Alexandre C. Köberle

 
 

Profile

Research Group: RG1 – Climate variability processes and extremes
Position at IDL: Researcher
Job: Researcher
Email: ackoberle@fc.ul.pt
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Academic Degree and field of specialization:

  • DSc Energy Planning

Keywords: climate change, climate and nature finance, integrated assessment models, land use change, nature-based solutions, energy systems

Scientific Informations

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0328-4750

SCOPUS ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56659375700

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Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7bgJ8tEAAAAJ&hl=en

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS

Main Interests: 

food systems transitions, nature-based solutions, modelled scenarios, climate action, climate and nature finance, environmental modelling

Top 10 Publications:

1.     Köberle, A.C. Food security in climate mitigation scenarios. Nature Food 3, 98–99 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00443-1

2.     Köberle A.C., Shrimali G., Mittal S., Jundal A., Donovan C. Financial risks to coal value chain from a cost-conscious shift to renewables in India. (2022) Environ. Res. Lett. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aca036

3.     Grant N., Gambhir A., Mittal S., Greig C., Köberle A.C. (2022) Enhancing the realism of decarbonisation scenarios with practicable regional constraints on CO2 storage capacity. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2022.103766

4.     KÖBERLE AC, Vandyck T., Guivarch C., Macaluso N., Bosetti V., Gambhir A., Tavoni M., Rogelj R. The Cost of Mitigation Revisited. Nature Climate Change. (2021). 11 (12), 1035-1045

5.     KÖBERLE AC, Daioglou V, Rochedo P, Lucena AFP, Szklo A, Fujimori S, Brunelle T, Kato E, Kitous A, van Vuuren DP, Schaeffer R. Can global models provide insights into regional mitigation strategies? A diagnostic model comparison study of bioenergy in Brazil. (2022). Climatic Change. 170 (1), 1-31

6.     KÖBERLE, A., et al. (2020). Brazil emissions trajectories in a 2oC world: the role of disruptive technologies versus land-based mitigation in an already low-emission energy system. Climatic Change. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02856-6

7.     Daioglou V, Muratori M, Lamers P, Fujimori S, Kitous A, Köberle AC, Bauer N, Junginger M, Kato E, Leblanc F, Mima S, Wise M, van Vuuren DPet al., (2020), Implications of climate change mitigation strategies on international bioenergy trade, Climatic Change, Vol: 163, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02877-1

8.     Realmonte G, Hawkes A, Gambhir A, Tavoni M, Glynn J, Köberle A, Drouet L, (2019), An inter-model assessment of the role of direct air capture in deep mitigation pathways, Nature Communications, Vol: 10, ISSN: 2041-1723. Nature Communications. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/71525

9.     Köberle, AC. (2019). The value of BECCS in IAMs. A Review. Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40518-019-00142-3

10.  Rochedo, P.R.R., KÖBERLE, A., Schaeffer, R., et al., (2018). The threat of political bargaining to climate mitigation in Brazil. Nat. Clim. Chg. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-018-0213-y

Projects (10 most relevant);

1.     Principal Investigator. Modelling the Exponential Roadmap for Natural Climate Solutions. Project funded by Conservation International through Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany. Duration: Sep 2022 to Aug 2023. Grant Amount: €96k.

2.     Principal Investigator. Finance, Nature and Food Transitions. Project Funded by NatureFinance Foundation. Duration: June to December 2022. Grant Amount: €85k.

3.     Principal Investigator. Finance-Nature-Climate nexus in the context of Sustainable Development (FiNaClim-SD). Project funded by Finance for Biodiversity (F4B) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Supervising one Post-doc. Duration: March to October 2022. Grant amount: £95k

4.     Principal Investigator. Food systems transition in Brazil. Research project and report for the Food Systems Economics Commission (FSEC). Lead researcher and author of the main deliverables, including report and peer one high impact peer-reviewed paper. Supervising one Post-doc and two externals. Duration: May 2021 to October 2022. Grant amount: £128,706.

5.     Principal Investigator. Long-term research stream (pillar 1) of Standard Chartered-Imperial College partnership on climate finance. Through Centre for Climate Finance and Investment (CCFI) at Imperial Business School. Duration: 4 years. Estimated total value across 3 pillars: £2 million

6.     Named Co-I Researcher. Changing Courses and Climate Impacts. Two projects awarded by MOHC. Grant amount total: £250k. Duration: Feb 2022 to March 2023.

7.     Named Co-I Researcher. Paris Reinforce. Horizon 2020 project. Grant number: 820846. Grant amount: €750k.

8.     Named Co-I Researcher. Nature-Based Solutions for Accelerating Climate Action (NASCA). MIT-Imperial Seed Funding. Grant amount: £6000. In progress.

9.     Principal Investigator. FlowCCA Project. Funded by Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Duration: Nov 2018 to July 2019. Grant amount: £90k.

Awards: 

Lead Author, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Working Group III Contribution to the 6th Assessment Report (AR6)