Caroline Zimm
Senior Research Scholar
Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions Research Group
Energy, Climate, and Environment Program
Senior Research Scholar
Equity and Justice Research Group
Population and Just Societies Program
Biography
Caroline Zimm is a research scholar jointly associated with the Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS) Research Group of the IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE) Program and the Equity and Justice (EQU) Research Group of the Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Program.She currently works on the international research initiatives of the Earth Commission of the Global Commons Alliance, and leads the IIASA Strategic Initiative, Just Transitions to Net-zero Carbon Emissions for All (JustTrans4ALL). Her research is concerned with the diffusion of technologies and policies for sustainable development, inequalities across countries, and transformative development pathways for humanity within a stable Earth system.
Prior to joining IIASA in 2014, she worked in development cooperation and on consulting projects in the field of rural energy supply, energy access, and climate change. She held positions with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), a private consulting firm, and the German Development Agency (GIZ) where she was based in Cambodia and India.
Zimm received her PhD from the University of Technology in Vienna, Austria (Energy Economics Group), focusing on the early stage of electric vehicle diffusion. She holds a master’s degree in environmental and resource management from the University of Applied Life Sciences Vienna, where she majored in renewable energies, a diploma (MBA. equiv.) in international business administration from the University for Economics and Business Administration Vienna, and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Vienna.
Last update: 15 MAR 2022
Publications
Andrijevic, M. , Zimm, C. , Moyer, J.D., Muttarak, R. , & Pachauri, S. (2025). Representing gender inequality in scenarios improves understanding of climate challenges. Nature Climate Change 10.1038/s41558-024-02242-5.
Mintz-Woo, K. , Zimm, C. , Brutschin, E. , Hanger-Kopp, S., Kikstra, J. , Pachauri, S. , Riahi, K. , & Schinko, T. (2024). Climate justice discussions need new participants and new audiences. Nature Climate Change 15 122-123. 10.1038/s41558-024-02219-4.
Nadeem, I., Nakicenovic, N. , Yaqub, A., Sakschewski, B., Loriani, S., Bala, G., Tharammal, T., & Zimm, C. (2024). Permafrost Thawing and Estimates of Vulnerable Carbon in the Northern High Latitude. Earth Systems and Environment 10.1007/s41748-024-00491-0.
Pradhan, P., Weitz, N., Daioglou, V., Abrahão, G.M., Allen, C., Ambrósio, G., Arp, F., Asif, F., Bennich, T., Benton, T.G., Biermann, F., Cao, M., Carlsen, H., Chen, F., Chen, M., Daams, M.N., Dawes, J.H.P., Dhakal, S., Gilmore, E., Miguel, L.J., Hubacek, K., Hu, Y., Jager, W., K.C., S., Kearney, N.M., Khot, U.A., Kluck, T., Kulkarni, S., Leininger, J., Li, C., Li, J., Lotze-Campen, H., Parrado-Hernando, G., Pedercini, M., Phuyal, R.K., Prell, C., Rijal, A., Schweizer, V., Sijtsma, F.J., Soergel, B., Spittler, N., van Vuuren, D., Warchold, A., Weber, E., Wicke, B., Widerberg, O., Wilts, R., Wingens, C., Wu, C., Xing, Q., Yan, J., Yuan, Z., Zhou, X., & Zimm, C. (2024). Three foci at the science-policy interface for systemic Sustainable Development Goal acceleration. Nature Communications 15 (1) e8600. 10.1038/s41467-024-52926-x.
Gupta, J., Bai, X., Liverman, D.M., Rockström, J., Qin, D., Stewart-Koster, B., Rocha, J.C., Jacobson, L., Abrams, J.F., Andersen, L.S., Armstrong McKay, D.I., Bala, G., Bunn, S.E., Ciobanu, D., DeClerck, F., Ebi, K.L., Gifford, L., Gordon, C., Hasan, S., Kanie, N., Lenton, T.M., Loriani, S., Mohamed, A., Nakicenovic, N. , Obura, D., Ospina, D., Prodani, K., Rammelt, C., Sakschewski, B., Scholtens, J., Tharammal, T., van Vuuren, D., Verburg, P.H., Winkelmann, R., Zimm, C. , Bennett, E., Bjørn, A., Bringezu, S., Broadgate, W.J., Bulkeley, H., Crona, B., Green, P.A., Hoff, H., Huang, L., Hurlbert, M., Inoue, C.Y.A., Kılkış, Ş., Lade, S.J., Liu, J., Nadeem, I., Ndehedehe, C., Okereke, C., Otto, I.M., Pedde, S., Pereira, L., Schulte-Uebbing, L., Tàbara, J.D., de Vries, W., Whiteman, G., Xiao, C., Xu, X., Zafra-Calvo, N., Zhang, X., Fezzigna, P., & Gentile, G. (2024). A just world on a safe planet: a Lancet Planetary Health–Earth Commission report on Earth-system boundaries, translations, and transformations. The Lancet Planetary Health 8 (10) e813-e873. 10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00042-1.