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Overview

Oliver Fricko is affiliated with Integrated Assessment and Climate Change in Austria. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their work centers on key topics related to Climate Change Policy and Economics, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies, Integrated Energy Systems Optimization, and Climate Change and Health Impacts.

Fricko has published several papers in leading scientific journals. Notable publications include: "Taking stock of national climate policies to evaluate implementation of the Paris Agreement" (2020, Nature Communications), "Land-based measures to mitigate climate change: Potential and feasibility by country" (2021, Global Change Biology), "Cost and attainability of meeting stringent climate targets without overshoot" (2021, Nature Climate Change), "Net zero-emission pathways reduce the physical and economic risks of climate change" (2021, Nature Climate Change), and "Climate mitigation scenarios with persistent COVID-19-related energy demand changes" (2021, Nature Energy).

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations include Keywan Riahi, Volker Krey, Bas van Ruijven, Detlef P. van Vuuren, and Shinichiro Fujimori. These collaborations have contributed to diverse interdisciplinary outputs within their field.

Core publication venues where Fricko's work regularly appears are:

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

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

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

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

  • A low energy demand scenario for meeting the 1.5 °c target and sustainable development goals without negative emission technologies

    Arnulf Grubler;Charlie Wilson;Charlie Wilson;Nuno Bento;Nuno Bento;Benigna Boza-Kiss

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

    Alexander Popp;Katherine Calvin;Shinichiro Fujimori;Petr Havlik

  • The marker quantification of the Shared Socioeconomic Pathway 2: A middle-of-the-road scenario for the 21st century

    Oliver Fricko;Petr Havlik;Joeri Rogelj;Zbigniew Klimont

  • 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

  • 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

  • Contribution of the land sector to a 1.5 °C world

    Stephanie Roe;Charlotte Streck;Michael Obersteiner;Stefan Frank

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

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

  • Future air pollution in the Shared Socio-economic Pathways

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

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

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

  • Taking stock of national climate policies to evaluate implementation of the Paris Agreement

    Mark Roelfsema;Heleen L. van Soest;Heleen L. van Soest;Mathijs Harmsen;Mathijs Harmsen;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Detlef P. van Vuuren

  • Land-based measures to mitigate climate change: Potential and feasibility by country.

    Stephanie Roe;Charlotte Streck;Robert Beach;Jonah Busch

  • Environmental co-benefits and adverse side-effects of alternative power sector decarbonization strategies

    Gunnar Luderer;Michaja Pehl;Anders Arvesen;Thomas Gibon

  • Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture without compromising food security

    Stefan Frank;Petr Havlík;Jean François Soussana;Antoine Levesque;Antoine Levesque

  • A multi-model assessment of food security implications of climate change mitigation

    Shinichiro Fujimori;Shinichiro Fujimori;Shinichiro Fujimori;Tomoko Hasegawa;Tomoko Hasegawa;Tomoko Hasegawa;Volker Krey;Keywan Riahi;Keywan Riahi

  • The MESSAGE Integrated Assessment Model and the ix modeling platform (ixmp): An open framework for integrated and cross-cutting analysis of energy, climate, the environment, and sustainable development

    Daniel Huppmann;Matthew J. Gidden;Oliver Fricko;Peter Kolp

  • Cost and attainability of meeting stringent climate targets without overshoot

    Keywan Riahi;Christoph Bertram;Daniel Huppmann;Joeri Rogelj

  • 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

  • Understanding the origin of Paris Agreement emission uncertainties.

    Joeri Rogelj;Oliver Fricko;Malte Meinshausen;Malte Meinshausen;Volker Krey

  • Energy sector water use implications of a 2°C climate policy

    Oliver Fricko;Simon C Parkinson;Simon C Parkinson;Nils Johnson;Manfred Strubegger

Frequent Co-Authors

Keywan Riahi
Keywan Riahi International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Detlef P. van Vuuren
Detlef P. van Vuuren Utrecht University
Shinichiro Fujimori
Shinichiro Fujimori Kyoto University
Volker Krey
Volker Krey International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Laurent Drouet
Laurent Drouet European Institute
Petr Havlik
Petr Havlik International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Elmar Kriegler
Elmar Kriegler Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Joeri Rogelj
Joeri Rogelj Imperial College London
Massimo Tavoni
Massimo Tavoni Polytechnic University of Milan
Valentina Bosetti
Valentina Bosetti Bocconi University

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