Dr. Franziska Piontek

Franziska studied Physics and Astrophysics at the Universities of Tübingen (Germany) and Maryland (USA). She holds a PhD in Astrophysics from the University of Potsdam (Germany) as well as a Master in Peace and Security Studies of the University of Hamburg (Germany). She joined PIK as a Postdoc in 2011 and takes over the co-lead of the working group on Macroeconomic Modeling of Climate Change Mitigation and Impacts in September 2024.

Research interests:

economic assessment of climate change impacts for different impact channels

long-term dynamics of climate change impacts and their persistence

aggregate damage functions in integrated assessment

integrated assessment of climate damages, climate policy and adaptation

distributional effects of climate change impacts

Under review

Collins-Sowah, P., Piontek, F.: Does climate change intensify within-country income inequality? Evidence from a multi-country panel data. Available on SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4758020

Dasgupta, S., van Maanen, N., Gosling, S.N., Piontek, F., Saeed, F., Robinson, E.J.Z.: Attribution of historical changes in labour outcomes to climate change.

Emmerling, J., Andreoni, P., Charalampidis, I., Dasgupta, S., Dennig, F., Vandyck, T., Feindt, S., Fragkiadakis, D., Fragkos, P., Fujimori, S., Gilli, M., Grottera, C., Guivarch, C., Kornek, U., Kriegler, E., Malerba, D., Marangoni, G., Méjean, A., Nijsse, F., Piontek, F., Simsek, Y., Soergel, B., Taconet, N., Young-Brun, M., Zheng, Y., Zhao, S., Tavoni, M.: A Multi-Model Assessment of Inequality and Climate Change.

Peer-revied papers

Rauner, S., Piontek, F., Soergel, B., Luderer, G. (2024): The impact of energy sector pollution on human development and inequality amidst climate change. Accepted for publication by Environmental Research Letters. DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ad6b39

Méjean, A., Collins-Sowah, P., Guivarch, C., Piontek, F., Soergel, B., Taconet, N. (2024): Climate change impacts increase economic inequality: evidence from a systematic literature review. Accepted for publication in Environmental Research Letters. DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ad376e

Krichene, H., Vogt, T., Piontek, F. Geiger, T., Schötz, C., Otto, C. (2023): The social cost of tropical cyclones. Nature Communications 14: 7294.

van Maanen, N., Lissner, T., Harmsen, M., Piontek, F., Andrijevic, M. and van Vuuren, D.P. (2023): Representation of adaptation in quantitative climate assessments. Nature Climate Change 13(4): 309-311.

Bauer, N., Keller, D.P., Garbe, J., Karstens, K., Piontek, F., von Bloh, W., Thiery, W., Zeitz, M., Mengel, M., Strefler, J. (2023): Exploring risks and benefits of overshooting a 1.5 °C carbon budget over space and time. Environmental Research Letters 18(5): 054015.

van der Wijst, K.-I., Bosello, F., Dasgupta, S., Drouet, L., Emmerling, J., Hof, A., Leimbach, M., Parrado, R., Piontek, F., Standardi, G., van Vuuren, D. (2023): New damage curves and multi-model analysis suggest lower optimal temperature. Nature Climate Change 13: 434–441.

Rising, J., Tedesco, M., Piontek, F., Stainforth, D.A. (2022): The missing risks of climate change. Nature 610: 643-651.

Drouet, L., Bosetti, V., Padoan, S., Reis, L.A., Bertram, C., Dalla Longa, F., Després, J., Emmerling, J., Fosse, F., Frank, S., Fragkiadakis, K., Fricko, O., Fujimori, S., Harmsen, M., Krey, V., Nogueira, L.P., Oshiro, K., Paroussos, L., Piontek, F., Schaeffer, R., Takakura, J., Riahi, K., Rochedo, P.R.R., Vrontisi, Z., van Vuuren, D., Weitel, M., van der Wijst, K.-I., Zakeri, B., van der Zwaan, B., Tavoni, M. (2021): Net zero emission pathways reduce the physical and economic risk of climate change. Nature Climate Change 11(12): 1070-1076.

