Al Khourdajie, A., Andrijevic, M., Byers, E., Pathak, M., Pirani, A., Schleussner, C.-F. & Stuart-Smith, R. (2026). Overshoot pathways: reversible biophysical change, irreversible socioeconomic impacts. Environmental Research Letters, 21(16), 164002.
Research
The complete record is on Google Scholar and ORCID.
Selected
Bataille, C., Al Khourdajie, A., de Coninck, H., de Kleijne, K., Nilsson, L. J., Bashmakov, I., Davis, S. J. & Fennell, P. S. (2025). Defining "abated" fossil fuel and industrial process emissions. Energy and Climate Change, 6, 100203.
Al Khourdajie, A. (2025). The role of artificial intelligence in climate change scientific assessments. PLOS Climate, 4(9), e0000706.
Al Khourdajie, A., Skea, J. & Green, R. (2024). Climate ambition, background scenario or the model? Attribution of the variance of energy-related indicators in global scenarios. Energy and Climate Change, 5, 100126.
Peters, G. P., Al Khourdajie, A., Sognnæs, I. & Sanderson, B. (2023). AR6 scenarios database: an assessment of current practices and future recommendations. npj Climate Action, 2, 31.
Al Khourdajie, A. & Finus, M. (2020). Measures to enhance the effectiveness of international climate agreements: the case of border carbon adjustments. European Economic Review, 124, 103405.
Peer-reviewed papers
2026
Al Khourdajie, A., Andrijevic, M., Byers, E., Pathak, M., Pirani, A., Schleussner, C.-F. & Stuart-Smith, R. Overshoot pathways: reversible biophysical change, irreversible socioeconomic impacts. Environmental Research Letters, 21(16), 164002.
Nikas, A., Sampedro, J., Al Khourdajie, A., et al. The challenge with climate-energy-economy models in constructing fair and equitable climate futures. Futures, 181, 103850.
Buck, H. J., Al Khourdajie, A., Asayama, S. & Geden, O. Potential futures for the IPCC's approach to artificial intelligence. Communications Earth & Environment, 7, 372.
Ou, Y., Rodriguez-Pardo, C., Al Khourdajie, A., Rogelj, J., et al. Artificial intelligence to support cross-disciplinary climate change research. Nature Climate Change, 16.
Keppo, I., Al Khourdajie, A., Gardumi, F., et al. Model linking for low-carbon transitions: technical and conceptual challenges and best practices. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 226, 116384.
Yang, Y.-M., Shin, J., Park, J.-H., An, S.-I., Wang, B. & Al Khourdajie, A. Reduced mid-latitude El Niño-related precipitation due to southern ocean warming under abrupt CO2 change scenarios. Climate Dynamics, 64, article 3.
Yang, Y.-M., Park, J.-H., An, S.-I., Al Khourdajie, A. & Wang, B. Hysteresis of global wind energy resources under symmetric CO2 forcing. Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 62(4), 31.
2025
Lamboll, R., Al Khourdajie, A. & Pelz, S. How stocks judge COPs: market impacts of climate conferences. Environmental Research Letters, 20(11), 114082.
Al Khourdajie, A. The role of artificial intelligence in climate change scientific assessments. PLOS Climate, 4(9), e0000706.
Bataille, C., Al Khourdajie, A., de Coninck, H., de Kleijne, K., Nilsson, L. J., Bashmakov, I., Davis, S. J. & Fennell, P. S. Defining "abated" fossil fuel and industrial process emissions. Energy and Climate Change, 6, 100203.
Al Khourdajie, A. Exploring climate futures with deep learning. Nature Climate Change, 15.
2024
Stockhause, M., Huard, D., Al Khourdajie, A., et al. Implementing FAIR data principles in the IPCC seventh assessment cycle: lessons learned and future prospects. PLOS Climate, 3(12).
Nikas, A., Frilingou, N., Al Khourdajie, A. & Gambhir, A. Science must up its game to support climate finance negotiations. Nature, 636, 45.
Reisinger, A., Cowie, A., Geden, O. & Al Khourdajie, A. Science-based targets miss the mark. Communications Earth & Environment, 5, 383.
Al Khourdajie, A., Skea, J. & Green, R. Climate ambition, background scenario or the model? Attribution of the variance of energy-related indicators in global scenarios. Energy and Climate Change, 5, 100126.
