Reposted by Leonie WenzDie Junge Akademie @jungeakademie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026📣 Neue Mitglieder gesucht! Bis zum 11.11. können sich exzellente Wissenschaftler*innen u. Künstler*innen mit Begeisterung für den interdisziplinären Austausch an der Schnittstelle von Wissenschaft, Kunst, Gesellschaft und Politik um eine Mitgliedschaft bewerben: 🔗 diejungeakademie.de/de/mitglied-... 11315
Reposted by Leonie WenzPIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Extreme Hitze kostet Gesundheit & Wirtschaft. PIK-Forscherin @leoniewenz.bsky.social betont in der ZEIT: Klimaanpassung braucht mehr erneuerbare Energien & Speicher. Zugleich liege der CO₂-Preis derzeit deutlich unter den tatsächlichen Kosten. (paywall) www.zeit.de/2026-06/prod...zeit.deHitze und Wirtschaft: So schmilzt das Wachstum dahinHöhere Energiekosten, weniger Produktivität: Die Hitze kostet die Wirtschaft langfristig Milliarden. Das spüren auch Kleinbetriebe wie ein Dachdecker aus Hamburg. 0169
Reposted by Leonie WenzPIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Klimaschutz kostet. Aber kein Klimaschutz kostet auch: „Wobei sich viele Folgen des Klimawandels gar nicht in Geldwert ausdrücken lassen – etwa Menschenleben, Gesundheit, Biodiversität oder gesellschaftliches Miteinander“, sagt PIK-Forscherin Leonie Wenz. www.zdfheute.de/video/heute-... 0207
Reposted by Leonie WenzAERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 11/06/2026📢 Just accepted in #JAERE! 📢 "The potential of Carbon Border Adjustments to foster climate cooperation" by Timothé Beaufils @timbeaufils.bsky.social, Joschka Wanner @joschkawanner.bsky.social, and Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social. 📎 Read it here: buff.ly/wYSfTox 📈📉 #Econsky 053
Reposted by Leonie WenzPIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Neue Studie: Das EU-CO2-Grenzausgleichsystem #CBAM kann einen positiven Dominoeffekt bewirken, so PIK-Forscherin Leonie Wenz: „CBAM könnte nicht nur die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit garantieren sondern auch den Kilmaschutz international stärken.“ www.deutschlandfunk.de/klimaschutz-...deutschlandfunk.deKlimaschutz: Die Wirkung des EU-CO₂-Preis auf Importe, Inter. Leonie Wenz 0138
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 01/06/2026How the EU’s carbon price on imports strengthens climate policy globally - check out the press release for our new study that explores the potential of CBAM to foster climate cooperation. Joint work with Timothé Beaufils and @joschkawanner.bsky.social Accepted for publication in JAERE. 061
Reposted by Leonie WenzScientists for Future Berlin-Brandenburg @s4f-bebb.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Was sind die sozialen Kosten des Klimawandels? Darum geht es heute um 16:15 in der #Ringvorlesung zum #Klimaschutz an der @tuberlin.bsky.social. Es referiert Umweltökonomin Prof. Dr. Leonie Wenz. Weitere Infos und Anmeldung zur Online-Vorlesung (auch für Externe) unter: www.tu.berlin/aloenk/studi...tu.berlinKlimaringvorlesung - TU Berlin 0116
Reposted by Leonie WenzManuel Linsenmeier @mlinsenmeier.bsky.social · 14/04/2026New paper published in PNAS today! Joint work with Jeffrey Shrader, Stephan Thies, Derek Lemoine, and Laura Bakkensen: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 23314
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Danke für die Einladung und spannenden Diskussionen! 010
Reposted by Leonie WenzPIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 19/12/2025„Der Klimawandel beeinflusst Nahrungsmittelpreise, Produktivität, Gesundheit, Landwirtschaft, Strombedarf – eigentlich fast jeden gesellschaftlich relevanten Bereich.“ PIK-Forscherin @leoniewenz.bsky.social in einem lesenswerten @zeit.de-Artikel zu #Klima & #Wirtschaft www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2...zeit.deKlimaschutz und Wirtschaft: Stimmt es eigentlich, dass zu viel Klimaschutz der Wirtschaft schadet?Ob beim Verbrenner-Aus oder der Industriekrise – Politiker verteufeln den Klimaschutz als Wirtschaftskiller. Vorn mit dabei: Kanzler Merz. Aber stimmt das eigentlich? 05323
Reposted by Leonie WenzScientists for Future Berlin-Brandenburg @s4f-bebb.bsky.social · 08/12/2025In der #Ringvorlesung zum #Klimaschutz an der @tuberlin.bsky.social geht es heute ab 16:15 darum, wie multiskalige Erdbeobachtung dazu beiträgt, die Verletzlichkeit von Ökosystemen zu verstehen und Strategien für Klimaschutz zu entwickeln. Es referiert Prof. Christine Wallis. Mehr Infos & Anmeldung:tu.berlinTU Berlin for Future – Die Ringvorlesung zum KlimaschutzKlimaringvorlesung der TU Berlin. Immer montags um 16.15 Uhr bis 17:45 Uhr / Auftakt am 24. April 2023, Abschlussveranstaltung am 17. Juli 2023, Ort: Online 01911
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 05/12/2025… is to emphasize that our paper’s qualitative conclusions are strongly supported by a wider evidence base: climate change has substantial impacts on the economy, these are very unequally distributed and outweigh the costs of ambitious climate policy. 140
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 05/12/2025This week we retracted our 2024 Nature paper in response to two matters arising. We are grateful for the community‘s engagement and have worked on addressing the issues raised - but the changes exceed a mere correction of the published article. More info below. What is really important to me … 140
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Heute Abend diskutieren wir im #Futurium Berlin über die Zukunft der Wissenschafskommunikation - mit Utopiemobil! 053
Reposted by Leonie WenzViktoria Spaiser @viktoriaspaiser.bsky.social · 20/09/2025If 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...tickettailor.comSelect 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... 176
Reposted by Leonie WenzDie Junge Akademie @jungeakademie.bsky.social · 19/06/2025#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... 061
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 17/06/2025And 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 020
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 17/06/2025This 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 120
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Today 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 151
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Sadly, I can’t be at #EAERE2025 myself but lots of our work will be presented 👇🏼 152
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Wie 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 🎉nature.comNeural topic modeling reveals German television’s climate change coverageCommunications 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... 12914
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 06/06/2025How 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 🎉nature.comNeural topic modeling reveals German television’s climate change coverageCommunications 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... 094
