Publications

Publications are one of PIKs most important outputs. On this page you will find our latest work and further information
Arendt, Rosalie, van den Berg, Marc, Bossuyt, Daan, Diekel, Felice, Napiontek, Jakob, Pichler, Peter-Paul, Schneider-Marin, Patricia, Verlaan, Tim (2026): The sufficiency gap: the demand-side deficit in German, Dutch, and Norwegian cement decarbonization roadmaps - Environmental Research Letters
O’Neill, Daniel W., Creutzig, Felix (2026): A strong sustainability approach to AI development [Correspondence] - Nature Machine Intelligence
Pereira, Laura M., Gibson, Matthew Ford, Abrams, Jesse F., Brutschin, Elina, Cardenas, Juan Camilo, Cheung, William W.L., Claudet, Joachim, Cornell, Sarah E., Daioglou, Vassilis, Durán, América Paz, Gomez-Baggethun, Erik, Harrison, Paula A., Hebden, Sophie, Johnson, Justin A., Jouffray, Jean-Baptiste, Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, Sylvia, Keys, Patrick W., Kim, HyeJin, Kok, Marcel T.J., Lundquist, Carolyn J., Lenton, Timothy M., Mason-D’Croz, Daniel, McElwee, Pamela, Munera-Roldan, Claudia, Nakicenovic, Nebojsa, Norström, Albert V., Nyasulu, Maganizo Kruger, Peterson, Garry D., Pinho, Patricia, Popp, Alexander, Riahi, Keywan, Sumaila, U. Rashid, Tobian, Arne, Winkelmann, Ricarda, Wunderling, Nico, van Vuuren, Detlef, Vervoort, Joost, Zimm, Caroline (2026): Solving science conundrums in the climate-nature-equity polycrisis with integrated transformative scenarios - One Earth
Friedlingstein, Pierre, O'Sullivan, Michael, Jones, Matthew W., Andrew, Robbie M., Bakker, Dorothee C. E., Hauck, Judith, Landschützer, Peter, Le Quéré, Corinne, Li, Hongmei, Luijkx, Ingrid T., Peters, Glen P., Peters, Wouter, Pongratz, Julia, Schwingshackl, Clemens, Sitch, Stephen, Canadell, Josep G., Ciais, Philippe, Aas, Kjetil, Alin, Simone R., Anthoni, Peter, Barbero, Leticia, Bates, Nicholas R., Bellouin, Nicolas, Benoit-Cattin, Alice, Berghoff, Carla F., Bernardello, Raffaele, Bopp, Laurent, Brasika, Ida Bagus Mandhara, Chamberlain, Matthew A., Chandra, Naveen, Chevallier, Frédéric, Chini, Louise P., Collier, Nathan O., Colligan, Thomas H., Cronin, Margot, Djeutchouang, Laique M., Dou, Xinyu, Enright, Matt P., Enyo, Kazutaka, Erb, Michael, Evans, Wiley, Feely, Richard A., Feng, Liang, Ford, Daniel J., Foster, Adrianna, Fransner, Filippa, Gasser, Thomas, Gehlen, Marion, Gkritzalis, Thanos, Goncalves De Souza, Jefferson, Grassi, Giacomo, Gregor, Luke, Gruber, Nicolas, Guenet, Bertrand, Gürses, Özgür, Harrington, Kirsty, Harris, Ian, Heinke, Jens, Hurtt, George C., Iida, Yosuke, Ilyina, Tatiana, Ito, Akihiko, Jacobson, Andrew R., Jain, Atul K., Jarníková, Tereza, Jersild, Annika, Jiang, Fei, Jones, Steve D., Kato, Etsushi, Keeling, Ralph F., Klein Goldewijk, Kees, Knauer, Jürgen, Kong, Yawen, Korsbakken, Jan Ivar, Koven, Charles, Kunimitsu, Taro, Lan, Xin, Liu, Junjie, Liu, Zhiqiang, Liu, Zhu, Lo Monaco, Claire, Ma, Lei, Marland, Gregg, McGuire, Patrick C., McKinley, Galen A., Melton, Joe R., Monacci, Natalie, Monier, Erwan, Morgan, Eric J., Munro, David R., Müller, Jens D., Nakaoka, Shin-Ichiro, Nayagam, Lorna R., Niwa, Yosuke, Nutzel, Tobias, Olsen, Are, Omar, Abdirahman M., Pan, Naiqing, Pandey, Sudhanshu, Pierrot, Denis, Qin, Zhangcai, Regnier, Pierre, Rehder, Gregor, Resplandy, Laure, Roobaert, Alizée, Rosan, Thais M., Rödenbeck, Christian, Schwinger, Jörg, Skjelvan, Ingunn, Smallman, T. Luke, Spada, Victoria, Sreeush, Mohanan G., Sun, Qing, Sutton, Adrienne J., Sweeney, Colm, Swingedouw, Didier, Séférian, Roland, Takao, Shintaro, Tatebe, Hiroaki, Tian, Hanqin, Tian, Xiangjun, Tilbrook, Bronte, Tsujino, Hiroyuki, Tubiello, Francesco, van Ooijen, Erik, van der Werf, Guido R., van de Velde, Sebastiaan J., Walker, Anthony P., Wanninkhof, Rik, Yang, Xiaojuan, Yuan, Wenping, Yue, Xu, Zeng, Jiye (2026): Global Carbon Budget 2025 - Earth System Science Data
