Olivia Serdeczny
Research Analyst
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Olivia Serdeczny is research analyst at Climate Analytics. She provides scientific advice to the Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States, with a particular focus on loss and damage. Together with Bill Hare and John Schellnhuber (PIK) she initiated the World Bank´s “Turn Down the Heat” series of reports. Before joining Climate Analytics, Olivia worked as a research analyst to Professor Schellnhuber (PIK) for the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU). She holds a Masters in Philosophy at the Freie Universität Berlin.
Blog posts
- Loss and damage: two options in play for fund’s makeup Olivia Serdeczny, Sneha Pandey, Manjeet Dhakal , 17 August 2023
- Second Glasgow Dialogue: lessons from latest Committee meeting on loss and damage finance Olivia Serdeczny and Sneha Pandey, 08 June 2023
- 4 things to know from the first workshop on the loss and damage fund Olivia Serdeczny, Manjeet Dhakal, 10 May 2023
- 2023 will shape the Loss and Damage fund for years to come – have your say now Olivia Serdeczny, Manjeet Dhakal, Sneha Pandey., 09 January 2023
- Facing the facts – the need for loss and damage finance can no longer be denied Olivia Serdeczny, Adao Soares Barbosa, Hafij Khan, Sneha Pandey, Doreen Stabinsky, 09 December 2021
- International Women’s Day: climate scientists who happen to be women , 05 March 2021
- Progress on Loss and Damage in Katowice Olivia Serdeczny, Dawn Pierre-Nathoniel, Linda Siegele, 17 December 2018
- Good news! Loss & damage in the IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C Olivia Serdeczny, Claire Fyson, 25 October 2018
- Loss and damage in the Paris Agreement rule book – state of play Olivia Serdeczny, 14 September 2018
- How to ensure solutions really work – key questions for the Suva Expert Dialogue on Loss and Damage Olivia Serdeczny, Inga Menke, Adelle Thomas, 02 May 2018
- The Suva Expert Dialogue: pushing the conversation on Loss and Damage Olivia Serdeczny, Linda Siegele, Doreen Stabinsky, 11 April 2018
- Preparing for the Suva Expert Dialogue – getting Loss and Damage right Olivia Serdeczny, Luis Zamarioli, 26 January 2018
- Loss and Damage at COP23 – goals, roadblocks and detours Olivia Serdeczny, 20 November 2017
- A year of climate extremes: a case for Loss & Damage at COP23 Dr. Bill Hare, Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Olivia Serdeczny, Fahad Saeed, Adelle Thomas, Luis Zamarioli, 01 November 2017
- “It’s complicated” – loss and damage in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report Olivia Serdeczny, 16 May 2017
Publications
- Peer reviewed
- The Effects of Political Knowledge Use by Developing Country Negotiators in Loss and Damage Negotiations Olivia Serdeczny (2023)
- Making sense of the politics in the climate change loss & damage debate Olivia Serdeczny, E. Calliari, L. Vanhala, Global Environmental Change, 64, (2020)
- 1.5°C Hotspots: Climate Hazards, Vulnerabilities, and Impacts Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Delphine Deryng, Sarah D'haen, William Hare, Tabea Lissner, Mouhamed Ly, Alexander Nauels, Melinda Noblet, Peter Pfleiderer, Patrick Pringle, Martin Rokitzki, Fahad Saeed, Michiel Schaeffer, Olivia Serdeczny, Adelle Thomas, Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Vol. 43:135-163, doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-102017-025835, (2018)
- Non-economic losses from climate change: opportunities for policy-oriented research Olivia Maria Serdeczny, Steffen Bauer & Saleemul Huq, Climate and Development, Vol. 9, Pages 1-5, doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2017.1372268, (2017)
- Turn down the heat: regional climate change impacts on development Christopher P. O. Reyer, Kanta Kumari Rigaud, Erick Fernandes, William Hare, Olivia Serdeczny, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Regional Environmental Change, doi:10.1007/s10113-017-1187-4, (2017)
- Social vulnerability to climate change: a review of concepts and evidence Ilona M. Otto, Diana Reckien, Christopher, P. O. Reyer, Rachel Marcus, Virginie Le Masson, Lindsey Jones, Andrew Norton, Olivia Serdeczny, Regional Environmental Change, 2017, pp 1–12, DOI: 10.1007/s10113-017-1105-9, (2017)
- Climatic risks and impacts in South Asia: extremes of water scarcity and excess Vinke, K., Martin, M.A., Adams, S., Baarsch, F., Bondeau, A., Coumou, D., Donner, R.V., Menon, A., Perrette, M.. Rehfeld, K., Robinson, A., Rocha, M., Schaeffer, M., Schwan, S., Serdeczny, O., Svirejeva-Hopkins, A. , Regional Environmental Change, doi:10.1007/s10113-015-0924-9, (2016)
