Bjoern Soergel
@bjoernsoergel.bsky.social
Researching climate change, global inequality and sustainable development at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). Former cosmologist. Opinions my own.
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Bjoern Soergel
@bjoernsoergel.bsky.social
· Oct 30
Our new study “Multiple pathways towards sustainable development goals and climate targets” - A summary thread
Read it in full here (open-access): iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Read it in full here (open-access): iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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🌍 New publication – and the final paper of my PhD!
Can we end poverty, provide decent living standards (and beyond) for all, and meet climate targets?
📄 Paper (open access): “Closing decent living gaps in energy and emissions scenarios: introducing DESIRE”: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Can we end poverty, provide decent living standards (and beyond) for all, and meet climate targets?
📄 Paper (open access): “Closing decent living gaps in energy and emissions scenarios: introducing DESIRE”: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
May 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
🌍 New publication – and the final paper of my PhD!
Can we end poverty, provide decent living standards (and beyond) for all, and meet climate targets?
📄 Paper (open access): “Closing decent living gaps in energy and emissions scenarios: introducing DESIRE”: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Can we end poverty, provide decent living standards (and beyond) for all, and meet climate targets?
📄 Paper (open access): “Closing decent living gaps in energy and emissions scenarios: introducing DESIRE”: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
@pik-potsdam.bsky.social director Ottmar Edenhofer on climate finance: "Taxing international aviation and coal, oil and gas would be a way of lowering emissions *and* raising money to fund international climate finance" (summary/translation mine).
#COP29 "Wir müssen anerkennen, dass wir mit diesen Konferenzen so nicht weitermachen können. Neun Jahre nach Paris haben wir nicht die Fortschritte gemacht, die notwendig wären, um die Grenze des Pariser Abkommens einzuhalten", sagt Ottmar Edenhofer im @zdfde.bsky.social: www.zdf.de/nachrichten-...
November 25, 2024 at 9:31 AM
@pik-potsdam.bsky.social director Ottmar Edenhofer on climate finance: "Taxing international aviation and coal, oil and gas would be a way of lowering emissions *and* raising money to fund international climate finance" (summary/translation mine).
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https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-how-climate-change-could-reverse-gains-in-global-inequality/
t.co
November 22, 2024 at 7:49 AM
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Using up the carbon budget for 1.5°C
November 13, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Using up the carbon budget for 1.5°C
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So, konzentrieren wir uns jetzt mal bewusst auf das Positive:
- Boom bei erneuerbaren Energien, Batterien und Elektroautos
- Fortschritte bei CO2 freiem Stahl und Schiffen
- Mehr Jobs in Umweltbranche als in Kohle
Klimapolitik bringt uns voran!
Interview
www.tagesschau.de/klimawandel-...
- Boom bei erneuerbaren Energien, Batterien und Elektroautos
- Fortschritte bei CO2 freiem Stahl und Schiffen
- Mehr Jobs in Umweltbranche als in Kohle
Klimapolitik bringt uns voran!
Interview
www.tagesschau.de/klimawandel-...
Wenn wir das hinbekommen, ist die Welt hinterher eine bessere
Trotz Klimakrise gibt es Entwicklungen, die Mut machen, sagt Klimapolitik-Fachmann Niklas Höhne. Noch reichten die Erfolge bei Weitem nicht aus. Doch wenn die Transformation gelinge, "dann ist die Wel...
www.tagesschau.de
November 12, 2024 at 8:24 AM
So, konzentrieren wir uns jetzt mal bewusst auf das Positive:
- Boom bei erneuerbaren Energien, Batterien und Elektroautos
- Fortschritte bei CO2 freiem Stahl und Schiffen
- Mehr Jobs in Umweltbranche als in Kohle
Klimapolitik bringt uns voran!
Interview
www.tagesschau.de/klimawandel-...
- Boom bei erneuerbaren Energien, Batterien und Elektroautos
- Fortschritte bei CO2 freiem Stahl und Schiffen
- Mehr Jobs in Umweltbranche als in Kohle
Klimapolitik bringt uns voran!
Interview
www.tagesschau.de/klimawandel-...
