Kimon Keramidas

Biographic Data

ID4017444
NAMEKimon Keramidas
GIVEN NAMESKimon
FAMILY NAMEKeramidas
SIGNATUREKERAMIDAS K
AFFILIATIONSJoint Research Center
ORCID0000-0003-3231-5982
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS14
AUTHOR COUNT13
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • Feasibility of peak temperature targets in light of institutional constraints

    Open AccessChristoph Bertram, Elina Brutschin et al.ARTICLENature Climate Change2024

    Despite faster-than-expected progress in clean energy technology deployment, global annual CO 2 emissions have increased from 2020 to 2023. The feasibility of limiting warming to 1.5 °C is therefore questioned. Here we present a model intercomparison study that accounts for emissions trends until 2023 and compares cost-effective scenarios to alternative scenarios with institutional, geophysical and technological feasibility constraints and enable…

  • Just Energy Transition Partnerships and the future of coal

    Open AccessJose A Ordonez, Toon Vandyck et al.ARTICLENature Climate Change2024

    Recent climate diplomacy efforts have resulted in Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) with South Africa, Indonesia and Vietnam, mobilizing financial support for ambitious decarbonization targets. Here, to assess JETPs’ alignment with global climate targets, we conduct a model-based assessment of JETPs’ energy and emissions targets. Results show greater alignment with a global 1.5 °C trajectory, indicating a promising route for internation…

  • Stocktake of G20 countries’ climate pledges reveals limited macroeconomic costs and employment shifts

    Open AccessRafael Garaffa, Matthias Weitzel et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2023

    Reaching the Paris Agreement temperature targets requires a substantial increase in individual countries’ ambition to reduce GHG emissions. Research on the macroeconomic implications of global decarbonization pathways is limited, often focuses on the energy sector, and ignores shifts toward non-energy sectors, leading to concerns regarding unemployment and economic losses. We aim to analyze the mitigation options to bring emissions in line with a…

  • Assessing China’s efforts to pursue the 1.5°C warming limit

    Open AccessHongbo Duan, Sheng Zhou et al.ARTICLEScience2021

    Change in the air The 2016 Paris Agreement set the ambitious goals of keeping global temperature rise this century below 2°C, or even better, 1.5°C above preindustrial levels. Substantial interventions are required to meet these goals, particularly for industrialized countries. Duan et al. projected that China will need to reduce its carbon emissions by more than 90% and its energy consumption by almost 40% to do its share in reaching the 1.5°C t…

  • Context, cosplay, and (re)configurations: Centering the geek at the heart of science fiction pedagogy

    Open AccessKimon Keramidas, Fiona HaborakARTICLETransformative Works and Cultures2021

    The course "Science Fiction: Humanity, Technology, the Present, the Future" uses fandom as a motivator for pedagogical development, promoting participation and engagement by encouraging students to embrace their fan passions. In classroom discussions, website commentary, Geek of the Week presentations, and a final prototype project where science fiction texts are reimagined as nonlinear user-driven experiences, students are given a role in shapin…

  • Cost and attainability of meeting stringent climate targets without overshoot

    Open AccessKeywan Riahi, Christoph Bertram et al.ARTICLENature Climate Change2021

  • Integrated assessment model diagnostics: Key indicators and model evolution

    Open AccessMathijs Harmsen, Elmar Kriegler et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2021

    Integrated assessment models (IAMs) form a prime tool in informing about climate mitigation strategies. Diagnostic indicators that allow comparison across these models can help describe and explain differences in model projections. This increases transparency and comparability. Earlier, the IAM community has developed an approach to diagnose models (Kriegler (2015 Technol. Forecast. Soc. Change 90 45–61)). Here we build on this, by proposing a se…

  • Energy system developments and investments in the decisive decade for the Paris Agreement goals

    Open AccessChristoph Bertram, Keywan Riahi et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2021

    The Paris Agreement does not only stipulate to limit the global average temperature increase to well below 2 °C, it also calls for ‘making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions’. Consequently, there is an urgent need to understand the implications of climate targets for energy systems and quantify the associated investment requirements in the coming decade. A meaningful analysis must however consider the nea…

  • Land-based implications of early climate actions without global net-negative emissions

    Open AccessTomoko Hasegawa, Shinichiro Fujimori et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2021Cited by: 2References: 14

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

    Open AccessMark Roelfsema, Heleen Van Soest et al.ARTICLENature Communications2020

    Many countries have implemented national climate policies to accomplish pledged Nationally Determined Contributions and to contribute to the temperature objectives of the Paris Agreement on climate change. In 2023, the global stocktake will assess the combined effort of countries. Here, based on a public policy database and a multi-model scenario analysis, we show that implementation of current policies leaves a median emission gap of 22.4 to 28.…

  • Enhancing global climate policy ambition towards a 1.5 °C stabilization: A short-term multi-model assessment

    Open AccessZoi Vrontisi, Gunnar Luderer et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2018

    The Paris Agreement is a milestone in international climate policy as it establishes a global mitigation framework towards 2030 and sets the ground for a potential 1.5 C climate stabilization. To provide useful insights for the 2018 UNFCCC Talanoa facilitative dialogue, we use eight state-of-the-art climate-energy-economy models to assess the effectiveness of the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) in meeting high probability 1.5…

  • A global stocktake of the Paris pledges: Implications for energy systems and economy

    Open AccessToon Vandyck, Kimon Keramidas et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2016Cited by: 10References: 3

    The United Nations-led international climate change negotiations in Paris in December 2015 (COP21) trigger and enhance climate action across the globe. This paper presents a model-based assessment of the Paris Agreement. In particular, we assess the mitigation policies implied by the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) put forward in the run-up to COP21 by individual member states and a policy that is likely to limit global warmi…

  • Conflict and cooperation over access to energy: Implications for a low-carbon future

    Philip Andrews-Speed, Philip Andrews‐speed et al.ARTICLEFutures2014Cited by: 2References: 10