Karl W Steininger
Biographic Data
| ID | 1414567 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karl W Steininger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karl W |
| FAMILY NAME | Steininger |
| SIGNATURE | STEININGER K W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Graz |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3850-9315 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Effective establishment of circularity is key to achieving net zero
Klimakrise und Bewusstseinswandel: Eine Ausstellung der neun steirischen Hochschulen
Die Auswirkungen der globalen Veränderungen des Klimas werden immer stärker spürbar. Maßnahmen zum Klimaschutz und zur Klimawandelanpassung müssen auf allen Ebenen gesetzt und aus allen Gesellschaftsbereichen mitgetragen werden. Die Wissenschaft liefert Erkenntnisse dafür, deren Kommunikation und Übersetzung in alltagstaugliche Handlungsoptionen eine große Herausforderung ist. Die neun Hochschulen der Steirischen Hochschulkonferenz haben dazu ein…
Fairness critically conditions the carbon budget allocation across countries
Countries’ nationally determined contributions to mitigate global warming translate to claims of country specific shares of the remaining carbon budget. The remaining global budget is limited by the aim of staying well below 2 °C, however. Here we show how fairness concerns quantitatively condition the allocation of this global carbon budget across countries. Minimal fairness requirements include securing basic needs, attributing historical respo…
Questions to Karl W. Steininger
Developing policy packages for low-carbon passenger transport: A mixed methods analysis of trade-offs and synergies
Capturing Key Energy and Emission Trends in CGE Models: Assessment of Status and Remaining Challenges
Sectoral carbon budgets as an evaluation framework for the built environment
The objective of the United Nations Paris Agreement to limit global warming to well below 2°C, with efforts to reach 1.5°C, requires a strict limitation of future global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions based on a global carbon budget. Applying equity considerations allows for the derivation of national carbon budgets. A key question then arises: How can these national budgets be allocated at the sectoral level? A new method is proposed to allocate…
Carbon budgets for buildings: Harmonising temporal, spatial and sectoral dimensions
Target values for creating carbon budgets for buildings are important for developing climate-neutral building stocks. A lack of clarity currently exists for defining carbon budgets for buildings and what constitutes a unit of assessment—particularly the distinction between production- and consumption-based accounting. These different perspectives on the system and the function that is assessed hinder a clear and commonly agreed definition of ‘car…
Uncertainties in macroeconomic assessments of low-carbon transition pathways - The case of the European iron and steel industry
The climate targets agreed in Paris 2015 render deep decarbonization of energy- and emission-intensive industries crucial. Policy makers are interested in the macroeconomic consequences of such decarbonization pathways and often rely on integrated modelling studies. However, the underlying modelling assumptions and uncertainties often remain unquestioned or invisible, although they may govern the models' results. For the case of a zero-process em…
Risk assessment of the low-carbon transition of Austria’s steel and electricity sectors
To limit global temperature increase below +2°C, societies need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions radically within the next few decades. Amongst other mitigation measures, this requires transforming process-emission intensive industries towards emission neutrality. One way to this end is the renewables-based electrification of industries. We present results of a recent co-production process which brought together stakeholders from industry, poli…
Climate change induced socio-economic tipping points: Review and stakeholder consultation for policy relevant research
Tipping points have become a key concept in research on climate change, indicating points of abrupt transition in biophysical systems as well as transformative changes in adaptation and mitigation strategies. However, the potential existence of tipping points in socio-economic systems has remained underexplored, whereas they might be highly policy relevant. This paper describes characteristics of climate change induced socio-economic tipping poin…
The concerns of the young protesters are justified: A statement by Scientists for Future concerning the protests for more climate protection
In March 2019, German-speaking scientists and scholars calling themselves Scientists for Future , published a statement in support of the youth protesters in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (Fridays for Future, Klimastreik/Climate Strike) , verifying the scientific evidence that the youth protestors refer to. In this article, they provide the full text of the statement, including the list of supporting facts (in both English and German) as well…
Evaluating Health Co-Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation in Urban Mobility
There is growing recognition that implementation of low-carbon policies in urban passenger transport has near-term health co-benefits through increased physical activity and improved air quality. Nevertheless, co-benefits and related cost reductions are often not taken into account in decision processes, likely because they are not easy to capture. In an interdisciplinary multi-model approach we address this gap, investigating the co-benefits res…
Austria’s consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions: Identifying sectoral sources and destinations