Bloomberg article about our new study: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Lifestyle Changes Offer Direct Path to Emissions Cuts, Study Finds
New findings show that eating less meat and cutting food waste help get the world move closer to its emissions goals.
www.bloomberg.com
November 4, 2024 at 7:55 AM
Bloomberg article about our new study: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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How can we reach the Sustainable Development Goals (#SDGs) and fulfill our #climate ambition? This is explored by a multi-model study led by @bjoernsoergel.bsky.social in the #SHAPE project.
And I'm excited that all scenario data is available under CC-BY via a brand-new #IIASA #ScenarioExplorer...
And I'm excited that all scenario data is available under CC-BY via a brand-new #IIASA #ScenarioExplorer...
SHAPE Scenario Explorer
This Data Explorer presents key scenarios from the SHAPE studies.
shape.apps.ece.iiasa.ac.at
October 31, 2024 at 6:54 AM
How can we reach the Sustainable Development Goals (#SDGs) and fulfill our #climate ambition? This is explored by a multi-model study led by @bjoernsoergel.bsky.social in the #SHAPE project.
And I'm excited that all scenario data is available under CC-BY via a brand-new #IIASA #ScenarioExplorer...
And I'm excited that all scenario data is available under CC-BY via a brand-new #IIASA #ScenarioExplorer...
Heute morgen im Interview mit Britta Fecke bei Deutschlandfunk Umwelt & Verbraucher: Hier zum Nachhören: www.deutschlandfunk.de/klimaziele-p...
Und nochmal der Link zur Studie: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Und nochmal der Link zur Studie: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Klimaziele PIK, Plastik-Abkommen, Kohlekraft Ausbau, Bitterfeld Chemie, Akkus
www.deutschlandfunk.de
October 30, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Heute morgen im Interview mit Britta Fecke bei Deutschlandfunk Umwelt & Verbraucher: Hier zum Nachhören: www.deutschlandfunk.de/klimaziele-p...
Und nochmal der Link zur Studie: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Und nochmal der Link zur Studie: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Our new study “Multiple pathways towards sustainable development goals and climate targets” - A summary thread
Read it in full here (open-access): iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Read it in full here (open-access): iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
October 30, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Our new study “Multiple pathways towards sustainable development goals and climate targets” - A summary thread
Read it in full here (open-access): iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Read it in full here (open-access): iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
New study out: Multiple pathways towards sustainable development goals and climate targets
Available open-access: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
We compare different pathways to meet the 1.5°C #climate target and the UN #SDGs. Details to follow.
@pik-potsdam.bsky.social
Available open-access: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
We compare different pathways to meet the 1.5°C #climate target and the UN #SDGs. Details to follow.
@pik-potsdam.bsky.social
October 30, 2024 at 8:23 AM
New study out: Multiple pathways towards sustainable development goals and climate targets
Available open-access: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
We compare different pathways to meet the 1.5°C #climate target and the UN #SDGs. Details to follow.
@pik-potsdam.bsky.social
Available open-access: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
We compare different pathways to meet the 1.5°C #climate target and the UN #SDGs. Details to follow.
@pik-potsdam.bsky.social
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Haushalte mit niedrigen Einkommen brauchen mehr finanzielle Hilfen für #Klima-Maßnahmen, sagt Ines Verspohl von @klimasozial.bsky.social im @taz.de -Interview: taz.de/Soziale-Folg...
Soziale Folgen der Klimapolitik: „Wir planen für alle“
Haushalte mit niedrigen Einkommen bräuchten mehr finanzielle Hilfen für Klima-Maßnahmen, sagt Ines Verspohl vom neuen Institut für Klimasozialpolitik.
taz.de
July 23, 2024 at 6:07 AM
Haushalte mit niedrigen Einkommen brauchen mehr finanzielle Hilfen für #Klima-Maßnahmen, sagt Ines Verspohl von @klimasozial.bsky.social im @taz.de -Interview: taz.de/Soziale-Folg...
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🆕Neuer Klimabeirat #Brandenburg unter Vorsitz von PIK Forscher Hermann Lotze-Campen - herzlichen Glückwunsch👏🥳 Der Expertenbeirat soll künftig Umsetzung von #Klimaschutz-Maßnahmen begleiten.
www.pik-potsdam.de/de/aktuelles...
www.pik-potsdam.de/de/aktuelles...