Baumstark, L., Bauer, N., Benke, F., Bertram, C., Bi, S., Gong, C.C., Dietrich, J.P., Dirnaichner, A., Giannousakis, A., Hilaire, J., Klein, D., Koch, J., Leimbach, M., Levesque, A., Madeddu, S., Malik, A., Merfort, A., Odenweller, A., Pehl, M., Pietzcker, R.C., Piontek, F., Rauner, S., Rodrigues, R., Rottoli, M., Schreyer, F., Schultes, A., Soergel, B., Soergel, D., Strefler, J., Ueckerdt, F., Kriegler, E., Luderer, G. (2021): REMIND2.1: Transformation and innovation dynamics of the energy-economic system within climate and sustainability limits. Geoscientific Model Development 14(10): 6571-6603.

Schultes, A., Piontek, F., Soergel, B., Rogelj, J., Baumstark, L., Kriegler, E., Edenhofer, O., Luderer, G. (2021): Economic damages from climate change imply deeper near-term emission cuts. Accepted for publication in Environmental Research Letters. Environmental Research Letters 16(10): 104053.

Dasgupta, S., van Maanen, N., Gosling, S.N., Piontek, F., Otto, C., Schleussner, C.-F. (2021): Effects of climate change on combined labour productivity and supply: an empirical, multi-model study. The Lancet Planetary Health 5(7): e455-e465. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00170-4

Piontek, F., Drouet, L., Emmerling, J., Kompas, T., Méjean, A., Otto, C., Rising, J., Soergel, B., Taconet, N., Tavoni, M. (2021): Integrated perspective on translating biophysical to economic impacts of climate change. Nature Climate Change 11: 563-572. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01065-y

Otto, C., Piontek, F., Kalkuhl, M., Frieler, K. (2020): Event-based models to understand the scale of the impact of extremes. Nat Energy 5, 111–114 (2020).

Yalew, S.G., van Vliet, M.T.H., Gernaat, D.E.H.J., Ludwig, F., Miara, A., Park. C., Byers, E., De Cian, E., Piontek, F., Iyer, G., Mouratiadou, I., Glynn, J., Hejazi, M., Dessens, O., Rochedo, P., Pietzker, R., Schaeffer, R., Fujimori, S., Dasgupta, S., Mima, S., Santos da Silva, S.R., Chaturvedi, V., Vautard, R., van Vuuren, D.P. (2020): Impacts of climate change on energy systems in global and regional scenarios. Nature Energy 5: 794–802.

Piontek, F., Kalkuhl, M., Kriegler, E., Schultes, A., Leimbach, M., Edenhofer, O., Bauer, N. (2019): Economic growth effects of alternative climate change impact channels in economic modeling. Environmental and Resource Economics 73: 1357-1385.

Frieler, K., Lange, S., Piontek, F., Reyer, C.P.O., Schewe, J., Warszawski, L., Zhao, F., Chini, L.,Denvil, S., Emanuel, K., Geiger, T., Halladay, K., Hurtt, G., Mengel, M., Murakami, D., Ostberg, S., Popp, A., Riva, R., Stevanovic, M., Suzuki, T., Volkholz, J., Burke, E., Ciais, P., Ebi, K., Eddy, T.D., Elliott, J., Galbraith, E., Gosling, S.N., Hattermann, F., Hickler, T., Hinkel, J., Hof, C., Huber, V., Jägermeyr, J., Krysanova, V., Marcé, R., Müller Schmied, H., Mouratiadou, I., Pierson, D., Tittensor, D.P., Vautard, R., van Vliet, M., Biber, M.F., Betts, R.A., Bodirsky, B.L., Deryng, D., Frolking, S., Jones, C.D., Lotze, H.K., Lotze-Campen, H., Ritvik, S., Thonicke, K., Tian, H., Yamagata, Y. (2017): "Assessing the impacts of 1.5°C global warming – simulation protocol of the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP2b)", Geoscientific Model Development 10: 4321-4345.

Kriegler, E., Bauer, N., Popp, A., Humpenöder, F., Leimbach, M., Strefler, J., Baumstark, L., Bodirsky, B.L., 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: 297-315.