Consumption based policies as crucial element in globally effective national policy. • Analysis by sector destination, source and geographical location of emissions. • Such analysis informs proper climate policy instrument design. • Top emitting sectors under consumption-based perspective are very different. • Consumption-oriented design imperative for sectors with high emission shares abroad. Greenhouse gas emissions can be addressed at the poin…
Future Public Sector Flood Risk and Risk Sharing Arrangements: An Assessment for Austria
Umwelt- und Klimaforschung an der Universität Graz
Zu den großen Herausforderungen des 21. Jahrhunderts gehören der Klimawandel und der globale Wandel. Die Umwelt- und Klimaforschung ist an der Universität Graz in einer für diesen Bereich notwendigen Breite abgedeckt. Die Disziplinen befruchten einander gegenseitig in ihrer internationalen Sichtbarkeit. Dazu trägt auch das jüngst eingerichtete Doktoratskolleg Klimawandel bei
Extending car-sharing to serve commuters: An implementation in Austria
Justice and cost effectiveness of consumption-based versus production-based approaches in the case of unilateral climate policies
Distributional impacts of car road pricing: Settlement structures determine divergence across countries
Sustainability impacts of car road pricing: A computable general equilibrium analysis for Austria
From ownership to service use lifestyle: The potential of car sharing
Reconciling trade and environment: Towards a comparative advantage for long-term policy goals
Justice and cost effectiveness of consumption-based versus production-based approaches in the case of unilateral climate policies
Fairness critically conditions the carbon budget allocation across countries
Countries’ nationally determined contributions to mitigate global warming translate to claims of country specific shares of the remaining carbon budget. The remaining global budget is limited by the aim of staying well below 2 °C, however. Here we show how fairness concerns quantitatively condition the allocation of this global carbon budget across countries. Minimal fairness requirements include securing basic needs, attributing historical respo…
Risk assessment of the low-carbon transition of Austria’s steel and electricity sectors
To limit global temperature increase below +2°C, societies need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions radically within the next few decades. Amongst other mitigation measures, this requires transforming process-emission intensive industries towards emission neutrality. One way to this end is the renewables-based electrification of industries. We present results of a recent co-production process which brought together stakeholders from industry, poli…
Austria’s consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions: Identifying sectoral sources and destinations
Consumption based policies as crucial element in globally effective national policy. • Analysis by sector destination, source and geographical location of emissions. • Such analysis informs proper climate policy instrument design. • Top emitting sectors under consumption-based perspective are very different. • Consumption-oriented design imperative for sectors with high emission shares abroad. Greenhouse gas emissions can be addressed at the poin…
Carbon budgets for buildings: Harmonising temporal, spatial and sectoral dimensions
Target values for creating carbon budgets for buildings are important for developing climate-neutral building stocks. A lack of clarity currently exists for defining carbon budgets for buildings and what constitutes a unit of assessment—particularly the distinction between production- and consumption-based accounting. These different perspectives on the system and the function that is assessed hinder a clear and commonly agreed definition of ‘car…
Future Public Sector Flood Risk and Risk Sharing Arrangements: An Assessment for Austria
Developing policy packages for low-carbon passenger transport: A mixed methods analysis of trade-offs and synergies
Uncertainties in macroeconomic assessments of low-carbon transition pathways - The case of the European iron and steel industry
The climate targets agreed in Paris 2015 render deep decarbonization of energy- and emission-intensive industries crucial. Policy makers are interested in the macroeconomic consequences of such decarbonization pathways and often rely on integrated modelling studies. However, the underlying modelling assumptions and uncertainties often remain unquestioned or invisible, although they may govern the models' results. For the case of a zero-process em…
Reconciling trade and environment: Towards a comparative advantage for long-term policy goals
From ownership to service use lifestyle: The potential of car sharing
Sustainability impacts of car road pricing: A computable general equilibrium analysis for Austria
Distributional impacts of car road pricing: Settlement structures determine divergence across countries
Justice and cost effectiveness of consumption-based versus production-based approaches in the case of unilateral climate policies
Extending car-sharing to serve commuters: An implementation in Austria
Umwelt- und Klimaforschung an der Universität Graz
Zu den großen Herausforderungen des 21. Jahrhunderts gehören der Klimawandel und der globale Wandel. Die Umwelt- und Klimaforschung ist an der Universität Graz in einer für diesen Bereich notwendigen Breite abgedeckt. Die Disziplinen befruchten einander gegenseitig in ihrer internationalen Sichtbarkeit. Dazu trägt auch das jüngst eingerichtete Doktoratskolleg Klimawandel bei
Evaluating Health Co-Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation in Urban Mobility
There is growing recognition that implementation of low-carbon policies in urban passenger transport has near-term health co-benefits through increased physical activity and improved air quality. Nevertheless, co-benefits and related cost reductions are often not taken into account in decision processes, likely because they are not easy to capture. In an interdisciplinary multi-model approach we address this gap, investigating the co-benefits res…