- Climate change impacts in Sub-Saharan Africa: from physical changes to their social repercussions Olivia Serdeczny, Sophie Adams, Florent Baarsch, Dim Coumou, Alexander Robinson, Bill Hare, Michiel Schaeffer, Mahe ́Perrette, Julia Reinhardt , Regional Environmental Change , 01/2016, DOI: 10.1007/s10113-015-0910-2, (2016)
- Piecing Together the Adaptation Puzzle for Small Island States Lissner, T.K., Schleussner, C.F., Serdeczny, O., Baarsch, F., Schaeffer, M., and Hare, B. , in Climate Change Adaptation in Pacific Countries: Fostering Resilience and Improving the Quality of Life, ed. by Walter Leal Filho (Berlin: Springer), pp. 1–15., (2016)
- Climate change impacts in Central Asia and their implications for development Reyer CPO, IM Otto, S Adams, T Albrecht, F Baarsch, M Cartsburg, D Coumou, A Eden, E Ludi, R Marcus, M Mengel, B Mosello, A Robinson,C. F. Schleussner, O Serdeczny, J Stagl (2015)
- Climate change impacts in Latin America and the Caribbean and their implications for development Reyer CPO, S Adams, T Albrecht, F Baarsch, A Boit, N Canales Trujillo, M Cartsburg, D Coumou, A Eden, E Fernandes, F Langerwisch, R Marcus, M Mengel, D Mira-Salama, M Perette, P Pereznieto, A Rammig, J Reinhardt, A Robinson, M Rocha, B Sakschewski, M Schaeffer, C. F. Schleussner, O Serdeczny, K Thonicke , Reg Environ Change, doi:10.1007/s10113-015-0854-6, (2015)
- A multi-model analysis of risk of ecosystem shifts under climate change Lila Warszawski, Andrew Friend, Sebastian Ostberg, Katja Frieler, Wolfgang Lucht, Sibyll Schaphoff, David Beerling, Patricia Cadule, Philippe Ciais, Douglas B Clark, Ron Kahana, Akihiko Ito, Rozenn Keribin, Axel Kleidon, Mark Lomas, Kazuya Nishina, Ryan Pavlick, Tim Tito Rademacher, Matthias Buechner, Franziska Piontek, Jacob Schewe, Olivia Serdeczny and Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Environmental Research Letters, 8 044018, (2013)
- Briefing papers
- Research agenda for the loss and damage fund Olivia Serdeczny and Tabea Lissner (2023)
- Loss and damage research for the global stocktake Adelle Thomas, Olivia Serdeczny, Patrick Pringle, Nature Climate Change, (2020)
- Towards a solid science base: loss and damage in the IPCC special reports Emily Theokritoff, Claire Fyson, Adelle Thomas, Olivia Serdeczny, Carl-Friedrich Schleussner (2019)
- Loss and damage costing and financing mechanisms: Caribbean outlook Adelle Thomas, Inga Menke, and Olivia Serdeczny (2018)
- The Warsaw International Mechanism - What has happened until now and what are the next big steps? Olivia Serdeczny, Manjeet Dhakal (2016)
- Non-Economic Loss and Damage in the Context of Climate Change: Understanding the Challenges Olivia Serdeczny (Climate Analytics), Eleanor Waters (Munich Climate Insurance Initiative/ United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security), Dr. Sander Chan (German Development Institute) (2016)
- Non-economic Loss and Damage: Addressing the Forgotten Side of Climate Change Impacts Olivia Serdeczny (Climate Analytics), Eleanor Waters (Munich Climate Insurance Initiative/ United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security), Dr. Sander Chan (German Development Institute) (2016)
- Feasibility of limiting warming to 1.5 and 2°C Joeri Rogelj, Michiel Schaeffer, Niklas Roming, Fabio Sferra, Bill Hare, Olivia Serdeczny (2015)
- Is it possible to return warming to below 1.5°C within this century? Hare, Bill, Schaeffer Michiel, Serdeczny Olivia, and Schleussner Carl-Friedrich (2014)
- Working papers
- What does it mean to “address displacement” under the UNFCCC? An analysis of the negotiations process and the role of research (2017)
- Reports
- Turn Down the Heat: Confronting the New Climate Normal? (2014)
- Turn Down the Heat: Climate Extremes, Regional Impacts and the Case for Resilience Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Bill Hare, Olivia Serdeczny, Michiel Schaeffer, Sophie Adams, Florent Baarsch, Susanne Schwan, Dim Coumou, Alexander Robinson, Marion Vieweg, Franziska Piontek, Reik Donner, Jakob Runge, Kira Rehfeld, Joeri Rogelj, Mahé Perette, Arathy Menon, Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Alberte Bondeau, Anastasia Svirejeva-Hopkins, Jacob Schewe, Katja Frieler, Lila Warszawski, Marcia Rocha. (2013)
- Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must be Avoided Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, William Hare, Olivia Serdeczny, Sophie Adams, Dim Coumou, Katja Frieler, Maria Martin, Ilona M. Otto, Mahé Perrette, Alexander Robinson, Marcia Rocha, Michiel Schaeffer, Jacob Schewe, Xiaoxi Wang, Lila Warszawski. (2012)