Dr. Inga Sauer

Inga completed her Master’s Degree in Sustainability Science and Technology at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) in Barcelona, working on institutional barriers for climate change adaptation in coastal management. In 2019, she started her PhD in the group of Event-based modeling of economic impacts of Climate Change at PIK. In her PhD project she worked on the socio-economic dimension of river floods, analyzing direct damage and distributional effects of disasters and their attribution to climate change. Since 2024 she co-leads the group Data_centric modeling of cross-sectoral impacts together with Matthias Mengel.

Inga Sauer, Benedikt Mester, Katja Frieler et al. Satellite observations reveal a stagnation of flood vulnerability reduction globally in the 21st century, 20 September 2023, PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square [https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3292953/v1]

Inga Sauer, Benedikt Mester, Katja Frieler et al. Satellite observations reveal a stagnation of flood vulnerability reduction globally in the 21st century, 20 September 2023, PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square [https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3292953/v1]

Inga Sauer, Benedikt Mester, Katja Frieler et al. Satellite observations reveal a stagnation of flood vulnerability reduction globally in the 21st century, 20 September 2023, PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square [https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3292953/v1]

Sauer, I.J., Walsh, B., Frieler, K. et al. Not enough time to recover? Understanding the poverty effects of recurrent floods in the Philippines, 15 May 2023, PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square  https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2911340/v1

Peer-reviewed publications

2024

Sauer, Inga J., Benedikt Mester, Katja Frieler, Sandra Zimmermann, Jacob Schewe, and Christian Otto. “Limited Progress in Global Reduction of Vulnerability to Flood Impacts over the Past Two Decades.” /Communications Earth & Environment/ 5, no. 1 (May 8, 2024): 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01401-y.

Stalhandske, Zélie, Carmen B. Steinmann, Simona Meiler, Inga J. Sauer, Thomas Vogt, David N. Bresch, and Chahan M. Kropf. “Global Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment in a Changing Climate.” /Scientific Reports/ 14, no. 1 (March 11, 2024): 5875. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55775-2.

Frieler, K., Volkholz, J., Lange, S., Schewe, J., Mengel, M., Rivas López, M. R., Otto, C., Reyer, C. P. O., Karger, D. N., Malle, J. T., Treu, S., Menz, C., Blanchard, J. L., Harrison, C. S., Petrik, C. M., Eddy, T. D., Ortega-Cisneros, K., Novaglio, C., Rousseau, Y., Watson, R. A., Stock, C., Liu, X., Heneghan, R., Tittensor, D., Maury, O., Büchner, M., Vogt, T., Wang, T., Sun, F., Sauer, I. J., Koch, J., Vanderkelen, I., Jägermeyr, J., Müller, C., Klar, J., Vega del Valle, I. D., Lasslop, G., Chadburn, S., Burke, E., Gallego-Sala, A., Smith, N., Chang, J., Hantson, S., Burton, C., Gädeke, A., Li, F., Gosling, S. N., Müller Schmied, H., Hattermann, F., Wang, J., Yao, F., Hickler, T., Marcé, R., Pierson, D., Thiery, W., Mercado-Bettín, D., Forrest, M., and Bechtold, M.: Scenario set-up and forcing data for impact model evaluation and impact attribution within the third round of the Inter-Sectoral Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP3a) https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-1-2024

2021

Sauer I J, Reese R, Otto C, Geiger T, Willner S N, Guillod B P, Bresch D N and Frieler K 2021 Climate signals in river flood damages emerge under sound regional disaggregation Nat. Commun. 12 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22153-9

Krichene H, Geiger T, Frieler K, Willner S N, Sauer I and Otto C 2021 Long-term impacts of tropical cyclones and fluvial floods on economic growth – Empirical evidence on transmission channels at different levels of development World Dev. 144 105475

Sauer, I.J., Roca, E. & Villares, M. Integrating climate change adaptation in coastal governance of the Barcelona metropolitan area. Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Change 26, 16 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-021-09953-6

2019

Sauer, I., Roca E., and Villares M. “Beach Users’ Perceptions of Coastal Regeneration Projects as An Adaptation Strategy in The Western Mediterranean.” Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, November 21, 2019, 109634801988911. https://doi.org/10.1177/1096348019889112.

2015

Sauer, I., Doerr C., and Schanze T. “Spike Sorting: The Overlapping Spikes Challenge.” Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering 1, no. 1 (September 14, 2015): 42–45. https://doi.org/10.1515/cdbme-2015-0011.

Reports

Zimmer A., Sauer I., Berger J., Schleypen J., Vogt. T., Plinke C., Geiger T., Piontek F., Krichene H., Malafry L., Pittel K., Kuhla K., and Otto C. Understanding the Short and Long-Term Impacts of Climate Extremes. Synthesis Report. (2023)

Bertram C., Hilaire J, Kriegler E, Beck T, Bresch D, Clarke L, Cui R, Edmonds J, Charles M, Zhao A, Kropf C, Sauer I, Lejeune Q, Pfleiderer P, Min J, Piontek F, Rogelj J, Schleussner CF, Sferra, F, van Ruijven B, Yu S, Holland D, Liadze I, Hurst I (2021) : NGFS Climate Scenario Database: Technical Documentation V2.2

Thesis

Sauer, I ,  2023. The socio-economic impacts of extreme events in a changing climate-
From direct asset damage to long-term effects on well-being. Doctoral Thesis. https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000651551

Sauer, I, 2018. Análisis de los conflictos sociales en las estrategias de adaptación de la costa al cambio climático. Master's Thesis.

 Outreach

Sauer, I. Is the observed positive trend in global flood damages due to climate change?.https://www.isipedia.org/report/is-the-observed-positive-trend-in-global-flood-damages-due-to-climate-change/

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