Fang, Zhongxiang, Forkel , Matthias, Fan, Naixin, Thonicke, Kirsten, Wang, Jonathan A., Friedl, Mark A., Buermann, Wolfgang: Consistent Tree Cover Dynamics Across Northern Lands During the Last Decades – A Multi-Dataset Assessment - Environmental Research Communications
Lambrecht, Nathalie, Sparling, Thalia M., Mayer, Axel, Waid, Jillian Lee, Wendt, Amanda, Ali, Masum, Gabrysch, Sabine (2026): Impact pathways of a homestead food production programme on women’s dietary diversity in Bangladesh - Nature Food
Mannone, Maria, Marwan, Norbert: Quantum-inspired density-matrix recurrence analysis of brain time series - European Physical Journal - Special Topics
Baum, Fabian, van Baal, Katharina, Augustin, Jobst, van de Sand, Heike, Lorenz-Dant, Klara, Lindemann, Christina, Baltruks, Dorothea, Büker, Christa, Deutschbein, Johannes, Geffert, Karin, Gothe, Holger, Herrmann, Alina, Hornberg, Claudia, Konnopka, Claudia, Kuehne, Anna, Luhmann, Esther, Metzendorf, Maria-Inti, Meyer, Ingo, Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas, Schmitt, Jochen, Steinmann, Miriam, Thürmann, Petra, Wolf, Jennyfer, Ziech, Patrick, Ziegler, Annika, Härter, Martin, Panchyrz, Ivonne: Perspectives, Action Strategies, and Approaches for Climate-Resilient and Low-Greenhouse-Gas Healthcare - Das Gesundheitswesen
Grünig, Marc, Rammer, Werner, Baumann, Martin, Albrich, Katharina, André, Frédéric, Augustynczik, Audrey L.D., Bohn, Friedrich, Bouwman, Meike, Bugmann, Harald, Collati, Alessio, Cristal, Irina, Dalmonech, Daniela, De Caceres, Miquel, De Coligny, Francois, Dobor, Laura, Dollinger, Christina, Forrester, David I., Garcia-Gonzalo, Jordi, González-Olabarria, José Ramón, Hiltner, Ulrike, Hlásny, Tomáš , Honkaniemi, Juha, Huber, Nico, Huth, Andreas, Jonard, Mathieu, Jönsson, Anna Maria, Lagergren, Frederik, Mina, Marco, Mohren, Frits, Moos, Christine, Morin, Xavier, Muys, Bart, Nieberg, Mats, Peltoniemi, Mikko, Reyer, Christopher P. O., Storms, Ilié, Thom, Dominik, Toigo, Maude, Seidl, Rupert (2026): Loss of competitive strength in European conifer species under climate change - Communications Earth and Environment
Katzenberger, Anja, Pérez-Carrasquilla, Jhayron S., Gemmell, Keighan, Galytska, Evgenia, Leclerc, Christine, P, Punya, Roy, Indrani, Varuolo-Clarke, Arianna, Tošić, Milica, Črnivec, Nina (2026): Developing Guidelines for working with Multi-Model Ensembles in CMIP - Earth System Dynamics
Zheng, Miao, Cui, Jinglan, Cheng, Luxi, Wang, Sitong, Wang, Xiaoxi, Xu, Xin, Zhang, Xiuming, Wang, Chen, Ren, Chenchen, Gu, Baojing (2026): Integrated climate effects on nitrogen cycles in global grasslands - Science Advances
Salehi, Pourya, Corbett, David, Creutzig, Felix, Pamlin, Dennis, Sandholz, Simone, Asadzadeh, Asad, Assarkhaniki, Zahra, Grafakos, Stelios, Jones, Amy, Mahapatra, Pooja, Astolfo, Juan Pablo, Palermo, Valentina, Melica, Giulia, Wainsten, Martin, Hsu, Angel, Kötter, Theo (2026): Digitalization for City-Level Models, Data, and Knowledge: Enabling Trust, Transparency, and Evidence-Based Climate Action - A Global Research and Action Agenda on Cities and Climate Change Science
Richardson, Ruth, Hendel-Blackford, Sarah, Benini, Lorenzo, Donges, Jonathan Friedemann, Gibbons, Beth, Jácome-Polit, David, Kovacic, Zora, Kwakkel, Jan, Linkov, Igor, Munden, Lou, Patton, Michael Quinn, Pavkova, Ivana Ema, Schweizer, Pia-Johanna, Shipman, Megan, Silver, Nick, Stauffer, Maxime, Trump, Benjamin D., Gambhir, Ajay (2026): Principles for Just and Effective Systemic Risk Governance - Global Sustainability
Sparling, Thalia M, Cornejo, Cesar, Offner, Claudia, Mayer, Axel, Waid, Jillian Lee, Kadiyala, Suneetha, Gabrysch, Sabine (2026): Nutrition-sensitive agriculture programme impacts women’s mental health via food security in rural Bangladesh - BMJ Global Health
