Christoph Bertram
PostDoc
Sustainable Solutions
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Germany
Biography
Christoph works on the representation of climate policies as well as energy demand and efficiency in coupled macroeconomic and energy system models to evaluate climate change mitigation strategies. He studied Physics and Political Science at the Universities of Tübingen and Córdoba, Argentina, holds a PhD in economics of TU Berlin and an advanced degree in Physics (Diplom-Phys.). After working as WBGU research analyst for Professors Rahmstorf and Schellnhuber for one year, he joined the Global Energy Systems group of Research Domain III: Sustainable Solutions in April 2011.
Research Interest
His research interests include the interrelationship of mid-term climate policies and long-term policy goals and the impact of different energy demand assumptions.
Publications
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G. Luderer, R. Pietzcker, C. Bertram, E. Kriegler, M. Meinshausen, and O. Edenhofer, “Economic mitigation challenges: how further delay closes the door for achieving climate targets,†Environ. Res. Lett., vol. 8, no. 3, p. 034033, Sep. 2013.
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C. Bertram, G. Luderer, R. Pietzcker, E. Schmid, E. Kriegler, and O. Edenhofer, “Complementing carbon prices with technology policies to keep climate targets within reach,†Nature Climate Change, vol. 5, no. 3, 2015, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/NCLIMATE2514.
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Von Stechow, C., J.C. Minx, K. Riahi, J. Jewell, D.L. McCollum, M.W. Callaghan, C. Bertram, G. Luderer, G. B (2016): 2°C and SDGs: United they stand, divided they fall? Environ. Res. Lett., Vol. 11, Mar. 2016