Austria’s consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions: Identifying sectoral sources and destinations
Consumption based policies as crucial element in globally effective national policy. • Analysis by sector destination, source and geographical location of emissions. • Such analysis informs proper climate policy instrument design. • Top emitting sectors under consumption-based perspective are very different. • Consumption-oriented design imperative for sectors with high emission shares abroad. Greenhouse gas emissions can be addressed at the poin…
Future Public Sector Flood Risk and Risk Sharing Arrangements: An Assessment for Austria
Climate change induced socio-economic tipping points: Review and stakeholder consultation for policy relevant research
Tipping points have become a key concept in research on climate change, indicating points of abrupt transition in biophysical systems as well as transformative changes in adaptation and mitigation strategies. However, the potential existence of tipping points in socio-economic systems has remained underexplored, whereas they might be highly policy relevant. This paper describes characteristics of climate change induced socio-economic tipping poin…
The concerns of the young protesters are justified: A statement by Scientists for Future concerning the protests for more climate protection
In March 2019, German-speaking scientists and scholars calling themselves Scientists for Future , published a statement in support of the youth protesters in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (Fridays for Future, Klimastreik/Climate Strike) , verifying the scientific evidence that the youth protestors refer to. In this article, they provide the full text of the statement, including the list of supporting facts (in both English and German) as well…
Capturing Key Energy and Emission Trends in CGE Models: Assessment of Status and Remaining Challenges
Sectoral carbon budgets as an evaluation framework for the built environment
The objective of the United Nations Paris Agreement to limit global warming to well below 2°C, with efforts to reach 1.5°C, requires a strict limitation of future global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions based on a global carbon budget. Applying equity considerations allows for the derivation of national carbon budgets. A key question then arises: How can these national budgets be allocated at the sectoral level? A new method is proposed to allocate…
Carbon budgets for buildings: Harmonising temporal, spatial and sectoral dimensions
Target values for creating carbon budgets for buildings are important for developing climate-neutral building stocks. A lack of clarity currently exists for defining carbon budgets for buildings and what constitutes a unit of assessment—particularly the distinction between production- and consumption-based accounting. These different perspectives on the system and the function that is assessed hinder a clear and commonly agreed definition of ‘car…
Uncertainties in macroeconomic assessments of low-carbon transition pathways - The case of the European iron and steel industry
The climate targets agreed in Paris 2015 render deep decarbonization of energy- and emission-intensive industries crucial. Policy makers are interested in the macroeconomic consequences of such decarbonization pathways and often rely on integrated modelling studies. However, the underlying modelling assumptions and uncertainties often remain unquestioned or invisible, although they may govern the models' results. For the case of a zero-process em…
Risk assessment of the low-carbon transition of Austria’s steel and electricity sectors
To limit global temperature increase below +2°C, societies need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions radically within the next few decades. Amongst other mitigation measures, this requires transforming process-emission intensive industries towards emission neutrality. One way to this end is the renewables-based electrification of industries. We present results of a recent co-production process which brought together stakeholders from industry, poli…
Questions to Karl W. Steininger
Developing policy packages for low-carbon passenger transport: A mixed methods analysis of trade-offs and synergies
Klimakrise und Bewusstseinswandel: Eine Ausstellung der neun steirischen Hochschulen
Die Auswirkungen der globalen Veränderungen des Klimas werden immer stärker spürbar. Maßnahmen zum Klimaschutz und zur Klimawandelanpassung müssen auf allen Ebenen gesetzt und aus allen Gesellschaftsbereichen mitgetragen werden. Die Wissenschaft liefert Erkenntnisse dafür, deren Kommunikation und Übersetzung in alltagstaugliche Handlungsoptionen eine große Herausforderung ist. Die neun Hochschulen der Steirischen Hochschulkonferenz haben dazu ein…
Fairness critically conditions the carbon budget allocation across countries
Countries’ nationally determined contributions to mitigate global warming translate to claims of country specific shares of the remaining carbon budget. The remaining global budget is limited by the aim of staying well below 2 °C, however. Here we show how fairness concerns quantitatively condition the allocation of this global carbon budget across countries. Minimal fairness requirements include securing basic needs, attributing historical respo…
Effective establishment of circularity is key to achieving net zero
Economics (16 works) · Climate Change Policy and Economics (13 works) · Environmental Impact and Sustainability (10 works) · Business (8 works) · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (8 works) · Environmental economics (8 works) · Climate change (6 works) · Finance (6 works) · Natural resource economics (6 works) · Public economics (6 works)