Frieler, K., Levermann, A., Elliott, J., Heinke, J., Arneth, A., Bierkens, M.F.P., Ciais, P., Clark, D.B., Deryng, D., Döll, P., Falloon, P., Fekete, B., Folberth, C., Friend, A.D., Gellhorn, C., Gosling, S.N., Haddeland, I., Khabarov, N., Lomas, M., Masaki, Y., Nishina, K., Neumann, K., Oki, T., Pavlick, R., Ruane, A.C., Schmid, E., Schmitz, C., Stacke, T., Stehfest, E., Tang, Q., Wisser, D., Huber, V., Piontek, F., Warszawski, L., Schewe, J., Lotze-Campen, H., Schellnhuber, H.J. (2015): A framework for the cross-sectoral integration of multi-model impact projections: land use decisions under climate impacts uncertainties. Earth Syst. Dynam., 6, 447–460.

Huber, V., Schellnhuber, H.J., Arnell, N.W., Frieler, K., Friend, A.D., Gerten, D., Haddeland, I., Kabat, P., Lotze-Campen, H., Lucht, W., Parry, M., Piontek, F., Rosenzweig, C., Schewe, J., Warszawski, L. (2014). Climate Impacts Research: Beyond Patchwork. Earth System Dynamics 5: 309-408.

Schwanitz, V.J., Piontek, F., Bertram, C., Luderer, G. (2014). Long-term climate policy implications of phasing out fossil fuel subsidies. Energy Policy 67: 882-894.

Algorry, D.G., Navarro, C.F., Abadi, M.G., Sales, L.V., Steinmetz, M., Piontek, F. (2014). Counterrotating stars in simulated galaxy disks. MNRAS 437 (4): 3596-3602.

Luderer, G., Leimbach, M., Bauer, N., Kriegler, E., Aboumahboub, T., Arroyo Curras, T., Baumstark, L., Bertram, C., Giannousakis, A., Hilaire, J., Klein, D., Mouratiadou, I., Pietzker, R., Piontek, F., Roming, N., Schultes, A., Schwanitz, V.J., Strefler, J. (2013). Description of the REMIND Model (Vesrion 1.5). SSRN Scholarly Paper. SSRN Working Paper 2312844, August 19, 2013. http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2312844.

Piontek, F., Müller, C., Pugh, T.A.M., Clark, D., Deryng, D., Elliott, J., de Jesus Colón González, F., Flörke, M., Folberth, C., Franssen, W., Frieler, K., Friend, A.D., Gosling, S.N., Hemming, D., Khabarov, N., Kim, H., Lomas, M.R., Masaki, Y., Mengel, M., Morse, A., Neumann, K., Nishina, K., Ostberg, S., Pavlick, R., Ruane, A.C., Schewe, J., Schmid, E., Stacke, T., Tang, Q., Tessler, Z.D., Tompkins, A.M., Warszawski, L., Wisser, D., Schellnhuber, H.J. (2013), Multisectoral climate impact hotspots in a warming world. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111 (9): 3233-3238.

Schewe, J., Heinke, J., Gerten, D., Haddeland, I., Arnell, N.W., Clark, D.B., Dankers, R., Eisner, S., Fekete, B., Colón-González, F.J., Gosling, S.,N., Kim, H., Liu, X., Masaki, Y, Portmann, F.T., Satoh, Y., Stacke, T., Tang, Q., Wada, Y., Wisser, D., Albrecht, T., Frieler, K., Piontek, F., Warszawski, L., Kabat, P. (2013), Multi-model assessment of water scarcity under climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111 (9):3245-3250.

