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Viktoria Spaiser @viktoriaspaiser.bsky.social · 18d

If you’re in Leeds on the 15th of October, come to my inaugural lecture on “Facing Accelerating Climate Change Threat - Exploring Future Trajectories, Surveying the Past and the Present” www.tickettailor.com/events/fssev...

Select tickets – "Facing Accelerating Climate Change Threat": A Faculty Inaugural Lecture by Professor Viktoria Spaiser – Liberty Building (Moot Court) LT (1.28), University of Leeds

"Facing Accelerating Climate Change Threat": A Faculty Inaugural Lecture by Professor Viktoria Spaiser – Liberty Building (Moot Court) LT (1.28), University of Leeds, Wed 15 Oct 2025 - We are delighte...

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Die Junge Akademie @jungeakademie.bsky.social · Jun 19

#Klimawandel kennt keine Ländergrenzen – seine Folgen aber treffen uns weltweit und oft ungerecht verteilt. 🌍🔥
Klimaökonomin @leoniewenz.bsky.social vom @pik-potsdam.bsky.social zeigt im aktuellen #JAM31, warum wir globale Antworten brauchen:
Hier lesen:
👉 www.diejungeakademie.de/de/publikati...

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Links ist ein grüner Schfiftzug "Grenzen", rechts ein Porträt von Leonie Wenz. Sie hat lange dunkle Haare und trägt eine rosafarbene Bluse. Über dem Portrait steht "Grenzüberschreitende Folgen des Klimawandels" in gelber Schrift auf Dunkelblauem Hintergrund.
Fotorechte bei Jenna Dallwitz

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Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · Jun 17

And finally, on Thursday, Anna Reckwitz will talk about the „The impact of freshwater changes on economic production worldwide“, in the Impacts of climate change and policy session

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Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · Jun 17

This afternoon, Jakob Wedemeyer will then share insights from our work on “Climate-induced cross-border migration at global scales“ in the Climate change impacts: health, food and migration session

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Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · Jun 17

Today in the Carbon leakage egg timer session, Timothé Beaufils will present our WP „The potential of carbon border adjustments to foster climate cooperation“, joint work with @joschkawanner.bsky.social

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Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · Jun 17

Sadly, I can’t be at #EAERE2025 myself but lots of our work will be presented 👇🏼

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Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · Jun 6

Wie häufig und wie prominent werden welche Klimawandel-Themen in der Tagesschau behandelt? Das hat Tanja Schirmag in ihrer Bachelorarbeit am PIK @pik-potsdam.bsky.social und der Uni Potsdam @unipotsdam.bsky.social untersucht. Die Ergebnisse wurden heute in Comms Earth & Environment veröffentlicht 🎉

Neural topic modeling reveals German television’s climate change coverage

Communications Earth & Environment - Climate change accounts for about 4% of total news coverage in one of Germany’s leading television news programs. 80% of climate change coverage is...

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Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · Jun 6

How often and how prominently are which climate change-related topics covered in Germany’s major TV news program Tagesschau? In her Bachelor’s thesis, Tanja Schirmag developed an NLP-based algorithm and applied neural topic modeling to find out. The results have just been published 🎉

Neural topic modeling reveals German television’s climate change coverage

Communications Earth & Environment - Climate change accounts for about 4% of total news coverage in one of Germany’s leading television news programs. 80% of climate change coverage is...

www.nature.com

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Joschka Wanner @joschkawanner.bsky.social · Apr 24

Important indeed!
Timothé Beaufils, @leoniewenz.bsky.social and I investigate exactly this strategic dimension of the CBAM in our joint work: www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...

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Christopher Callahan @ccallahan45.bsky.social · Apr 23

NEW: Fossil fuel firms like Chevron and Exxon owe the world trillions of dollars. Today in @nature.com, @jsmankin.bsky.social and I show economic losses from rising heat waves directly traceable to these firms, providing scientific support for climate accountability.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Carbon majors and the scientific case for climate liability - Nature

A transparent and reproducible scientific framework is introduced to formalize how trillions in economic losses are attributable to the extreme heat caused by emissions from fossil fuel companies, whi...

