including economics, environmental engineering, and sustainability. The scientist's work addresses topics crucial to understanding and mitigating climate change and its impacts on societies and ecosystems.

Key recent publications by Nico Bauer include:

  • Impact of declining renewable energy costs on electrification in low-emission scenarios, 2021, Nature Energy
  • Intergenerational inequities in exposure to climate extremes, 2021, Science
  • Coal-exit health and environmental damage reductions outweigh economic impacts, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • REMIND2.1: transformation and innovation dynamics of the energy-economic system within climate and sustainability limits, 2021, Geoscientific Model Development
  • COVID-19-induced low power demand and market forces starkly reduce CO2 emissions, 2021, Nature Climate Change

Nico Bauer frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Elmar Kriegler
  • Gunnar Luderer
  • Jessica Strefler
  • Alexander Popp
  • David Klein

The scientist has published multiple works in a range of academic venues, notably:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Climatic Change
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Nature Energy
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

The research of Nico Bauer covers a wide array of subfields including:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

The main topics addressed in their scientific work are:

  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies

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

  • The shared socio-economic pathway (SSP) greenhouse gas concentrations and their extensions to 2500

    Malte Meinshausen;Malte Meinshausen;Zebedee R. J. Nicholls;Jared Lewis;Matthew J. Gidden

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

    Elmar Kriegler;Nico Bauer;Alexander Popp;Florian Humpenöder

  • Impact of declining renewable energy costs on electrification in low-emission scenarios

    Gunnar Luderer;Gunnar Luderer;Silvia Madeddu;Leon Merfort;Falko Ueckerdt

  • A sustainable development pathway for climate action within the UN 2030 Agenda

    Bjoern Soergel;Elmar Kriegler;Elmar Kriegler;Isabelle Weindl;Sebastian Rauner

  • Shared Socio-Economic Pathways of the Energy Sector – Quantifying the Narratives

    Nico Bauer;Katherine Calvin;Johannes Emmerling;Johannes Emmerling;Oliver Fricko

  • Intergenerational inequities in exposure to climate extremes

    Wim Thiery;Stefan Lange;Joeri Rogelj;Carl Friedrich Schleussner

  • Potential and costs of carbon dioxide removal by enhanced weathering of rocks

    Jessica Strefler;Thorben Amann;Nico Bauer;Elmar Kriegler

  • Global fossil energy markets and climate change mitigation – an analysis with REMIND

    Nico Bauer;Ioanna Mouratiadou;Gunnar Luderer;Lavinia Baumstark

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

    Haewon McJeon;Jae Edmonds;Nico Bauer;Leon Clarke

  • The Carbon Dioxide Removal Model Intercomparison Project (CDRMIP): rationale and experimental protocol for CMIP6

    David P. Keller;Andrew Lenton;Andrew Lenton;Vivian Scott;Naomi E. Vaughan

  • Decarbonization scenarios for the EU and MENA power system: Considering spatial distribution and short term dynamics of renewable generation

    Markus Haller;Sylvie Ludig;Nico Bauer

  • The impact of technological change on climate protection and welfare: Insights from the model MIND

    Ottmar Edenhofer;Nico Bauer;Elmar Kriegler

  • Mitigation costs in a globalized world: climate policy analysis with REMIND-R.

    Marian Leimbach;Nico Bauer;Lavinia Baumstark;Ottmar Edenhofer

  • The economic potential of bioenergy for climate change mitigation with special attention given to implications for the land system

    Alexander Popp;Jan Philipp Dietrich;Hermann Lotze-Campen;David Klein

  • Making or breaking climate targets: : The AMPERE study on staged accession scenarios for climate policy

    Elmar Kriegler;Keywan Riahi;Nico Bauer;Valeria Jana Schwanitz

  • Land-use transition for bioenergy and climate stabilization: model comparison of drivers, impacts and interactions with other land use based mitigation options

    Alexander Popp;Steven K. Rose;Katherine Calvin;Detlef P. Van Vuuren;Detlef P. Van Vuuren

  • Societal Transformations in Models for Energy and Climate Policy: The Ambitious Next Step

    Evelina Trutnevyte;Léon Francis Hirt;Nico Bauer;Aleh Cherp;Aleh Cherp

  • Exploring the possibility space: taking stock of the diverse capabilities and gaps in integrated assessment models

    I. Keppo;I. Keppo;I. Butnar;N. Bauer;M. Caspani

  • Future capacity growth of energy technologies: are scenarios consistent with historical evidence?

    C. Wilson;A. Grubler;A. Grubler;N. Bauer;V. Krey

  • Global energy sector emission reductions and bioenergy use: overview of the bioenergy demand phase of the EMF-33 model comparison

    Nico Bauer;Steven K. Rose;Shinichiro Fujimori;Shinichiro Fujimori;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Detlef P. van Vuuren

  • A short note on integrated assessment modeling approaches: Rejoinder to the review of “Making or breaking climate targets — The AMPERE study on staged accession scenarios for climate policy”

    Elmar Kriegler;Keywan Riahi;Nico Bauer;Valeria Jana Schwanitz;Valeria Jana Schwanitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Detlef P. van Vuuren
Detlef P. van Vuuren Utrecht University
Elmar Kriegler
Elmar Kriegler Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Ottmar Edenhofer
Ottmar Edenhofer Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Gunnar Luderer
Gunnar Luderer Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Alexander Popp
Alexander Popp Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Keywan Riahi
Keywan Riahi International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Hermann Lotze-Campen
Hermann Lotze-Campen Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Shinichiro Fujimori
Shinichiro Fujimori Kyoto University
Massimo Tavoni
Massimo Tavoni Polytechnic University of Milan
David L. McCollum
David L. McCollum Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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