Robert Pietzcker

Biographic Data

ID6568937
NAMERobert Pietzcker
GIVEN NAMESRobert
FAMILY NAMEPietzcker
SIGNATUREPIETZCKER R
AFFILIATIONSPotsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
ORCID0000-0002-9403-6711
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS62
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • The challenge with climate-energy-economy models in constructing fair and equitable climate futures

    Open AccessΑλέξανδρος Νίκας, Jon Sampedro et al.ARTICLEFutures2026

    Climate change and policy are unevenly experienced across nations, social groups, households, sectors, and generations. Understanding how benefits and burdens of climate action can be equitably shared is therefore critical. While the cornerstone concept of ‘common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities’ is broadly accepted, the absence of consensus on equitable effort-sharing principles presents a challenge that permeates…

  • An integrated modeling perspective on climate change mitigation and co-benefits in the transport sector

    Open AccessJarusch Müßel, Robert Pietzcker et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2025

    Transport research has long focused on comparing climate change mitigation strategies. However, it remains unclear how the effects of different strategies on climate and non-climate externalities compare. This paper assesses the mitigation potential of a comprehensive set of transport transformation strategies from an integrated modeling perspective. In doing so, it goes beyond the assessment of climate change by including health-related external…

  • Distinct roles of direct and indirect electrification in pathways to a renewables-dominated European energy system

    Open AccessFelix Schreyer, Falko Ueckerdt et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2024

    Renewable electricity can facilitate climate change mitigation in the buildings, industry and transport sector via direct electrification or indirect electrification, that is, converting electricity to hydrogen-based fuels. While direct electrification is generally energy efficient, indirect electrification can partially build upon existing applications and infrastructure. However, their roles and relative importance have not been well researched…

  • A sustainable development pathway for climate action within the UN 2030 Agenda

    Open AccessBjoern Soergel, Elmar Kriegler et al.ARTICLENature Climate Change2021

  • Deep decarbonisation of buildings energy services through demand and supply transformations in a 1.5°C scenario

    Open AccessAntoine Levesque, Robert Pietzcker et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2021

    Buildings energy consumption is one of the most important contributors to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide, responsible for 23% of energy-related CO 2 emissions. Decarbonising the energy demand of buildings will require two types of strategies: first, an overall reduction in energy demand, which could, to some extent, be achieved at negative costs; and second through a reduction of the carbon content of energy via fuel switching and suppl…

  • Common but differentiated leadership

    Open AccessFelix Schreyer, Gunnar Luderer et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2020

    Given their historic emissions and economic capability, we analyze a leadership role for representative industrialized regions (EU, US, Japan, and Australia) in the global climate mitigation effort. Using the global integrated assessment model REMIND, we systematically compare region-specific mitigation strategies and challenges of reaching domestic net-zero carbon emissions in 2050. Embarking from different emission profiles and trends, we find …

  • Interdisziplinärer Synthesebericht zum Kohleausstieg

    Open AccessMichael Pahle, Claudia Zabel et al.ARTICLEGAIA - Ecological Perspectives…2019

    Das Kopernikus-Projekt ENavi hat im Forschungsschwerpunkt Transformation des Stromsystems untersucht, wie der Stromsektor zur Erreichung der Klimaziele beitragen kann. Aktuell gilt es, den Kohleausstieg ökonomisch effizient und ökologisch zu organisieren. Seine Ergebnisse hat das Team der von der Bundesregierung eingesetzten Kommission für Wachstum, Strukturwandel und Beschäftigung (,,Kohlekommission“) präsentiert

  • The underestimated potential of solar energy to mitigate climate change

    Open AccessFelix Creutzig, Peter Agoston et al.ARTICLENature Energy2017

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

    Open AccessNico Bauer, Katherine Calvin et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2016Cited by: 23References: 16

    Energy is crucial for supporting basic human needs, development and well-being. The future evolution of the scale and character of the energy system will be fundamentally shaped by socioeconomic conditions and drivers, available energy resources, technologies of energy supply and transformation, and end-use energy demand. However, because energy-related activities are significant sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other environmental a…

  • Fossil-fueled development (SSP5)

    Open AccessElmar Kriegler, Nico Bauer et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2016Cited by: 39References: 4

    This paper presents a set of energy and resource intensive scenarios based on the concept of Shared Socio-Economic Pathways (SSPs). The scenario family is characterized by rapid and fossil-fueled development with high socio-economic challenges to mitigation and low socio-economic challenges to adaptation (SSP5). A special focus is placed on the SSP5 marker scenario developed by the REMIND-MAgPIE integrated assessment modeling framework. The SSP5 …

  • Economic mitigation challenges

    Open AccessGunnar Luderer, Robert Pietzcker et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2013

    While the international community aims to limit global warming to below 2 ° C to prevent dangerous climate change, little progress has been made towards a global climate agreement to implement the emissions reductions required to reach this target. We use an integrated energy–economy–climate modeling system to examine how a further delay of cooperative action and technology availability affect climate mitigation challenges. With comprehensive emi…