Neuer Klimabeirat Brandenburg unter Vorsitz von Hermann Lotze-Campen
15.07.2024 - Hermann Lotze-Campen vom Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK) ist in den Vorsitz des neuen Wissenschaftlichen Klimabeirats Brandenburg berufen worden. Das 12-köpfige Gremium wi...
www.pik-potsdam.de
July 15, 2024 at 1:03 PM
🆕Neuer Klimabeirat #Brandenburg unter Vorsitz von PIK Forscher Hermann Lotze-Campen - herzlichen Glückwunsch👏🥳 Der Expertenbeirat soll künftig Umsetzung von #Klimaschutz-Maßnahmen begleiten.
www.pik-potsdam.de/de/aktuelles...
www.pik-potsdam.de/de/aktuelles...
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The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) are a key input to climate change mitigation & adaptation research - but what about urbanization, structural change & governance?
Join the launch webinar of the SSP-Extensions Explorer!
🗓️29 Feb 2024 ⏰15pm CET
iiasa.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join the launch webinar of the SSP-Extensions Explorer!
🗓️29 Feb 2024 ⏰15pm CET
iiasa.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
February 23, 2024 at 7:29 AM
The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) are a key input to climate change mitigation & adaptation research - but what about urbanization, structural change & governance?
Join the launch webinar of the SSP-Extensions Explorer!
🗓️29 Feb 2024 ⏰15pm CET
iiasa.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join the launch webinar of the SSP-Extensions Explorer!
🗓️29 Feb 2024 ⏰15pm CET
iiasa.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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EU Commission proposes new 2040 climate target today
Climate impacts show urgency
At least 95%+significant international climate finance would be appropriate as EU already overspent its fair CO2 budget. Missed opportunity to strengthen 2030 target as required by Paris
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Climate impacts show urgency
At least 95%+significant international climate finance would be appropriate as EU already overspent its fair CO2 budget. Missed opportunity to strengthen 2030 target as required by Paris
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
reuters.com
www.reuters.com
February 6, 2024 at 7:38 AM
EU Commission proposes new 2040 climate target today
Climate impacts show urgency
At least 95%+significant international climate finance would be appropriate as EU already overspent its fair CO2 budget. Missed opportunity to strengthen 2030 target as required by Paris
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Climate impacts show urgency
At least 95%+significant international climate finance would be appropriate as EU already overspent its fair CO2 budget. Missed opportunity to strengthen 2030 target as required by Paris
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) have become an integral component of Integrated Assessment and Climate research - and now, it's time for an update of the underlying GDP & population projections.
Visit data.ece.iiasa.ac.at/ssp for the SSP Release 3.0 (January 2024)...
Visit data.ece.iiasa.ac.at/ssp for the SSP Release 3.0 (January 2024)...
January 30, 2024 at 10:44 AM
The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) have become an integral component of Integrated Assessment and Climate research - and now, it's time for an update of the underlying GDP & population projections.
Visit data.ece.iiasa.ac.at/ssp for the SSP Release 3.0 (January 2024)...
Visit data.ece.iiasa.ac.at/ssp for the SSP Release 3.0 (January 2024)...
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Join the launch of the most ambitious study of food system economics today:
➡ Global Policy Report Launch by the Food System Economics Commission: foodsystemeconomics.org/events/globa...
📅 Date: Monday, 29 January 2024
🕒 Time: 15:00-17:00 CET
💻 Livestream: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
➡ Global Policy Report Launch by the Food System Economics Commission: foodsystemeconomics.org/events/globa...
📅 Date: Monday, 29 January 2024
🕒 Time: 15:00-17:00 CET
💻 Livestream: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Global Policy Report Launch - Food System Economics Commission
The hidden costs of our current food systems cost more than 10 trillion USD each year. At this launch event, experts will share and discuss research findings, policy suggestions, and pathways forward,...
foodsystemeconomics.org
January 29, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Join the launch of the most ambitious study of food system economics today:
➡ Global Policy Report Launch by the Food System Economics Commission: foodsystemeconomics.org/events/globa...
📅 Date: Monday, 29 January 2024
🕒 Time: 15:00-17:00 CET
💻 Livestream: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
➡ Global Policy Report Launch by the Food System Economics Commission: foodsystemeconomics.org/events/globa...
