David Leclere
Senior Research Scholar
Integrated Biosphere Futures Research Group
Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program
Biography
Dr. David Leclere is a Research Scholar with the IIASA Ecosystems Services and Management (ESM) Program, having joined in 2012. He contributes to several developments on the GLOBIOM land use model and investigates various topics such as climate change impacts on agriculture, processes of agriculture expansion and intensification, and impacts of anthropogenic land use on the climate, the nutrient cycles and biodiversity. He recently coordinated the “Bending the Curve Initiative”, an international network of about 60 persons and 46 institutions focused on advanced quantitative modeling techniques, and investigating future pathways towards ambitious targets for biodiversity.Dr. Leclere obtained an MSc in Fundamental and Applied Physics, and in Climate Environment interactions from the Paris-Saclay University, as well as a PhD in Environmental Science, also from the Paris-Saclay University (AgroParisTech), France.
Last update: 14 SEP 2020
Publications
Leclere, D. & Leadley, P. (2022). Bending the curve of biodiversity loss needs urgent, integrated and transformative action. In: UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15), 7-19 December 2022, Montreal, Canada.
United Nations Environment Programme (2022). Strengthening Synergies: Climate change mitigation benefits from achieving global biodiversity targets. United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre , Cambridge.
Happersberger, S., Leclere, D., & Komendantova, N. (2022). Does Trade Governance adapt to Ecological Change? The Integration of Biodiversity in Preferential Trade Agreements. In: APSA Annual Meeting, 15-18 September 2022, Montreal.
Leadley, P., Gonzalez, A., Obura, D., Krug, C.B., Londoño-Murcia, M.C., Millette, K.L., Radulovici, A., Rankovic, A., Shannon, L.J., Archer, E., Armah, F.A., Bax, N., Chaudhari, K., Costello, M.J., Dávalos, L.M., Roque, F., DeClerck, F., Dee, L.E., Essl, F., Ferrier, S., Genovesi, P., Guariguata, M.R., Hashimoto, S., Ifejika Speranza, C., Isbell, F., Kok, M., Lavery, S.D., Leclere, D., Loyola, R., Lwasa, S., McGeoch, M., Mori, A.S., Nicholson, E., Ochoa, J.M., Öllerer, K., Polasky, S., Rondinini, C., Schroer, S., Selomane, O., Shen, X., Strassburg, B., Sumaila, U.R., Tittensor, D.P., Turak, E., Urbina, L., Vallejos, M., Vázquez-Domínguez, E., Verburg, P.H., Visconti, P., Woodley, S., & Xu, J. (2022). Achieving global biodiversity goals by 2050 requires urgent and integrated actions. One Earth 5 (6) 597-603. 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.05.009.
Palazzo, A. , Arbelaez Gaviria, J., Boere, E., Leclere, D., Frank, S. , Janssens, C., Havlik, P. , Kahil, T. , Balkovič, J. , & Burek, P. (2022). An integrated assessment of agricultural hotspots and irrigation as a climate adaptation option. In: Scenarios Forum 2022, June 2022.