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Joeri Rogelj

Joeri Rogelj (born 1980) is a Belgian[1] climate scientist working on solutions to climate change. He explores how societies can transform towards sustainable futures.[2] He is a Professor in Climate Science and Policy at the Centre for Environmental Policy (CEP) and Director of Research at the Grantham Institute – Climate Change and Environment,[2] both at Imperial College London. He is also affiliated with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.[2] He is an author of several climate reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)[1] and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),[3] and a member of the European Scientific Advisory Board for Climate Change.[4]

Joeri Rogelj
Born1980 (age 43–44)
NationalityBelgian
Alma mater
AwardsPiers Sellers Prize (2016)
International Science Council Early Career Scientist Award, Europe (2021)
Scientific career
FieldsClimate change
Institutions

Education

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Rogelj completed an engineering degree at the KU Leuven (Belgium) in 2003, and also obtained a postgraduate degree in Cultures and Development Studies at the same institution in 2005.[2] He completed his PhD in climate physics at Swiss Federal Institute for Technology (ETH Zurich) in 2013 under the supervision of Prof. Reto Knutti on the topic of uncertainties in low greenhouse gas emissions scenarios.[5]

Career

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Rogelj started his climate science career in the PRIMAP Research Group at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in 2009.[6] After obtaining his PhD, he joined the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.[7] In 2018, he joined the Grantham Institute – Climate Change and Environment at Imperial College London.[8]

From 2006 to 2008, Rogelj worked as a project engineer on rural development projects in Rwanda.[2][6]

Research and impact

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Rogelj publishes on international climate agreements such as the Copenhagen Accord[9] or the Paris Agreement,[10] carbon budgets,[11][12] emission pathways that limit global warming to 1.5 °C[13][14] and 2 °C,[15] net zero emissions targets,[16] and linkages between climate, sustainable development, and justice.[17][18]

According to the International Science Council, he has pioneered "work on climate change scenarios [that] changed the global conversation around the feasibility of keeping global warming to 1.5°C in advance of the UN Paris Agreement" in 2015.[19]

He serves as a lead author on the annual Emissions Gap Reports from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) that provide annual updates on the gap between country pledges and emission reductions necessary to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.[20]

He was a contributing author to the 2013-2014 Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),[21][22][23] a coordinating author of the 2018 IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C,[1][24] and a lead author on the 2021 IPCC Sixth Assessment Report.[25]

In 2019, he served as a member of the Climate Science Advisory Group to the United Nations Secretary-General's Climate Action Summit.[26]

Since 2022, he serves on the "European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change" that provides independent scientific advice on EU measures, climate targets and indicative greenhouse gas budgets.[4]

Rogelj also provides scientific evidence for climate change litigation, for example, in support of "Children vs Climate Crisis" in which 16 children from across the world petition the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child to hold five of the world's leading economic powers accountable for inaction on the climate crisis.[27]

Awards and honours

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Rogelj received the 2021 Early Career Scientist Award for Europe from the International Science Council (ISC) for the "exceptional impact" his research has had on international climate policy.[19] In 2016, he received the inaugural Piers Sellers Award for "world leading solution-focused climate research" by the Priestley International Centre for Climate.[28] In 2014, he received the ETH Medal for his outstanding PhD thesis[29] and in 2010 the Peccei Award for outstanding work by a young scientist.[30]

Rogelj is a Clarivate Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher in 2019[31] and 2020,[32] recognizing the world's most influential researchers of the past decade, and was ranked 31st in The Reuters Hot List of the World's Top Climate Scientists.[33]

