Dr.-Ing. David Klein

David Klein studied Energy Engineering at the Technical University of Berlin. Before joining PIK in December 2008, he worked as developer of simulation software for solar cooling systems at Valentin Energiesoftware.

• Development of an integrated model framework of energy-economy-climate (ReMIND) and land-use (MAgPIE)
• Assessment of land-based mitigation options
• Bioenergy in global long-term climate change mitigation pathways
• Model based estimates of the global potential of biomass

Dietrich, J. P., Bodirsky, B. L., Humpenöder, F., Weindl, I., Stevanović, M., Karstens, K., Kreidenweis, U., Wang, X., Mishra, A., Klein, D., Ambrósio, G., Araujo, E., Yalew, A. W., Baumstark, L., Wirth, S., Giannousakis, A., Beier, F., Chen, D. M.-C., Lotze-Campen, H., and Popp, A. (2019): MAgPIE 4 – a modular open-source framework for modeling global land systems, Geosci. Model Dev., 12, 1299-1317, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-1299-2019.

Gidden, M. J., Riahi, K., Smith, S. J., Fujimori, S., Luderer, G., Kriegler, E., van Vuuren, D. P., van den Berg, M., Feng, L., Klein, D., Calvin, K., Doelman, J. C., Frank, S., Fricko, O., Harmsen, M., Hasegawa, T., Havlik, P., Hilaire, J., Hoesly, R., Horing, J., Popp, A., Stehfest, E., and Takahashi, K.: Global emissions pathways under different socioeconomic scenarios for use in CMIP6: a dataset of harmonized emissions trajectories through the end of the century, Geosci. Model Dev., 12, 1443-1475, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-1443-2019, 2019.

Matthew J. Gidden, Shinichiro Fujimori, Maarten van den Berg, David Klein, Steven J. Smith, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Keywan Riahi (2018): "A methodology and implementation of automated emissions harmonization for use in Integrated Assessment Models." Environmental Modelling & Software, Vol. 105, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.04.002

Kriegler, E.; Bauer, N.; Popp, A.; Humpenöder, F.; Leimbach, M.; Strefler, J.; Baumstark, L.; Bodirsky, B.; Hilaire, J.; Klein, D.; Mouratiadou, I.; Weindl, I.; Bertram, C.; Dietrich, J.-P.; Luderer, G.; Pehl, M.; Pietzcker, R.; Piontek, F.; Lotze-Campen, H.; Biewald, A.; Bonsch, M.; Giannousakis, A.; Kreidenweis, U.; Müller, C.; Rolinski, S.; Schultes, A.; Schwanitz, J.; Stevanovic, M.; Calvin, K.; Emmerling, J.; Fujimori, S.; Edenhofer, O. (2017): "Fossil-fueled development (SSP5): An energy and resource intensive scenario for the 21st century". Global Environmental Change, 42. 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.05.015

Bauer, N.; Calvin, K.; Emmerling, J.; Fricko, O.; Fujimori, S.; Hilaire, J.; Eom, J.; Krey, V.; Kriegler, E.; Mouratiadou, I.; de Boer, H. S.; Berg, M. van den; Carrara, S.; Daigolou, V.; Drouet, L.; Edmonds, J.; Gernaat, D.; Havlik, P.; Johnson, N.; Klein, D.; Kyle, P.; Marangoni, G.; Masui, T.; Pietzcker, R. C.; Strubegger, M.; Wise, M.; Riahi, K.; van Vuuren, D. P. (2018): "Shared socio-economic pathways of the energy sector - quantifying the narratives". Global Environmental Change, 42. 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.07.006

Mouratiadou, I.; Biewald, A.; Pehl, M.; Bonsch, M.; Baumstark, L.; Klein, D.; Popp, A.; Luderer, G.; Kriegler, E. (2016): "The impact of climate change mitigation on water demand for energy and food: An integrated analysis based on the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways". Environmental Science and Policy, 64. 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.06.007

Leimbach, M.; Labriet, M.; Bonsch, M.; Dietrich, J. P.; Kanudia, A.; Mouratiadou, I.; Popp, A.; Klein, D. (2016): "Robust strategies of climate change mitigation in interacting energy, economy and land use systems". International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, Vol. 8, No. 5. 10.1108/IJCCSM-09-2015-0135

