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Stefan Fronzek is affiliated with the Finnish Environment Institute in Finland. Their research primarily addresses environmental and agricultural challenges related to climate change, with a significant emphasis on understanding and modeling climate change impacts on agriculture and associated socioeconomic dimensions.

Their scholarly work has been published in various scientific venues. Notable publication outlets include the SSRN Electronic Journal, Climate Risk Management, Regional Environmental Change, Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive, and the Open Data Journal for Agricultural Research.

Their main fields of study are Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Subfields cover Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, Atmospheric Science, and Sociology and Political Science.

Fronzek's research topics are mainly centered on:

  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Climate variability and models
  • Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Fronzek include:

  • "A conceptual framework for cross-border impacts of climate change" (2021, Global Environmental Change)
  • "Future area expansion outweighs increasing drought risk for soybean in Europe" (2022, Global Change Biology)
  • "Lessons from COVID-19 for managing transboundary climate risks and building resilience" (2022, Climate Risk Management)
  • "Shared socioeconomic pathways for climate change research in Finland: co-developing extended SSP narratives for agriculture" (2021, Regional Environmental Change)
  • "FINSKEN: a framework for developing consistent global change scenarios for Finland in the 21st century" (2024, Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Timothy R. Carter
  • Nina Pirttioja
  • Frank Ewert
  • Mikael Hildén
  • Christopher Reyer

Best Publications

  • Projecting the future distribution of European potential natural vegetation zones with a generalized, tree species-based dynamic vegetation model

    Thomas Hickler;Katrin Vohland;Jane Feehan;Paul A. Miller

  • Uncertainties in projected impacts of climate change on European agriculture and terrestrial ecosystems based on scenarios from regional climate models

    J. E. Olesen;T. R. Carter;C. H. Díaz-Ambrona;S. Fronzek

  • Diverging importance of drought stress for maize and winter wheat in Europe

    Heidi Webber;Frank Ewert;Jørgen E. Olesen;Christoph Müller

  • Leaf litter decomposition-Estimates of global variability based on Yasso07 model

    Mikko Tuomi;Mikko Tuomi;T. Thum;H. Järvinen;S. Fronzek

  • Implication of crop model calibration strategies for assessing regional impacts of climate change in Europe

    Carlos Angulo;Reimund Rötter;Reiner Lock;Andreas Enders

  • Changes in frost, snow and Baltic sea ice by the end of the twenty-first century based on climate model projections for Europe

    Kirsti Jylhä;Stefan Fronzek;Heikki Tuomenvirta;Timothy R. Carter

  • Temperature and Precipitation Effects on Wheat Yield Across a European Transect: a Crop Model Ensemble Analysis Using Impact Response Surfaces

    N. Pirttioja;T. R. Carter;S. Fronzek;M. Bindi

  • What would happen to barley production in Finland if global warming exceeded 4 °C? A model-based assessment

    Reimund P. Rötter;Taru Palosuo;N. K. Pirttioja;M. Dubrovsky;M. Dubrovsky

  • A conceptual framework for cross-border impacts of climate change

    Timothy Carter;Magnus Benzie;Magnus Benzie;Emanuele Campiglio;Henrik Carlsen

  • Assessing the vulnerability of European butterflies to climate change using multiple criteria.

    Risto K. Heikkinen;Miska Luoto;Niko Leikola;Juha Pöyry

  • Future area expansion outweighs increasing drought risk for soybean in Europe

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  • Adaptation response surfaces for managing wheat under perturbed climate and CO2 in a Mediterranean environment

    M. Ruiz-Ramos;R. Ferrise;A. Rodríguez;I. J. Lorite

  • Potential effect of climate change on the distribution of palsa mires in subarctic Fennoscandia

    Stefan Fronzek;Miska Luoto;Timothy R. Carter

  • How can irrigated agriculture adapt to climate change? Insights from the Guadiana Basin in Spain

    Consuelo Varela-Ortega;Irene Blanco-Gutiérrez;Paloma Esteve;Sukaina Bharwani

  • Scenarios for investigating risks to biodiversity

    Joachim H. Spangenberg;Alberte Bondeau;Timothy R. Carter;Stefan Fronzek

  • Characterising vulnerability of the elderly to climate change in the Nordic region

    Timothy R. Carter;Stefan Fronzek;Aino Inkinen;Ismo Lahtinen

  • Applying probabilistic projections of climate change with impact models: a case study for sub-arctic palsa mires in Fennoscandia

    Stefan Fronzek;Timothy R. Carter;Jouni Räisänen;Leena Ruokolainen

  • Modelling shifts in agroclimate and crop cultivar response under climate change.

    Reimund P. Rötter;Jukka Höhn;Mirek Trnka;Mirek Trnka;Stefan Fronzek

  • Spatial Modelling of Palsa Mires in Relation to Climate in Northern Europe

    Miska Luoto;Miska Luoto;Stefan Fronzek;Frieda S. Zuidhoff

  • Assessing uncertainties in climate change impacts on resource potential for Europe based on projections from RCMs and GCMs

    Stefan Fronzek;Timothy R. Carter

  • FINADAPT scenarios for the 21st century. Alternative futures for considering adaptation to climate change in Finland. FINADAPT Working Paper 2

    Timothy R. Carter;Kirsti Jylhä;Adriaan Perrels;Stefan Fronzek

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy R. Carter
Timothy R. Carter Finnish Environment Institute
Reimund P. Rötter
Reimund P. Rötter University of Göttingen
Marco Bindi
Marco Bindi University of Florence
Roberto Ferrise
Roberto Ferrise University of Florence
Frank Ewert
Frank Ewert University of Bonn
Miroslav Trnka
Miroslav Trnka Czech Academy of Sciences
Taru Palosuo
Taru Palosuo Natural Resources Institute Finland
Thomas Gaiser
Thomas Gaiser University of Bonn
Mikhail A. Semenov
Mikhail A. Semenov Rothamsted Research
Ignacio J. Lorite
Ignacio J. Lorite Regional Government of Andalusia

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