Olivia Serdeczny Olivia Serdeczny is a research analyst at Climate Analytics.
Ms. Serdeczny provides scientific advice to the Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States, with a particular focus on loss and damage. Along with Bill Hare and Professor John Schellnhuber from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) she initiated the World Bank´s “Turn Down the Heat” series of reports.
Before joining Climate Analytics, she worked as a research analyst to Prof. Schellnhuber (PIK) for the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU).
Ms. Serdeczny holds a M.A in Philosophy at the Freie Universität Berlin, and a B.A. in International Media from Goldsmiths, University of London.
Recent Publications
Non-Economic loss and damage: Addressing the forgotten side of climate change impacts (available here); Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (January 2016)
Climate change impacts in Sub-Saharan Africa: from physical changes to their social repercussions (available here); Regional Environmental Change (January 2016)
The Inter–Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISI–MIP): Project framework description (available here); Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (September 2013)
Turn Down the Heat: Climate Extremes, Regional Impacts, and the Case for Resilience (available here); World Bank (June 2013)
Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must be Avoided (available here); World Bank (November 2012)
Relevant links
Climate Analytics – Olivia Serdeczny (http://climateanalytics.org/about-us/team/olivia-serdeczny.html)
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research – Olivia Maria Serdeczny (https://www.pik-potsdam.de/members/olivias)