Warszawski, L., Friend, A., Ostberg, S., Frieler, K., Lucht, W., Schaphoff, S., Beerling, D., Cadule, P., Ciais, P., Clark, D. B., Kahana, R., Ito, A., Keribin, R., Kleidon, A., Lomas, M., Nishina, K., Pavlick, R., Rademacher, T.T., Buechner, M., Piontek, F., Schewe, J., Serdeczny, O., Schellnhuber, H.J. (2013). A multi-model analysis of risk of ecosystem shifts under climate. Environmental Research Letters 8, 044018

Warszawski, L., Frieler, K., Huber, V., Piontek, F., Serdeczny, O., Schewe, J. (2013), The Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISI-MIP): Project framework. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111 (9): 3228-3232. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1312330110

Rosenzweig, C., Elliott, J., Deryng, D., Ruane, A.C., Müller, C., Arneth, A., Boote, K.J., Folberth, C., Glotter, M., Khabarov, N., Neumann, K., Piontek, F., Pugh, T.A.M., Schmid, E., Stehfest, E., Yang, H., Jones, J.W. (2013), Assessing agricultural risks of climate change in the 21st century in a global gridded crop model intercomparison. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111 (9): 3268-3273. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1222463110

Hempel, S., Frieler, K., Warszawski, L., Schewe, J., Piontek, F. (2013). A trend-preserving bias correction - the ISI-MIP approach. Earth System Dynamics 4: 219-236, DOI:10.5194/esd-4-219-2013.

Link, P.M., Piontek, F., Scheffran, J., Schilling, J. (2012). On foes and flows: Vulnerabilities, adaptive capacities and transboundary relations in the Nile River Basin in times of climate change. L'Europe en formation 365:99-138.

Piontek, F., Steinmetz, M. (2011). The modelling of feedback processes in cosmological simulations of disk galaxy formation. MNRAS 410(4): 2625-2642.

Köckert, F., Reynolds, C. (2006). The influence of radio galaxy activity on X-ray absorption lines from the intracluster medium. MNRAS 368(2): 668-676.

Other publications

Zimmer, A., Sauer, I., Berger, J., Schleypen, J., Vogt, T., Plinke, C., Geiger, T., Piontek, F., Krichene, H., Malafry, L., Pittel, K., Kuhla, K., Otto, C. (2023): Understanding the short and long-term impacts of climate extremes. Project Synthesis report received funding under the SLICE project (‘Short and long-term impacts of climate extremes’; funding reference: 01LA1829B) funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)

Serdeczny, O., Piontek, F. und Birkmann, J. (Eds.) (2016). Übergreifende Risiken und Unsicherheiten. In: Brasseur, G.P., Jacob, D. und Schuck-Zöller, S. (Hrsgs) (2017): Klimawandel in Deutschland. Entwicklung, Folgen, Risiken und Perspektiven. Berlin, Heidelberg. DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-50397-3

Schellnhuber, H. J., W. Hare, O. Serdeczny, M. Schaeffer, S. Adams, F. Baarsch, S. Schwan, D. Coumou, A. Robinson, M. Vieweg, F. Piontek, R. Donner, J. Runge, K. Rehfeld, J. Rogelj, M. Perrette, A. Menon, C.-F. Schleussner, A. Bondeau, A. Svirejeva-Hopkins, J. Schewe, K. Frieler, L. Warszawski, and M. Rocha (2013). Turn Down the Heat: Climate Extremes, Regional Impacts, and the Case for Resilience. Report commissioned by The World Bank, Washington, D.C.

Piontek, F. (2011). Cooperation over Nile Waters: Needed more under Climate Change, more Attainable after the “Arab Spring”? , in: The Environment and the Middle East – Volume III: Regional and International Cooperation, Middle East Institute Viewpoints, p. 17-19

Jubeh ,G., Aljazzar, T., Piontek, F., Alraggad, M. (2011). Water Resources and Security under the Stress of Climate Change in the Middle East. in: The Impact of Climate Change on the Middle East – Converging and Diverging Perceptions of Development and Human Security, DGAP Report 20, p. 16-26

Piontek, F. (2010). The impact of climate change on conflict and cooperation in the Nile Basin. Master's Thesis, University of Hamburg.

Piontek, F. (2009). The formation of disk galaxies: A systematic study. PhD Thesis, University of Potsdam.

Assessing Climate Change Risks in Europe (ACCREU)

Net-zero Pathway Research through Integrated Assessment Model Advancements (PRISMA)

Scenario development for the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS)

The Geopolitics of Climate Change-Linked Risks & Transformations (GeoClimRisks)