Publications

Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Bachner, G., Knittel, N., Poledna, S., Reiter, K., Bosello, F. (2024). Risk management against indirect risks from disasters: A multi-model and participatory governance framework applied to flood risk in Austria. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 104425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104425

Mayer, J., Süsser, D., Pickering, B., Bachner, G., Sanvito, F.D. (2024). Economy-wide impacts of socio-politically driven net-zero energy systems in europe. Energy 130425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2024.130425

Knittel, N., Tesselaar, M., Wouter Botzen, W.J., Bachner, G., Tiggeloven, T. (2023). Who bears the indirect costs of flood risk? An economy-wide assessment of different insurance systems in Europe under climate change. Economic Systems Research, 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1080/09535314.2023.2272211

Bachner, G., Knittel, N., Poledna, S., Hochrainer‐Stigler, S., & Reiter, K. (2023). Revealing indirect risks in complex socioeconomic systems: A highly detailed multi‐model analysis of flood events in Austria. Risk Analysis, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.14144

Bachner, G., Lincke, D., Hinkel, J. (2022). The macroeconomic effects of adapting to high-end sea-level rise via protection and migration. Nature Communications 13, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33043-z

Reiter, K., Knittel, N., Bachner, G., Hochrainer-Stigler, S. (2022). Barriers and ways forward to climate risk management against indirect effects of natural disasters: A case study on flood risk in Austria. Climate Risk Management 36, 100431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2022.100431

Williges, K., Van der Gaast, W., de Bruyn-Szendrei, K., Tuerk, A., Bachner, G. (2022). The potential for successful climate policy in National Energy and climate plans: highlighting key gaps and ways forward. Sustainable Earth 5, 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42055-022-00046-z

Dugan, A., Mayer, J., Thaller, A., Bachner, G., Steininger, K.W. (2022). Developing policy packages for low-carbon passenger transport: A mixed methods analysis of trade-offs and synergies. Ecological Economics, 193, 107304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107304

Mayer, J., Dugan, A., Bachner, G., Steininger, K.W. (2021). Is carbon pricing regressive? Insights from a recursive-dynamic CGE analysis with heterogeneous households for Austria. Energy Economics, 104, 105661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105661

Peter, M., Guyer, M., Füssler, J., Knittel, N., Bednar-Friedl, B., Bachner, G., Schwarze, R. (2021). Transnationale Wirkungen des globalen Klimawandels für Deutschland. Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik & Umweltrecht, 44(1), 14–51.

Faehn, T., Bachner, G., Beach, R., Chateau, J., Fujimori, S., Ghosh, M., Hamdi-Cherif, M., Lanzi, E., Paltsev, S., Vandyck, T., Cunha, B., Garaffa, R., Steininger, K. (2020). Capturing Key Energy and Emission Trends in CGE models: Assessment of Status and Remaining Challenges. Journal of Global Economic Analysis 5, 196–272. http://dx.doi.org/10.21642/JGEA.050106AF

Bachner, G., Mayer, J., Steininger, K.W., Anger-Kraavi, A., Smith, A., Barker, T.S. (2020). Uncertainties in macroeconomic assessments of low-carbon transition pathways - The case of the European iron and steel industry. Ecological Economics, 172, 106631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106631

Knittel, N., Jury, M. W., Bednar-Friedl, B., Bachner, G., & Steiner, A. K. (2020). A global analysis of heat-related labour productivity losses under climate change—Implications for Germany’s foreign trade. Climatic Change, 160, 251–269. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02661-1

Mayer, J., van der Gaast, W., Bachner, G., & Spijker, E. (2020). Qualitative and quantitative risk assessment of expanding photovoltaics in the Netherlands. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 35, 357–368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2019.10.010

van Ginkel, K. C. H., Botzen, W. J. W., Haasnoot, M., Bachner, G., Steininger, K. W., Hinkel, J., Watkiss, P., Boere, E., Jeuken, A., Murieta, E. S. de, & Bosello, F. (2020). Climate change induced socio-economic tipping points: Review and stakeholder consultation for policy relevant research. Environmental Research Letters, 15(2), 023001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab6395

Bachner, G., Wolkinger, B., Mayer, J., Tuerk, A., & Steininger, K. W. (2020). Risk assessment of the low-carbon transition of Austria’s steel and electricity sectors. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 35, 309–332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2018.12.005

Bachner, G., Mayer, J., Steininger, K.W. (2019). Costs or benefits? Assessing the economy-wide effects of the electricity sector’s low carbon transition – The role of capital costs, divergent risk perceptions and premiums. Energy Strategy Reviews 26, 100373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2019.100373