Reposted by Leonie WenzJoschka Wanner @joschkawanner.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Important 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...cesifo.orgThe Potential of Carbon Border Adjustments to Foster Climate Cooperation | CESifoThe European Union (EU) is implementing a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) at its borders, which will require exporters of basic materials to surrender emission permits when exporting to the ... 083
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Extremely 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...pik-potsdam.deLeonie Wenz: Professor of Environmental Economics at the TU Berlin04.03.2025- 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... 6421
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Excellent piece on climate adaptation by Chris Callahan! 010
Reposted by Leonie WenzCharlotte Bartels @charlottebartels.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Join 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 25537
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Looking forward to my talk and visit at INET Oxford today+tomorrow! 040
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Thank you for hosting me (and the prize!) - I had a great time with inspiring and insightful discussions! 110
Reposted by Leonie WenzMonika Schnitzer @monika-schnitzer.com · 19/01/2025Lesenswerter 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. 1309
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Our recent Nature publication on the economic cost of climate change came in second! 1264
Reposted by Leonie WenzChristina Gravert @cgravert.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Only 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...jobportal.ku.dkPhD scholarships as part of the research project, “Behavioral Barriers to the Green Transition", CEBI, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) 075
Reposted by Leonie WenzCatie Hausman @catiehausman.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Planning 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: 4121465
Reposted by Leonie WenzEugenie Dugoua @eugeniedugoua.bsky.social · 20/12/2024The 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!zurl.coAssistant Professor (Education) in Environmental Economics and PolicyAssistant 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... 1329
Reposted by Leonie WenzMoritz Drupp @moritzdrupp.bsky.social · 12/12/2024We 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...jobs.ethz.chPostdoctoral Position in the Sustainability Economics Group 13322
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 03/12/2024www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...pik-potsdam.deMaximilian Kotz receives Leibniz Dissertation award for “The economic costs of climate change”11/28/2024 – The 2024 Leibniz Dissertation Award has been granted to Maximilian Kotz for his outstanding research on the economic costs of climate change, completed at the Potsdam Institute for Climat... 020
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 03/12/2024www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...pik-potsdam.dePIK scientist Annika Stechemesser receives the Potsdam Young Scientist Prize12/02/2024 – The Potsdam Young Scientist Prize has been awarded this year to Annika Stechemesser for her outstanding research in the field of climate physics. In her interdisciplinary dissertation, aw... 110
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 02/12/2024www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comTemperature impacts on hate speech online: evidence from 4 billion geolocated tweets from the USAA link between weather and aggression in the offline world has been established across a variety of societal settings. Simultaneously, the rapid digit… 121
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 02/12/2024www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...thelancet.comInequality in behavioural heat adaptation: an empirical study with mobility data from the transport system in New York City, NY, USAOur study showed that temperature had a strong, non-linear effect on subway use, but the magnitude of the effect on subway use was heterogeneous across areas of the city on warm days. Weaker avoidance... 120
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 02/12/2024www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe effect of rainfall changes on economic production - NatureA global assessment shows that increases in the number of wet days and extreme daily rainfall adversely affect economic growth, particularly in high-income nations and via the services and manufacturi... 110
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 02/12/2024www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe economic commitment of climate change - NatureAnalysis of projected sub-national damages from temperature and precipitation show an income reduction of 19% of the world economy within the next 26 years independent of future emission choices. 110
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Max Kotz published articles in Nature (twice!), Nature Climate Change, PNAS, Journal of Climate, … in which he illuminated various channels through which climate affects the economy, thus demonstrating that the cost of climate damages will by far exceed those of ambitious climate protection. 141
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Annika Stechemesser investigated how heat affects our day-to-day behavior, analyzing data i.a. from turnstiles and billions of tweets. Her findings, published e.g. in the Lancet Planetary Health, point to physical and mental health risks, threats to societal cohesion and limits to adaption. 121
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Last week, “my” first two PhD students, Annika Stechemesser & Max Kotz, got two prestigious prizes for their dissertations - such a wonderful recognition of their creativity, talent and hard work. Below an overview and some links to their work: 3343
Reposted by Leonie WenzPIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 28/11/2024🎉 Congratulations to Maximilian Kotz, recipient of the 2024 Leibniz Dissertation Award for his exceptional research on the economic costs of climate change, conducted at PIK. 💐👏 His work examines the profound economic impact of #ClimateChange: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late... 311418
Reposted by Leonie WenzWaldemar Marz @waldomarz.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Call for papers: CESifo / ifo Junior Workshop on Energy and Climate Economics (13 March 2025)! Submit until 16 Dec!!! www.cesifo.org/en/event/202...cesifo.orgCESifo / ifo Junior Workshop on Energy and Climate Economics 2025Scientific Organizer: Maximilian AuffhammerCESifo and the ifo Institute will organize its second Junior Workshop on Energy and Climate Economics. The workshop is aimed at PhD students towards the end ... 12114
Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Very happy and honored to be again among Germany‘s Top 40 under 40 this year! 3213