
Johannes Emmerling
Johannes Emmerling is a Scientist at EIEE and co-leads the Low Carbon Pathways unit.
Johannes Emmerling
Johannes Emmerling is a Senior Scientist at EIEE and co-leads its Low carbon pathways unit. He was a Senior Researcher at Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) between 2012 and 2018. Johannes holds a Ph.D. from the Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), a M.A. in Economics from the Free University Berlin and a B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Heidelberg. He was a postgraduate fellow in Development Cooperation at the German Development Institute, Bonn. He has been working amongst others at the Social Science Research Center (WZB) Berlin, the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), as Lecturer at Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, and as Consultant for the Organization of American States (OAS), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the German Institute of Metrology (PTB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the World Bank. He is co-leading the development of the integrated assessment model WITCH. His main areas of research include Climate Change and Energy economics, Risk and Uncertainty, Welfare Economics and Development. He has co-authored over fifty articles in peer-reviewed journals and is an Associate Editor of the Public Finance Review. He is a passionate cyclist and plays keyboards in various formations.
Nat. Clim. Chang. , 13, 434–441 - 2023
SRM on the Table: The Role of Geoengineering for the Stability and Effectiveness of Climate CoalitionsResources Magazine , - 2023
Energy Intensity Convergence and Its Long-Run MinimumPolitica Economica , - 2022
Increased energy use for adaptation significantly impacts mitigation pathwaysNature Communications , 13, Article number: 4964 - 2022
International Migration Projections across Skill Levels in the Shared Socioeconomic PathwaysSustainability , 2022, 14(8), 4757 - 2022
The Social Cost of Carbon with Intragenerational Inequality under Economic UncertaintyRFF Working Papers , Working Paper 22-08 - 2022
Energy system developments and investments in the decisive decade for the Paris Agreement goalsEnvironmental Research Letters , Volume 16, Number 7 - 2021
Exploring the Possibility Space: Taking Stock of the Diverse Capabilities and Gaps in Integrated Assessment ModelsEnvironmental Research Letters , - 2021
Integrated assessment model diagnostics: key indicators and model evolutionEnvironmental Research Letters , April 2021 - 2021
Integrated perspective on translating biophysical to economic impacts of climate changeNature Climate Change , Volume 11, pages 563–572 - 2021
Meeting well-below 2°C target would increase energy sector jobs globallyOne Earth , 4 (7), 1026--1036, July 2021 - 2021
Net zero emission pathways reduce the physical and economic risks of climate changeNature Climate Change , Volume 11, pages1070–1076 - 2021
Persistent inequality in economically optimal climate policiesNature Communications , 12, 3421 (2021) - 2021
Representing inequalities in integrated assessment modeling of climate changeOne Earth , Volume 4, Issue 2, 19 February 2021, Pages 177-180 - 2021
Subjective Well-Being at the Macro Level—Empirics and Future ScenariosSocial Indicators Research , 13 April 2021 - 2021
Will the Economic Impact of COVID-19 Persist? Prognosis from 21st Century PandemicsIMF Working Papers , No. 2021/119 - 2021
Climate Impacts on Nutrition and Labor Supply Disentangled – an Analysis for Rural Areas of Uganda.Environment and Development Economics , March 2020, 1–26 - 2020
Early Retirement of Power Plants in Climate Mitigation ScenariosEnvironmental Research Letters , - 2020
Inequality and growth impacts from climate change - insights from South AfricaRFF Working Papers Series , May 2020 - 2020
Reducing stranded assets through early action in the Indian power sectorEnvironmental Research Letters , April 2020 - 2020
Reply to: Why fossil fuel producer subsidies matterNature , Volume 578, pages E5–E7(2020) - 2020
Taking stock of national climate policies to evaluate implementation of the Paris AgreementNature Communications , Volume 11, Article number: 2096 (2020) - 2020
Welfare as equity equivalentsJournal of Economic Surveys , June 13, 2020 - 2020
A Multi-Model Assessment of Food Security Implications of Climate Change MitigationNature Sustainability , Volume 2, No. 5 (May 13, 2019): 386–96 - 2019
Climate thresholds and heterogeneous regions: implications for coalition formationThe Review of International Organizations , pp 1–24 - 2019
Implications of various effort-sharing approaches for national carbon budgets and emission pathwaysClimatic Change , February 2019, pp. 1-18 - 2019
Inequality and the Social Cost of CarbonJournal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists , Vol. 6, No. 2: 29-59 - 2019
The role of the discount rate for emission pathways and negative emissionsEnvironmental Research Letters , - 2019
Interaction of consumer preferences and climate policies in the global transition to low-carbon vehiclesNature Energy , Volume 3, pages 664–673 - 2018
Limited Emission Reductions from Fuel Subsidy Removal except in Energy-Exporting RegionsNature , 554, 229–233 (2018) - 2018
Residual fossil CO2 emissions in 1.5-2°C pathwaysNature Climate Change , Volume 8, pages 626–633 - 2018
Scenarios towards limiting global-mean temperature increase below 1.5°CNature Climate Change , Volume 8, 8, pages 325–332(2018) - 2018