Bachner, G., Bednar-Friedl, B., Knittel, N. (2019). How does climate change adaptation affect public budgets? Development of an assessment framework and a demonstration for Austria. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 24(7), 1325-1341. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-019-9842-3

Mayer, J., Bachner, G., Steininger, K.W. (2019). Macroeconomic implications of switching to process-emission-free iron and steel production in Europe. Journal of Cleaner Production, 210, 1517-1533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.11.118

Bachner, G., Steininger, K.W., Williges, K., Tuerk, A. (2019). The economy-wide effects of large-scale renewable electricity expansion in Europe: The role of integration costs. Renewable Energy, 134(219), 1369-1380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.09.052

Bachner, G. and Bednar-Friedl, B. (2019) The effects of climate change impacts on public budgets and implications of fiscal counterbalancing instruments. Environmental Modelling and Assessment, 24(2), 121-142. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10666-018-9617-3

Wolkinger, B., Haas, W., Bachner, G., Weisz, U., Steininger, K., Hutter, H.-P., Delcour, J., Griebler, R., Mittelbach, B., Maier, P., Reifeltshammer, R. (2018). Evaluating Health Co-Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation in Urban Mobility. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15(5), 880. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15050880

Bachner, G. (2017). Assessing the economy-wide effects of climate change adaptation options of land transport systems in Austria. Regional Environmental Change 17(3), 929-940.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-016-1089-x

Schinko, T., Bachner, G., Schleicher, S.P., Steininger, K.W. (2017). Modeling for insights not numbers: The long-term low-carbon transformation. Atmósfera 30, 137-161. https://doi.org/10.20937/ATM.2017.30.02.05

Bachner, G., Seebauer, S., Pfurtscheller, C., Brucker, A. (2016). Assessing the benefits of voluntary emergency services – concepts and evidence from flood protection in Austria. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal 25(3), 298-313. https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-09-2015-0203

Steininger, K.W. and Bachner, G. (2014). Extending car-sharing to serve commuters: An implementation in Austria. Ecological Economics 101, 64-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.03.001

Wolkinger, B., Mayer, J., Tuerk, A., Bachner, G., Steininger, K. (2019). Co-designing a low-carbon transition pathway focusing on energy supply for the iron and steel sector, in: Hanger-Kopp, S., Lieu, J., Nikas, A. (Eds.), Narratives of Low-Carbon Transitions: Understanding Risks and Uncertainties. Routledge, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019. | Series: Routledge studies in energy transitions, 25-44. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429458781

Bachner, G., Bednar-Friedl, B., Nabernegg, S., Steininger, K. (2015). Economic Evaluation Framework and Macroeconomic Modelling. In: Steininger, K., König, M., Bednar-Friedl, B., Kranzl, L., Loibl, W., Prettenthaler, F. (ed.). Economic Evaluation of Climate Change Impacts: Development of a Cross-Sectoral Framework and Results for Austria. Springer Climate. Springer, Cham, 101-122. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12457-5_7

Bachner, G., Bednar-Friedl, B., Nabernegg, S., Steininger, K.W. (2015). Macroeconomic Evaluation of Climate Change in Austria: Comparison Across Impact Fields and Total Effects. In: Steininger, K., König, M., Bednar-Friedl, B., Kranzl, L., Loibl, W., Prettenthaler, F. (ed.). Economic Evaluation of Climate Change Impacts: Development of a Cross-Sectoral Framework and Results for Austria. Springer Climate. Springer, Cham, 415-440. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12457-5_21

Mitter, H., Schönhart, M., Meyer, I., Mechtler, K., Schmid, E., Sinabell, F., Bachner, G., Bednar-Friedl, B. (2015). Agriculture. In: Steininger, K., König, M., Bednar-Friedl, B., Kranzl, L.,Loibl, W., Prettenthaler, F. (ed.). Economic Evaluation of Climate Change Impacts: Development of a Cross-Sectoral Framework and Results for Austria. Springer Climate. Springer, Cham, 123-146. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12457-5_8

Neunteufel, R., Perfler, R., Schwarz, D., Bachner, G., Bednar-Friedl, B. (2015). Water Supply and Sanitation. In: Steininger, K., König, M., Bednar-Friedl, B., Kranzl, L., Loibl, W., Prettenthaler, F. (ed.). Economic Evaluation of Climate Change Impacts: Development of a Cross-Sectoral Framework and Results for Austria. Springer Climate. Springer, Cham, 215-234. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12457-5_12

Kranzl, L., Hummel, M., Loibl, W., Müller, A., Schicker, I., Toleikyte, A., Bachner, G., Bednar-Friedl, B. (2015). Buildings: Heating and Cooling. In: Steininger, K., König, M., Bednar-Friedl, B., Kranzl, L., Prettenthaler, F. (ed.). Economic Evaluation of Climate Change Impacts: Development of a Cross-Sectoral Framework and Results for Austria. Springer Climate. Springer, Cham, 235-256. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12457-5_13