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Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · Mar 5

Extremely happy and excited to have been appointed professor of environmental economics, with a focus on climate damages and adaptation, at Technical University Berlin.

www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

Leonie Wenz: Professor of Environmental Economics at the TU Berlin

04.03.2025- Leonie Wenz has been appointed Professor of Environmental Economics at Technische Universität (TU) Berlin with effect from 1 March 2025. The new position is a joint appointment with the Po...

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Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · Mar 5

Vielen Dank, ich freue mich sehr!

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Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · Feb 15

Excellent piece on climate adaptation by Chris Callahan!

Christopher Callahan @ccallahan45.bsky.social · Feb 14

I have a piece out today in @naturesustain.bsky.social arguing that we should be realistic -- or even pessimistic -- about the potential for climate adaptation.

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Present and future limits to climate change adaptation

Nature Sustainability - While adaptation to climate and environmental impacts is assumed for future development, this Perspective provides evidence that adaptation may be more limited or even...

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Charlotte Bartels @charlottebartels.bsky.social · Feb 4

Join my new Public Economics team at @unileipzig.bsky.social! A 100% PhD/Postdoc position with teaching and a 75% PhD position in a DFG research project on the triangle of growth, housing and voting in Germany with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social & @trgn.bsky.social. Apply until Feb 28

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Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · Jan 29

Looking forward to my talk and visit at INET Oxford today+tomorrow!

Institute for New Economic Thinking, Oxford @inetoxford.bsky.social · Jan 28

Join us on Wednesday 29 January, in person or online, for the @inet-complexity.bsky.social seminar series: Climate-induced cross-border migration at global scales

With @leoniewenz.bsky.social @pik-potsdam.bsky.social

🔗 www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/clima...

#complexity #complexityeconomics

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Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · Jan 29

Thank you for hosting me (and the prize!) - I had a great time with inspiring and insightful discussions!

Priestley Centre for Climate Futures @priestleycentre.bsky.social · Jan 22

Last chance to sign up to our cost of climate change seminar with Piers Sellers prize winner Dr Leonie Wenz! 🌧️💰

🗓️ Mon 27 Jan
⏰ 12:00 - 13:00
📍 School of Earth and Environment seminar rooms 1&2 and Online

Register and find out more 👇
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b88df5...

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Monika Schnitzer @monika-schnitzer.com · Jan 19

Lesenswerter FAZ-Beitrag zu den Kosten, wenn Klimaschutz vernachlässigt wird: Menschenleben, Sachschäden, Konflikte und Unruhen, Flüchtlingsströme… Die Frage ist deshalb nicht, OB sondern WIE der Klimaschutz vorangetrieben werden sollte.

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Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · Jan 15

Our recent Nature publication on the economic cost of climate change came in second!

Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Jan 15

NEW – Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2024 | @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org

Read here: https://buff.ly/4heAVMH

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Christina Gravert @cgravert.bsky.social · Jan 6

Only one week left to apply for 1 of 2 PhD positions investigating the behavioral barriers of the green transition with me at University of Copenhagen. jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...

PhD scholarships as part of the research project, “Behavioral Barriers to the Green Transition", CEBI, University of Copenhagen (UCPH)

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Catie Haunted Haus-man 👻👻👻 @catiehausman.bsky.social · Jan 2

Planning your climate or environment syllabus? I like to show short videos so students & I can visualize some of the things we're talking about. Here are some of the ones I like:

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Eugenie Dugoua @eugeniedugoua.bsky.social · Dec 20

The Department of Geography and Environment at LSE is hiring an Assistant Professor (Education) in Environmental Economics and Policy.
🗓️ Deadline: 16 February 2025 (23.59 UK time)
🔴 zurl.co/M8Nwy
This posting is arriving a bit late in the cycle, but please help circulate it widely!

Assistant Professor (Education) in Environmental Economics and Policy

Assistant Professor (Education) in Environmental Economics and Policy, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>As an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to diversity and inclusion, we&n...

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Moritz Drupp @moritzdrupp.bsky.social · Dec 12

We are advertising a PostDoc position in the Sustainability Economics Group at ETH Zurich (1-6 yrs, >$100K salary), offering excellent conditions to pursue innovative research projects & prepare for a professorship. Please spread the word to interested candidates: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...