Srivatsa, Aneesh, Tandon , Shruti, Biju, Andrea Elizabeth, Marwan, Norbert, Kurths, Jürgen, Sujith, R. I. (2026): Modeling the influence of interactions on different variables in a turbulent thermoacoustic system - Chaos
Tagomori, Isabela S., Diuana, Fabio A., Baptista, Luiz Bernardo, Bertram, Christoph, Dafnomilis, Ioannis, Drouet, Laurent, Fosse, Florian, Fragkiadakis, Dimitris, Fricko, Oliver, Hooijschuur, Elena, Iyer, Gokul, Kikstra, Jarmo S., Krey, Volker, Luderer, Gunnar, Ou, Yang, Reis, Lara Aleluia, Richters, Oliver, Rochedo, Pedro R. R., Vrontisi, Zoi, Weitzel, Matthias, Zwerling, Matthew, van Ruijven, Bas, Schaeffer, Roberto, van Vuuren, Detlef (2026): Promising climate progress from net-zero ambitions to the Paris Agreement goal - Nature Climate Change
Liu, Yu-Qi, Feng, Chao, Pradhan, Prajal, Varis, Olli, Hickmann, Thomas, Hubacek, Klaus (2026): Unpacking climate governance and SDG interactions: A multilevel governance framework and dynamic network analysis - Environmental Science and Policy
Schötz, Christof, White, Alistair, Gelbrecht, Maximilian, Boers, Niklas (2026): Machine learning for predicting chaotic systems - Chaos
Zhang, Jingyu, Rosca, Eugenia, Pradhan, Prajal (2026): Unveiling hidden costs in agrifood systems: A systematic review of true cost accounting - Trends in Food Science & Technology
Cai, Fenying, Gerten, Dieter, Zhang, Keer, Zhang, Tuantuan, Yang, Song, Kurths, Jürgen (2026): Large-scale aggregation of humid heatwaves exacerbated by coastal oceanic warming - Nature Geoscience
Maqbool, Sheraz, Khan, Muhammad Imran, Raza, Aamir, Ali, Mumtaz, Saddique, Naeem, Saddique, Qaisar (2026): A novel spatiotemporal and machine learning framework for sustainable groundwater monitoring and management - Groundwater for Sustainable Development
Heinicke, Stefanie, Zantout, Karim, Kühl, Hjalmar S., Reyer, Christopher P. O., Zimmermann, Sandra, Billing, Maik, Gosling, Simon N., Grillakis, Manolis, Hantson, Stijn, Ito, Akihiko, Kou-Giesbrecht, Sian, Koutroulis, Aristeidis, Mester, Benedikt, Müller Schmied, Hannes, Ostberg, Sebastian, Otta, Kedar, Pokhrel, Yadu, Frieler, Katja (2026): Land vertebrates increasingly exposed to multiple extreme events by 2085 - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Maamoun, Nada, Grünhagen, Caroline, Ward, Hauke, Kornek, Ulrike (2026): A seat at the table: Distributional impacts of food-price increases due to climate change - Climate Change Economics
Lessmann, Kai, Gruner, Friedemann, Kalkuhl, Matthias, Edenhofer, Ottmar (2026): Emissions trading with clean-up certificates: How carbon debt can increase climate ambition levels - Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
Cai, Lin, Yuan, Naiming, Boers, Niklas, Kurths, Jürgen (2026): Global Teleconnections of Extreme Rainfall Events in the Yellow River Basin - Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
Zheng, Zhihan, Su, Bo, Wang-Erlandsson, Lan, Chen, Deliang, Yang, Liang Emlyn, Ai, Mei, Xiao, Cunde (2026): Assessing the resilience of regional water resource systems: A case of the Hexi inland river basins, China - Environmental Science and Policy
Racković, Tamara, Ratković, Kruna, Simeunović, Marko, Kovač, Nataša, Menz, Christoph, Fraga, Helder, Malheiro, Aureliano C., Fernandes, António, Santos, João A. (2026): From Concept to Practice: Implementing a Knowledge-Driven Decision Support Platform for Sustainable Viticulture in Montenegro - Sensors
Kreuzer, Moritz, Albrecht, Torsten, Huiskamp, Willem Nicholas, Petri, Stefan, Feldmann, Johannes, Feulner, Georg, Winkelmann, Ricarda (2026): Antarctic meltwater-stratification feedback is less pronounced under high climate forcing - Geophysical Research Letters