Dr. Oliver Geden
Areas of Expertise
FocusEuropean and International Climate Policy & Politics, Carbon Dioxide Removal, Science/Policy/Politics/Media Interfaces
ProjectsShort Curriculum vitae
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
AR7: Vice-Chair Working Group III (Mitigation of Climate Change) and Bureau Member (2023–)
AR6: Member Core Writing Team Synthesis Report (2020–2023); Lead Author Working Group III Report (2018–2022)
Permanent Fellowship
Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, University of Oxford (since 2017)
Visiting Fellowships
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (2020); Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (2018/19); University of Pennsylvania (2018); University of Oxford (2017); Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (2014); University of California, Berkeley (2005/06)
Secondments to Federal Government
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Directorate General for Political Staff and Policy Planning (2014/15); Federal Foreign Office, Policy Planning Unit (2011)
Positions at SWP
Head of Reseach Cluster Climate Policy and Politics (2023–); Senior Fellow (2020–); Head of Research Division EU/Europe (2015–2020); Senior Associate (2009–2015); Associate (2006–2009)
SWP Publications
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Four scenarios for an IPCC navigating Artificial IntelligenceResearch Division EU/Europe, Working Paper Nr. 08/2025, September 2025, 15 pages
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Foresight: Multilevel Climate Policy in 2030Research Division EU/Europe, Working Paper Nr. 02/2024, August 2024, 35 Pages
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The Next Phase of European Climate Policy: Laying the Groundwork with the 2040 TargetSWP Comment 2024/C 14, 08.04.2024, 4 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2024C14 
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Benefits and Pitfalls of an EU Emissions Budget ApproachSWP Comment 2023/C 34, 21.06.2023, 5 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2023C34 
External publications
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Carbon dioxide removal in the G20 pledges: limited and lacking credibilityState of Carbon Dioxide Removal Insight Report, Oxford, October 2025doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/X8U9M 
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Overshoot: A Conceptual Review of Exceeding and Returning to Global Warming of 1.5°Cin: Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Vol. 50, April 2025doi:10.1146/annurev-environ-111523-102029 
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Solar Radiation ModificationScience Advice for Policy by European Academies (SAPEA), Evidence Review Report, Berlin, December 2024, 231 pp.doi:10.5281/zenodo.14283096 
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal 2024 - 2nd EditionJune 2024, 222 pagesdoi:10.17605/OSF.IO/F85QJ 
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The role of carbon dioxide removal in achieving the Paris Agreement’s long-term temperature goalin: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Emissions Gap Report 2023, Nairobi, November 2023, pp. 48-58doi:10.59117/20.500.11822/43922 
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeIPCC, Geneva, Switzerland, March 2023 (among the authors: Oliver Geden as Member of the Core Writing Team)