Selected works

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References

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  1. ^ a b c IPCC (2021). "IPCC Authors".
  2. ^ a b c d e "Dr Joeri Rogelj". Imperial College London. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  3. ^ UNEP (25 October 2021). "Emissions Gap Report 2021". Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b European Environment Agency. "European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change". Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  5. ^ Rogelj, Joeri (2013). Uncertainties of low greenhouse gas emission scenarios (Thesis). ETH Zurich. doi:10.3929/ethz-a-009915210. hdl:20.500.11850/69139.
  6. ^ a b "PRIMAP website". Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  7. ^ IIASA (13 April 2021). "Joeri Rogelj". iiasa.ac.at. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  8. ^ Buttler, Lottie (28 August 2018). ""The next 10 years are critical" - Dr Rogelj, IPCC 1.5°C Special Report author". Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  9. ^ Rogelj, Joeri; Nabel, Julia; Chen, Claudine; Hare, William; Markmann, Kathleen; Meinshausen, Malte; Schaeffer, Michiel; Macey, Kirsten; Höhne, Niklas (2010). "Copenhagen Accord pledges are paltry". Nature. 464 (7292): 1126–1128. Bibcode:2010Natur.464.1126R. doi:10.1038/4641126a. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 20414291. S2CID 4359678.
  10. ^ Rogelj, Joeri; den Elzen, Michel; Höhne, Niklas; Fransen, Taryn; Fekete, Hanna; Winkler, Harald; Schaeffer, Roberto; Sha, Fu; Riahi, Keywan; Meinshausen, Malte (2016-06-30). "Paris Agreement climate proposals need a boost to keep warming well below 2 °C". Nature. 534 (7609): 631–639. Bibcode:2016Natur.534..631R. doi:10.1038/nature18307. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 27357792. S2CID 205249514.
  11. ^ Rogelj, Joeri; Schaeffer, Michiel; Friedlingstein, Pierre; Gillett, Nathan P.; van Vuuren, Detlef P.; Riahi, Keywan; Allen, Myles; Knutti, Reto (2016). "Differences between carbon budget estimates unravelled". Nature Climate Change. 6 (3): 245–252. Bibcode:2016NatCC...6..245R. doi:10.1038/nclimate2868. hdl:1874/330323. ISSN 1758-678X. S2CID 87929010.
  12. ^ Rogelj, Joeri; Forster, Piers M.; Kriegler, Elmar; Smith, Christopher J.; Séférian, Roland (2019-07-18). "Estimating and tracking the remaining carbon budget for stringent climate targets". Nature. 571 (7765): 335–342. Bibcode:2019Natur.571..335R. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1368-z. hdl:10044/1/78011. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 31316194. S2CID 197542084.
  13. ^ Rogelj, Joeri; Luderer, Gunnar; Pietzcker, Robert C.; Kriegler, Elmar; Schaeffer, Michiel; Krey, Volker; Riahi, Keywan (2015). "Energy system transformations for limiting end-of-century warming to below 1.5 °C". Nature Climate Change. 5 (6): 519–527. Bibcode:2015NatCC...5..519R. doi:10.1038/nclimate2572. ISSN 1758-678X.
  14. ^ Rogelj, Joeri; Popp, Alexander; Calvin, Katherine V.; Luderer, Gunnar; Emmerling, Johannes; Gernaat, David; Fujimori, Shinichiro; Strefler, Jessica; Hasegawa, Tomoko; Marangoni, Giacomo; Krey, Volker (2018). "Scenarios towards limiting global mean temperature increase below 1.5 °C". Nature Climate Change. 8 (4): 325–332. Bibcode:2018NatCC...8..325R. doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0091-3. hdl:1874/372779. ISSN 1758-678X. S2CID 56238230.
  15. ^ Rogelj, Joeri; Hare, William; Lowe, Jason; van Vuuren, Detlef P.; Riahi, Keywan; Matthews, Ben; Hanaoka, Tatsuya; Jiang, Kejun; Meinshausen, Malte (2011). "Emission pathways consistent with a 2 °C global temperature limit". Nature Climate Change. 1 (8): 413–418. Bibcode:2011NatCC...1..413R. doi:10.1038/nclimate1258. hdl:1874/314034. ISSN 1758-678X.
  16. ^ Rogelj, Joeri; Schaeffer, Michiel; Meinshausen, Malte; Knutti, Reto; Alcamo, Joseph; Riahi, Keywan; Hare, William (2015-10-01). "Zero emission targets as long-term global goals for climate protection". Environmental Research Letters. 10 (10): 105007. Bibcode:2015ERL....10j5007R. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/10/10/105007. hdl:20.500.11850/108056. ISSN 1748-9326. S2CID 44735387.
  17. ^ Rogelj, Joeri; McCollum, David L.; Riahi, Keywan (2013). "The UN's 'Sustainable Energy for All' initiative is compatible with a warming limit of 2 °C". Nature Climate Change. 3 (6): 545–551. Bibcode:2013NatCC...3..545R. doi:10.1038/nclimate1806. ISSN 1758-678X.
  18. ^ Robiou du Pont, Yann; Jeffery, M. Louise; Gütschow, Johannes; Rogelj, Joeri; Christoff, Peter; Meinshausen, Malte (2017). "Equitable mitigation to achieve the Paris Agreement goals". Nature Climate Change. 7 (1): 38–43. Bibcode:2017NatCC...7...38R. doi:10.1038/nclimate3186. hdl:10044/1/78110. ISSN 1758-678X.
  19. ^ a b International Science Council. "Profiles - Joeri Rogelj". ISC Website. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  20. ^ Emissions Gap Report 2020. United Nations. 2020. ISBN 978-92-807-3812-4. OCLC 1295582713.
  21. ^ IPCC (2013). "Summary for Policymakers" (PDF). AR5 Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  22. ^ IPCC (2014). "Summary for Policymakers" (PDF). AR5 Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  23. ^ IPCC. "Summary for Policymakers" (PDF). AR5 Synthesis Report. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  24. ^ Rogelj, J. Shindell, D. Jiang, K. Fifita, S. Forster, P. Ginzburg, V. Handa, C. Kheshgi, H. Kobayashi, S. Kriegler, E. Mundaca, L. Seferian, R. Vilarino, M.V. Calvin, K. Edelenbosch, O. Emmerling, J. Fuss, S. Gasser, T. Gillet, N. He, C. Hertwich, E. Höglund-Isaksson, L. Huppmann, D. Luderer, G. Markandya, A. McCollum, D. Millar, R. Meinshausen, M. Popp, A. Pereira, J. Purohit, P. Riahi, K. Ribes, A. Saunders, H. Schadel, C. Smith, C. Smith, P. Trutnevyte, E. Xiu, Y. Zickfeld, K. Zhou (2018). Chapter 2: Mitigation pathways compatible with 1.5°C in the context of sustainable development. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. OCLC 1143714180.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  25. ^ I., Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group (2021). Climate change 2021 the Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press. OCLC 1295500564.
  26. ^ World Meteorological Organisation (2019). "United in Science. High-level synthesis report of latest climate science information convened by the Science Advisory Group of the UN Climate Action Summit 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  27. ^ Rogelj, Joeri (September 2019). "APPENDIX B: Climate physics consequences of further delay in achieving CO2 emissions reductions and intergenerational fairness, Grantham Institute of Science Brief" (PDF). ChildrenVsClimateCrisis. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  28. ^ Priestley International Centre for Climate (15 June 2016). "First Piers Sellers Prizes awarded". Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  29. ^ IIASA (9 January 2015). "Joeri Rogelj awarded ETH Medal for thesis on climate science".
  30. ^ IIASA (18 March 2021). "Awards for YSSP Participants". Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  31. ^ Clarivate (2019). "Highly Cited Researchers". Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  32. ^ Clarivate (2020). "Highly Cited Researchers". Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  33. ^ "The Reuters Hot List". Reuters. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
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