Leon Merfort

ORCID: 0000-0003-1704-6892
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Research Areas
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
  • Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Economic Development and Digital Transformation
  • demographic modeling and climate adaptation
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
  • Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis
  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
  • Economic and Technological Developments in Russia
  • Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
  • Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
2019-2025

Leibniz Association
2021-2025

Technische Universität Berlin
2017-2024

Abstract. This paper presents the new and now open-source version 2.1 of REgional Model INvestments Development (REMIND). REMIND, as an integrated assessment model (IAM), provides view global energy–economy–emissions system explores self-consistent transformation pathways. It describes a broad range possible futures their relation to technical socio-economic developments well policy choices. REMIND is multiregional incorporating economy detailed representation energy sector implemented in...

10.5194/gmd-14-6571-2021 article EN cc-by Geoscientific model development 2021-10-28

A transition to healthy diets such as the EAT-Lancet Planetary Health Diet could considerably reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, specific contributions of dietary shifts for feasibility 1.5°C pathways remain unclear. Here, we use open-source integrated assessment modeling (IAM) framework REMIND-MAgPIE compare with and without shifts. We find that a flexitarian diet increases Paris Agreement climate goals in different ways: The reduction GHG emissions related shifts, especially...

10.1126/sciadv.adj3832 article EN cc-by-nc Science Advances 2024-03-27

The objective of the Paris Agreement is to obtain commitments from signing parties reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions levels consistent with a global warming well below 2 °C above pre-industrial and pursue further efforts limit it 1.5 °C. To achieve such ambitious goals, countries should collectively aim reach peak in GHG as soon possible steadily decrease their after that, ideally accomplish climate neutral world by middle this century. However, became clear that being...

10.5194/egusphere-egu25-17555 preprint EN 2025-03-15

Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) strategies are critical for climate stabilisation under the Paris Agreement. All current IPCC scenarios that achieve Agreement’s objectives rely on CDR, and implementing CDR explicit representations into Earth System Models will allow production of more realistic future scenario projections CMIP7 beyond. Here we present results from LANDMARC project which aims to explore efficiency carbon as well risks associated with land-based mitigation technologies...

10.5194/egusphere-egu25-18466 preprint EN 2025-03-15

Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) combine economy, energy, and sometimes land-use modeling approaches are commonly used to evaluate climate policies under least-cost scenarios. The marginal abatement cost (MAC) curve approach has been in policy analyses show the carbon price level for a given level, which also applied as way parameterize complex behavior of IAMs. Here, we propose new methodological framework i) emulate IAM’s emission reductions response pathways through MAC...

10.5194/egusphere-egu25-9195 preprint EN 2025-03-14

Assessing Earth system feedbacks arising from carbon dioxide removal (CDR) requires developing and simulating pairs of scenarios - a mitigation scenario with deployment CDR corresponding no-CDR baseline. Both respect specific long-term constraint on emission budget (i.e. reductions are pursued at the same level ambition), but latter describes world where no is deployed, such that net emissions larger given temperature threshold missed. While over past years rich literature deep has been...

10.5194/egusphere-egu25-16915 preprint EN 2025-03-15

Abstract Achieving the Paris Agreement’s CO 2 emission reduction goals heavily relies on enhancing carbon storage and sequestration in forests globally. Yet, increasing vulnerability of stored to both climate change human intervention is often neglected current mitigation strategies. Our study explores modelled interactions between key sectors, indicating that accelerated decarbonization could meet objectives despite forest losses due disturbances. However, delaying action loss by just five...

10.1038/s41467-025-57607-x article EN cc-by Nature Communications 2025-03-27

Abstract. This paper presents the new and now open-source version 2.1 of REgional Model INvestments Development (REMIND). REMIND, as an Integrated Assessment (IAM), provides integrated view on global energy-economy-emissions system explores self-consistent transformation pathways. It describes a broad range possible futures their relation to technical socio-economic developments well policy choices. REMIND is multi-regional model incorporating economy detailed representation energy sector...

10.5194/gmd-2021-85 preprint EN cc-by 2021-04-06

<title>Abstract</title> Net-zero commitments have become the central focal point for countries to communicate long-term climate targets. However, this it is not clear what extent conventional emissions reductions and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) will contribute net-zero. An integrated market removals with a uniform price delivers economically efficient contribution of CDR net-zero, yet might fully internalise sustainability risks hence could lead its overuse. In study, we explore...

10.21203/rs.3.rs-4572047/v1 preprint EN Research Square (Research Square) 2024-07-23

We investigate synchronization patterns and chimera-like states in the modular multilayer topology of connectome Caenorhabditis elegans. In special case a designed network with two layers, one electrical intra-community links chemical inter-community links, are known to exist. Aiming at more biological approach based on actual connectivity data, we consider consisting synaptic (electrical chemical) extrasynaptic (wireless) layers. Analyzing structure properties this layered using...

10.3389/fams.2019.00052 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics 2019-10-24

Abstract We assess the impact of different land-use emission policies within a broader climate policy framework on bioenergy production and associated carbon emissions. use global Integrated Assessment Model REMIND-MAgPIE integrating energy sectors derive alternative change mitigation scenarios over 21st century. If CO2 emissions are regulated consistently across sectors, biofuels limited to 12 kgCO2/GJ. Without regulations applied, bioenergy-induced increase substantially factor per unit...

10.21203/rs.3.rs-404716/v1 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2021-05-19

Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) can support mitigation efforts and help to limit the footprint of hardest-to-abate sectors. Forests are one most cost-effective solutions provide this CDR service at scale. Therefore, reforestation has become a major pillar supporting climate targets in scenarios action plans such as Nationally Determined Contributions. In addition, forests an unassisted aid mitigation, removing quarter annual emissions part terrestrial carbon cycle. As result, today&amp;#8217;s...

10.5194/egusphere-egu23-15161 preprint EN 2023-02-26
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