David Klein, Florian Humpenöder, Nico Bauer, Jan Philipp Dietrich, Alexander Popp, Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, Markus Bonsch and Hermann Lotze-Campen (2014): "The global economic long-term potential of modern biomass in a climate-constrained world." Environmental Research Letters, Vol. 9, No. 7, DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/7/074017

Popp A., Rose S.K., Calvin K., van Vuuren D.P., Dietrich J.P., Wise M., Stehfest E., Humpenöder F., Page K., van Vliet J., Bauer N., Lotze-Campen H., Klein D., Kriegler E. (2013): "Land-use transition for bioenergy and climate stabilization: model comparison of drivers, impacts and interactions with other land use based mitigation options." Climatic Change. doi 10.1007/s10584-013-0926-x

Katherine Calvin, Marshall Wise, David Klein, David McCollum, Massimo Tavoni, Bob van der Zwaan, Detlef P. van Vuuren (2014): "A multi-model analysis of the regional and sectoral roles of bioenergy in near- and long-term CO2 emissions reduction." Climate Change Economics, Vol. 4, No. 4, DOI: 10.1142/S2010007813400149

Massimo Tavoni, Elmar Kriegler, Tino Aboumahboub, Kate Calvin, Gauthier de Maere, Marshall Wise, David Klein, Jessica Jewell, Tom Kober, Paul Lucas, Gunnar Luderer, David McCollum, Giacomo Marangoni, Keywan Riahi, Detlef van Vuuren (2013): "The distribution of major economies' effort in the Durban platform scenarios." Climate Change Economics, Vol. 4, No. 4. DOI: 10.1142/S2010007813400095

Klein D., Luderer G., Kriegler E., Strefler J., Bauer N., Leimbach M., Popp A., Dietrich J.P., Humpenöder F., Lotze-Campen H., Edenhofer O. (2013): "The value of bioenergy in low stabilization scenarios: an assessment using ReMIND-MAgPIE." Climatic Change. doi 10.1007/s10584-013-0940-z

Kriegler E, Edenhofer O, Reuster L, Luderer G, Klein D (2013) "Is atmospheric carbon dioxide removal a game changer for climate change mitigation?" Climatic Change 118:45–57. doi 10.1007/s10584-012-0681-4

Creutzig, F., von Stechow, C., Klein, D., Hunsberger, C., Bauer, N., Popp, A., Edenhofer, O. (2012): Can bioenergy assessments deliver? Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy, 1, 2. doi 10.5547/2160-5890.1.2.5

Klein D., Bauer B., Bodirsky B., Dietrich J.P., Popp A. (2011) "Bio-IGCC with CCS as a long-term mitigation option in a coupled energy-system and land-use model." Energy Procedia 4 (2011) 2933–2940. doi 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.201

Popp A., Dietrich J.P., Lotze-Campen H., Klein D., Bauer N., Krause M., Beringer T., Gerten D. and Edenhofer O. (2011): "The economic potential of bioenergy for climate change mitigation with special attention given to implications for the land system" Environmental Research Letters  6 (2011). doi 10.1088/1748-9326/6/3/034017

Leimbach M., Popp A., Lotze-Campen H., Bauer N., Dietrich J. P., Klein D. (2011): "Integrated assessment models - the interplay of climate change, agriculture, and land use in a policy tool. In: Dinar, A., Mendelsohn, R. (eds.): Handbook on Climate Change in Agriculture." Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK. (Chapter 10). doi 10.4337/9780857939869

Bauer N., Dietrich J. P., Klein D., Lotze-Campen H., Luderer G., Popp A. (2010) "When expectations fail? The relationship between near-term emissions and long-term technology development in a carbon constrained world". 10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies. Amsterdam

Theses

Klein, D. (2014) "Bioenergy markets in a climate-constrained world". PhD thesis. Technische Universität Berlin.

Klein, D. (2007) "Modellierung und Simulation einer fernwärmegestützten Gebäudekühlung mit Absorptionskälteanlage". Diploma thesis. Institut für Energietechnik, Technische Universität Berlin.

• Global emissions pathways under different socioeconomic scenarios for use in CMIP6 (CRESCENDO)
• EMF-27 study by the Stanford Energy Modeling Forum (EMF)
• Development of the Integrated Assessment Model ReMIND
• Model coupling of ReMIND and MAgPIE