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Leonie Wenz
Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung
Komplexitätsforschung
Telegrafenberg A56
14471 Potsdam
Research areas
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Environmental and Climate Economics
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Social and Economic Consequences of Climate Change
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Sustainable Development and Climate Resilience
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Global Trade and Supply Networks
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Statistical Methods and Causal Inference
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Resume
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since 01/2020
Deputy head of research department Complexity Science at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) -
since 09/2019
Head of working group Data-based Analysis of Climate Decisions at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) -
since 09/2018
Principal investigator of Impactee project (funded by Volkswagen foundation) -
since 09/2012
Fellow at Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) in Berlin -
09/18-08/19
Postdoc at Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ARE) at University of California (UC), Berkeley -
05/16-08/18
Postdoc in working group Global Adaptation Strategies at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) -
2016
Ph.D. in Climate Physics/Economics -
02-05/2015
Research stay at Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ARE) at University of California (UC), Berkeley -
2012
M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Mathematics at Philipps University of Marburg, Germany
Selection of
publications
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M. Kotz, S. Lange, L. Wenz, A. Levermann
Changes in mean and extreme precipitation scale universally with global mean temperature across and within climate models
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A. Stechemesser, A. Levermann, L. Wenz
Temperature impacts on hate speech online: evidence from four billion tweets
The Lancet Planetary Health (accepted)
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M. Jakob, S. Afionis, [...], L. Wenz, S.N. Willner
How trade policy can support the climate agenda
Science (2022) DOI: 10.1126/science.abo4207
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[Book chapter] L. Wenz & S.N. Willner
Climate impacts and global supply chains: an overview
Handbook on Trade Policy and Climate Change. Edited by M. Jakob (2022).
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M. Kotz, A. Levermann, L. Wenz
The effect of rainfall changes on economic production
Nature (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04283-8
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A. Stechemesser, L. Wenz, M. Kotz, A. Levermann
Strong increase of racist tweets outside of climate comfort zone in Europe
Environmental Research Letters (2021). doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac28b3
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M. Kotz, L. Wenz, A. Levermann
Footprint of greenhouse forcing in daily temperature variability
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (2021). doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2103294118
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T. Beaufils & L. Wenz
A scenario-based method for projecting multi-regional input-output tables
Economic Systems Research (2021). doi.org/10.1080/09535314.2021.1952404
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[Data set] M. Kalkuhl, M. Kotz, L. Wenz
DOSE - The MCC-PIK Database Of Subnational Economic output (Version 1)
Zenodo (2021). doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4681306
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K. Kuhla, S.N. Willner, C. Otto, L. Wenz, A. Levermann
Future heat stress to reduce people's purchasing power
PLoS ONE 16 (2021). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251210
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K. Barton-Henry, L. Wenz, A. Levermann
Decay radius of climate decision for solar panels in the city of Fresno, USA
Nature Scientific Reports 11, 8571 (2021). doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87714-w
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M. Kotz, L. Wenz, A. Stechemesser, M. Kalkuhl, A. Levermann
Day-to-day temperature variability reduces economic growth.
Nature Climate Change (2021). doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-00985-5
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L. Wenz, A. Levermann, S.N. Willner, C. Otto, K. Kuhla
Brexit no-trade-deal scenario: short-term consumer benefit at the expense of long-term economic development
PloS ONE 15 (2020). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237500
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M. Kalkuhl & L. Wenz
The impact of climate conditions on economic production. Evidence from a global panel of regions
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 102360 (2020). doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2020.102360
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L. Wenz, U. Weddige, M. Jakob, J.C. Steckel
Road to glory or highway to hell? Global road access and climate change mitigation
Environmental Research Letters 15 (2020). dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab858d
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A. Stechemesser, L. Wenz, A. Levermann
Corona crisis fuels racially profiled hate in social media networks
The Lancet - EClinicalMedicine (2020). doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100372
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F. Ueckerdt, K. Frieler, S. Lange, L. Wenz, G. Luderer, A. Levermann
The economically optimal warming limit of the planet
Earth System Dynamics 10 (2019). doi.org/10.5194/esd-10-741-2019
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H. Ward, L. Wenz, J.C. Steckel, J.C. Minx
Truncation error estimates in process lifecycle assessment using input-output analysis
Journal of Industrial Ecology 22 (2018). DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12655.
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C. Otto, S. N. Willner, L. Wenz, K. Frieler, A. Levermann
Modeling loss-propagation in the global supply network: The dynamic agent-based model acclimate
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 83 (2017). DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2017.08.001
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L. Wenz, A. Levermann, M. Auffhammer
North-South polarization of European electricity consumption under future warming
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (2017). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1704339114.
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L. Wenz
Climate change impacts in an increasingly connected world
University of Potsdam (2016)
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L. Wenz
Globalization has made our economies more vulnerable to climate change
World Economic Forum (2016)
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L. Wenz & A. Levermann
Enhanced economic connectivity to foster heat stress-related losses
Science Advances 2 (2016). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501026.
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C. Bren d'Amour, L. Wenz, M. Kalkuhl, J.C. Steckel, F. Creutzig
Teleconnected food supply shocks
Environmental Research Letters 11 (2016). DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/3/035007.
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L. Wenz, S.N. Willner, A. Radebach, R. Bierkandt, J.C. Steckel, A. Levermann
Regional and sectoral disaggregation of multi-regional input-output tables - a flexible algorithm
Economic Systems Research 27 (2015), DOI: 10.1080/09535314.2014.987731.
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L. Wenz, S.N. Willner, R. Bierkandt, A. Levermann
Acclimate - a model for economic damage propagation. Part II: A dynamic formulation of the backward effects of disaster-induced productions failures in the global supply network
Economic Systems Research 27 (2015), DOI: 10.1080/09535314.2014.987731.
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R. Bierkandt, L. Wenz, S.N. Willner, A. Levermann
Acclimate - a model for economic damage propagation. Part I: Basic formulation of damage transfer within a global supply network and damage conserving dynamics
Environment Systems and Decisions 34 (2014). DOI: 10.1007/s10669-014-9523-4.
Activities
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Workshop „Bridging the Gap“
The Sustainability Research Group is organising a workshop on the influence of research about environmental policy and sustainability on environmental policy decisions.
Topics:
- Starts on
- 07.10.23
- Ends on
- 07.10.23
Event access: Internal
Berlin
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Salon Sophie Charlotte 2023
Aufklärung 2.0
In 2023, the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities will once again open its doors to the public and invite visitors to the Salon Sophie Charlotte - this year under the motto "Enlightenment 2.0. The ten members of Die Junge Akademie who joined in the summer of 2022 will participate in the Salon with their own activity.
Topics:
- Starts on
- 13.05.23
Event access: Public
Berlin-Bradenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Markgrafenstraße 38, 10117 Berlin
Link18:00
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A look at challenges facing the agrifood system
Members of Die Junge Akademie’s Research Group “Sustainability” have published a contribution to the debate on the food transition. Titled “Die Zukunft der Ernährung in Europa: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven” [The Future of Food in Europe: Interdisciplinary Perspectives], the team of authors examines what it considers to be necessary changes in the agrifood system.
Topics:
Berlin 2023
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