📅 Date: Monday, 29 January 2024
🕒 Time: 15:00-17:00 CET
💻 Livestream: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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"Die EU wird das Ziel, bis 2030 55% weniger #CO2 auszustoßen, erreichen. Das Problem beginnt danach: Wir sehen, dass die geplanten Politiken der Mitgliedsstaaten nicht ausreichen. Da muss deutlich nachgebessert werden", so PIK Direktor Ottmar #Edenhofer.
www.deutschlandfunk.de/wissenschaft...
www.deutschlandfunk.de/wissenschaft...
CO2-Reduktion: EU bis 2030 im Plan, später nicht mehr
Die Klimaschutzziele für 2030 kann die EU erreichen, sagt Ottmar Edenhofer vom europäischen wissenschaftlichen Beirat zum Klimawandel. Schwierig wird es danach.
www.deutschlandfunk.de
January 19, 2024 at 7:56 AM
"Die EU wird das Ziel, bis 2030 55% weniger #CO2 auszustoßen, erreichen. Das Problem beginnt danach: Wir sehen, dass die geplanten Politiken der Mitgliedsstaaten nicht ausreichen. Da muss deutlich nachgebessert werden", so PIK Direktor Ottmar #Edenhofer.
www.deutschlandfunk.de/wissenschaft...
www.deutschlandfunk.de/wissenschaft...
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How will green and blue hydrogen compete with natural gas and with each other?
New paper that combines ranges for direct cost developments and residual emissions.
Importantly, CO2 & methane pricing or emission regulation will have an increasing impact
authors.elsevier.com/c/1iMSj925JE...
1/9
New paper that combines ranges for direct cost developments and residual emissions.
Importantly, CO2 & methane pricing or emission regulation will have an increasing impact
authors.elsevier.com/c/1iMSj925JE...
1/9
January 11, 2024 at 10:02 AM
How will green and blue hydrogen compete with natural gas and with each other?
New paper that combines ranges for direct cost developments and residual emissions.
Importantly, CO2 & methane pricing or emission regulation will have an increasing impact
authors.elsevier.com/c/1iMSj925JE...
1/9
New paper that combines ranges for direct cost developments and residual emissions.
Importantly, CO2 & methane pricing or emission regulation will have an increasing impact
authors.elsevier.com/c/1iMSj925JE...
1/9
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Job posting: Please apply or share.
At @pik-potsdam.bsky.social we are looking for Postdocs and PhD candidates to model and explore circularity and industry transformation scenarios of energy-intensive industries (steel, cement, and plastics).
www.pik-potsdam.de/de/aktuelles...
At @pik-potsdam.bsky.social we are looking for Postdocs and PhD candidates to model and explore circularity and industry transformation scenarios of energy-intensive industries (steel, cement, and plastics).
www.pik-potsdam.de/de/aktuelles...
January 9, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Job posting: Please apply or share.
At @pik-potsdam.bsky.social we are looking for Postdocs and PhD candidates to model and explore circularity and industry transformation scenarios of energy-intensive industries (steel, cement, and plastics).
www.pik-potsdam.de/de/aktuelles...
At @pik-potsdam.bsky.social we are looking for Postdocs and PhD candidates to model and explore circularity and industry transformation scenarios of energy-intensive industries (steel, cement, and plastics).
www.pik-potsdam.de/de/aktuelles...
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Quantitative scenarios are an important component for understanding climate change, including risks, adaptation options and mitigation pathways...
Lessons from IPCC AR6 and opportunities for AR7
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s441...
Lessons from IPCC AR6 and opportunities for AR7
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s441...
January 9, 2024 at 6:04 AM
Quantitative scenarios are an important component for understanding climate change, including risks, adaptation options and mitigation pathways...
Lessons from IPCC AR6 and opportunities for AR7
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s441...
Lessons from IPCC AR6 and opportunities for AR7
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s441...
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Fatih Birol International Energy Agency:
The fossil fuel industry “needs to commit to genuinely helping the world meet its energy needs and climate goals – which means letting go of the illusion that implausibly large amounts of carbon capture are the solution.
thehill.com/policy/energ...
The fossil fuel industry “needs to commit to genuinely helping the world meet its energy needs and climate goals – which means letting go of the illusion that implausibly large amounts of carbon capture are the solution.
thehill.com/policy/energ...
