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Leonie Wenz

Climate economics

Year 2022

Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung

Komplexitätsforschung

Telegrafenberg A56 14471 Potsdam

E:: leonie.wenz@pik-potsdam.de
T:: +49 331 288-2568

Portrait of Leonie Wenz. She has long, brown hair and brown green eyes. She is wearing a coral colored blouse. — Photo: Jenna Dallwitz

Research areas

Projects: Science Communication
Research Groups: Sustainability

Money and Society

Resume

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

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

Journal of Climate (submitted)
A. Stechemesser, A. Levermann, L. Wenz

Temperature impacts on hate speech online: evidence from four billion tweets

The Lancet Planetary Health (accepted)
M. Jakob, S. Afionis, [...], L. Wenz, S.N. Willner

How trade policy can support the climate agenda

Science (2022) DOI: 10.1126/science.abo4207
[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).
M. Kotz, A. Levermann, L. Wenz

The effect of rainfall changes on economic production

Nature (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04283-8
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
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
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
[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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
L. Wenz

Climate change impacts in an increasingly connected world

University of Potsdam (2016)
L. Wenz

Globalization has made our economies more vulnerable to climate change

World Economic Forum (2016)
L. Wenz & A. Levermann

Enhanced economic connectivity to foster heat stress-related losses

Science Advances 2 (2016). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501026.
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.
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.
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.
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

- 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
- Workshop „Wissenschaft in der Debatte“
  
  On the role of the humanities, social sciences and law in political debates. What are the functions and consequences of their involvement?
  
  Topics:
  Starts on
  
  07.10.23
  
  Event access: Internal
  
  Berlin
- 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
  Link
  
  18:00
- 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:
  Franziska Funke, Linus Mattauch, Thorsten Merl, Hermine Mitter, Viola Priesemann, Leonie Wenz, Anna Wiese
  
  Berlin 2023

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Leonie Wenz

Research areas

Resume

Selection of
publications

Changes in mean and extreme precipitation scale universally with global mean temperature across and within climate models

Temperature impacts on hate speech online: evidence from four billion tweets

How trade policy can support the climate agenda

Climate impacts and global supply chains: an overview

The effect of rainfall changes on economic production

Strong increase of racist tweets outside of climate comfort zone in Europe

Footprint of greenhouse forcing in daily temperature variability

A scenario-based method for projecting multi-regional input-output tables

DOSE - The MCC-PIK Database Of Subnational Economic output (Version 1)

Future heat stress to reduce people's purchasing power

Decay radius of climate decision for solar panels in the city of Fresno, USA

Day-to-day temperature variability reduces economic growth.

Brexit no-trade-deal scenario: short-term consumer benefit at the expense of long-term economic development

The impact of climate conditions on economic production. Evidence from a global panel of regions

Road to glory or highway to hell? Global road access and climate change mitigation

Corona crisis fuels racially profiled hate in social media networks

The economically optimal warming limit of the planet

Truncation error estimates in process lifecycle assessment using input-output analysis

Modeling loss-propagation in the global supply network: The dynamic agent-based model acclimate

North-South polarization of European electricity consumption under future warming

Climate change impacts in an increasingly connected world

Globalization has made our economies more vulnerable to climate change

Enhanced economic connectivity to foster heat stress-related losses

Teleconnected food supply shocks

Regional and sectoral disaggregation of multi-regional input-output tables - a flexible algorithm

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

Acclimate - a model for economic damage propagation. Part I: Basic formulation of damage transfer within a global supply network and damage conserving dynamics

Activities

Workshop „Bridging the Gap“

Workshop „Wissenschaft in der Debatte“

Salon Sophie Charlotte 2023

Aufklärung 2.0

A look at challenges facing the agrifood system

Research areas

Resume

Selection ofpublications

Activities

Aufklärung 2.0

Selection of
publications