Kranzl, L., Totschnig, G., Müller, A., Bachner, G., Bednar-Friedl, B. (2015). Electricity. In: Steininger, K., König, M., Bednar-Friedl, B., Kranzl, L., Loibl, W., Prettenthaler, F. (ed.). Economic Evaluation of Climate Change Impacts: Development of a Cross-Sectoral Framework and Results for Austria. Springer Climate. Springer, Cham, 257-278. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12457-5_14

Bednar-Friedl, B., Wolkinger, B., König, M., Bachner, G., Formayer, H., Offenthaler, I., Leitner, M. (2015). Transport. In: Steininger, K., König, M., Bednar-Friedl, B., Kranzl, L., Loibl, W., Prettenthaler, F. (ed.). Economic Evaluation of Climate Change Impacts: Development of a Cross-Sectoral Framework and Results for Austria. Springer Climate. Springer, Cham, 279-300. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12457-5_15

Factsheets

Reiter, K., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Bachner, G., Knittel, N., & Poledna, S. (2022). Indirect flood risk management in Austria: Challenges and ways forward. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change, University of Graz , Laxenburg & Graz. https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/18162/1/FactSheet_MacroMode_1_Final.pdf

Mitter, H., Schönhart, M., Schmid, E., Meyer, I., Sinabell, F., Mechtler, K., Bachner, G., Bednar-Friedl, B., Zulka, K.P., Götzl, M., Themeßl, M., Wolf, A., Kriechbaum, M., Pech, M. (2014). The Impact of Climate Change on Crop Production in Austria. CCCA Factsheet #2e. Österreichischer Klima- und Energiefonds. https://coin.ccca.ac.at/

Bednar-Friedl B., Wolkinger, B., König, M. Bachner, G., Formayer, H. Offenthaler, I., Leitner, M., Themeßl, M., Wolf, A., Kriechbaum, M., Pech, M. (2014).The Impact of Climate Change on the Road Infrastructure in Austria. CCCA Factsheet #3e. Österreichischer Klima- und Energiefonds. https://coin.ccca.ac.at/

Neunteufel, R., Perfler, R., Schwarz, D., Bachner, G., Bednar-Friedl, B., Steininger, K.W., Themeßl, M., Wolf, A., Kriechbaum, M., Pech, M. (2014). The Impact of Climate Change on the Austrian Water Supply and Sanitation Sector. CCCA Factsheet #7e. Österreichischer Klima- und Energiefonds. https://coin.ccca.ac.at/

Kranzl, L., Totschnig, G., Müller, A., Hummel, M., Loibl, W., Schicker, I., Toleikyte, A., Bachner, G., Bednar-Friedl, B., Themeßl, M., Wolf, A., Kriechbaum, M., Pech, M. (2014). The Impact of Climate Change on Energy and Electricity Supply in Austria. CCCA Factsheet #10e. Österreichischer Klima- und Energiefonds. https://coin.ccca.ac.at/

Reports

Bachner, G., Knittel, N., Poledna, S., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Reiter, K., Pflug, G. (2022). Revealing the indirect risks of flood events: A multi-model assessment for Austria, Wegener Center Scientific Report 95 | 2022. Wegener Center Verlag. Graz.

Bachner, G., Mayer, J., Fischer, L., Frei, E., Steininger, K.W., Sommer, M., Köppl, A., Schleicher, S.P. (2021). Application of the Concept of “Functionalities” in Macroeconomic Modelling Frameworks – Insights for Austria and Methodological Lessons Learned (No. 4), EconTrans Working Paper. Graz. https://econtrans.at/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Workingpaper4.pdf

Sedlacek, N., Steinacher, I., Hartmann, G., Schrampf, J., Bachner, G., Duelli, S., Mayer, J., Steininger, K., Bruckmüller, T. (2021). CLEARER - Climate Neutral Freight Transport (Final report). Vienna, Austria. https://www.klimafonds.gv.at/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/CLEARER-FInal-Report.pdf

Bachner, G., Bednar-Friedl, B., Birk, S., Feichtinger, G., Gobiet, A., Gutschi, C., Heinrich, G., Kulmer, V., Leuprecht, A., Prettenthaler, F., Rogler, N., Schinko, T., Schüppel, A., Stigler, H., Themessl, M., Töglhofer, C., Wagner, T. (2013). Impacts of Climate Change and Adaptation in the Electricity Sector - The Case of Austria in a Continental European Context (EL.ADAPT). Wegener Center Scientific Report 51-2013, Wegener Center Verlag, Graz.