COP28 president draws fierce backlash with attack on climate science
At this year’s United Nations climate conference (COP28), the summit’s president Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber — who also leads the United Arab Emirates’s national oil company — sparked cont…
thehill.com
December 11, 2023 at 2:19 PM
Fatih Birol International Energy Agency:
The fossil fuel industry “needs to commit to genuinely helping the world meet its energy needs and climate goals – which means letting go of the illusion that implausibly large amounts of carbon capture are the solution.
thehill.com/policy/energ...
The fossil fuel industry “needs to commit to genuinely helping the world meet its energy needs and climate goals – which means letting go of the illusion that implausibly large amounts of carbon capture are the solution.
thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Climate Action Tracker update today:
Two years on from Glasgow and our warming estimates for government action have barely moved. Governments appear oblivious to extreme events of past year, somehow thinking treading water will deal with flood of impacts?
climateactiontracker.org/publications...
Two years on from Glasgow and our warming estimates for government action have barely moved. Governments appear oblivious to extreme events of past year, somehow thinking treading water will deal with flood of impacts?
climateactiontracker.org/publications...
December 5, 2023 at 2:15 PM
Climate Action Tracker update today:
Two years on from Glasgow and our warming estimates for government action have barely moved. Governments appear oblivious to extreme events of past year, somehow thinking treading water will deal with flood of impacts?
climateactiontracker.org/publications...
Two years on from Glasgow and our warming estimates for government action have barely moved. Governments appear oblivious to extreme events of past year, somehow thinking treading water will deal with flood of impacts?
climateactiontracker.org/publications...
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Was heißt schon gerecht beim #Klimawandel? Die Folgen treffen manche Menschen mehr als andere. Junge mehr als Alte, Menschen in armen Ländern mehr als Menschen in reichen Ländern. PIK-Forscher Nico Bauer im Beitrag mit rbb24 Inforadio: www.inforadio.de/rubriken/wis...
Was heißt schon gerecht beim Klimawandel?
Die Folgen der Klimakatastrophe treffen manche Menschen mehr als andere. Junge mehr als Alte, Menschen in armen Ländern mehr als Menschen in reichen Ländern. Wie gerechter Klimaschutz funktionieren ...
www.inforadio.de
December 5, 2023 at 3:20 PM
Was heißt schon gerecht beim #Klimawandel? Die Folgen treffen manche Menschen mehr als andere. Junge mehr als Alte, Menschen in armen Ländern mehr als Menschen in reichen Ländern. PIK-Forscher Nico Bauer im Beitrag mit rbb24 Inforadio: www.inforadio.de/rubriken/wis...
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Woran hakt es bei der Energiewende, und welche Prioritäten müssen gesetzt werden, um die Klimaziele erreichbar zu halten? Darüber konnte ich gestern mit Bundeskanzler #OlafScholz und der Brandenburger Forschungsministerin #ManjaSchüle sprechen. www.pik-potsdam.de/de/aktuelles...
December 5, 2023 at 8:03 PM
Woran hakt es bei der Energiewende, und welche Prioritäten müssen gesetzt werden, um die Klimaziele erreichbar zu halten? Darüber konnte ich gestern mit Bundeskanzler #OlafScholz und der Brandenburger Forschungsministerin #ManjaSchüle sprechen. www.pik-potsdam.de/de/aktuelles...
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Explore the impact of #carbonpricing with our new
@mcc-berlin.bsky.social Carbon Pricing Incidence Calculator. The online tool allows you to compare population segments, set carbon prices, and explore compensation mechanisms for 87 countries.
Check it out here: cpic-global.net
@mcc-berlin.bsky.social Carbon Pricing Incidence Calculator. The online tool allows you to compare population segments, set carbon prices, and explore compensation mechanisms for 87 countries.
Check it out here: cpic-global.net
December 5, 2023 at 1:00 PM
Explore the impact of #carbonpricing with our new
@mcc-berlin.bsky.social Carbon Pricing Incidence Calculator. The online tool allows you to compare population segments, set carbon prices, and explore compensation mechanisms for 87 countries.
Check it out here: cpic-global.net
@mcc-berlin.bsky.social Carbon Pricing Incidence Calculator. The online tool allows you to compare population segments, set carbon prices, and explore compensation mechanisms for 87 countries.
Check it out here: cpic-global.net