2023
Smith, C., Al Khourdajie, A., Yang, P. & Folini, D. Climate uncertainty impacts on optimal mitigation pathways and social cost of carbon. Environmental Research Letters, 18(9), 094024.
Peters, G. P., Al Khourdajie, A., Sognnæs, I. & Sanderson, B. AR6 scenarios database: an assessment of current practices and future recommendations. npj Climate Action, 2, 31.
2022
Kikstra, J. S., Nicholls, Z. R. J., Smith, C. J., et al. [including Al Khourdajie, A.] The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report WGIII climate assessment of mitigation pathways: from emissions to global temperatures. Geoscientific Model Development, 15, 9075-9109.
Iturbide, M., Fernández, J., Gutiérrez, J. M., et al. [including Al Khourdajie, A.] Implementation of FAIR principles in the IPCC: the WGI AR6 Atlas repository. Scientific Data, 9, 629.
2021
McCollum, D. & Al Khourdajie, A. Little room for new fossil fuel development if global temperatures are to stay below 1.5°C. Joule, 5(10).
Skea, J., Shukla, P., Al Khourdajie, A. & McCollum, D. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: transparency and integrated assessment modeling. WIREs Climate Change, e727.
Lamb, W. F., Wiedmann, T., et al. [including Al Khourdajie, A.] A review of trends and drivers of greenhouse gas emissions by sector from 1990 to 2018. Environmental Research Letters, 16, 073005.
Skea, J., van Diemen, R., Portugal Pereira, J. & Al Khourdajie, A. Outlooks, explorations and normative scenarios: approaches to global energy futures compared. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 168, 120736.
2020 and earlier
Al Khourdajie, A. & Finus, M. (2020). Measures to enhance the effectiveness of international climate agreements: the case of border carbon adjustments. European Economic Review, 124, 103405.
Finus, M. & Al Khourdajie, A. (2018). Strategic environmental policy, international trade and self-enforcing agreements: the role of consumers' taste for variety. Strategic Behavior and the Environment, 7(3-4), 317-350.
Preprints
Al Khourdajie, A., Gambhir, A., Keppo, I., et al. (2025). Navigating the unexpected: the impact of disruptive events on mitigation scenarios. Research Square.
Al Khourdajie, A., Fricko, O., Battiston, S., Monasterolo, I., van Ruijven, B., Min, J. & Riahi, K. (2026). Unwinding climate policy can sink the climate goals by hindering finance. SSRN.
Schirren, L., Müller, L., Al Khourdajie, A., Gast, L., Egli, F. & Hawkes, A. (2026). Beyond hard-to-abate: matching models to transition bottlenecks. EarthArXiv.
de Rijke, M., van den Hurk, B., Salim, F., Al Khourdajie, A., et al. (2025). Information retrieval for climate impact. arXiv.
Hegerl, G., Abba Omar, S., Al Khourdajie, A., et al. (2026). High-impact climate events and tipping dynamics: assessing scientific understanding and future challenges. ESS Open Archive.
Assessment reports and chapters
IPCC (2022). Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. Working Group III contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report [Shukla, P. R., Skea, J., Slade, R., Al Khourdajie, A., et al. (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press.
Al Khourdajie, A., van Diemen, R., Lamb, W. F., Pathak, M., Reisinger, A., de la Rue du Can, S., Skea, J., Slade, R., Some, S. & Steg, L. (eds.) (2022). Annex II: definitions, units and conventions. In: Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. Cambridge University Press.
IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, Working Group III. Contributing Author, Chapter 2 on emissions trends and drivers, Chapter 3 on mitigation pathways compatible with long-term goals, and Chapter 12 on cross-sectoral perspectives.
Lucas, P., van Vuuren, D., Aguiar, A. P., Al Khourdajie, A., Daioglou, V., Eker, S., et al. (2025). Scenario methodology: current trends and transformation pathways. Chapter 9 in: Global Environment Outlook 7. UN Environment Programme.
Lucas, P., Fujimori, S., Al Khourdajie, A., et al. (2025). Continuation of current trends: global implications. Chapter 10 in: Global Environment Outlook 7. UN Environment Programme.
Daioglou, V., Biemans, H., Aguiar, A. P., van Vuuren, D., Al Khourdajie, A., et al. (2025). Transformation pathways towards achieving global goals: global implications. Chapter 11 in: Global Environment Outlook 7. UN Environment Programme.
Schandl, H., Chea, L., Al Khourdajie, A., Kumar, P. & Arquitt, S. (2025). Implications for different economic development contexts. Chapter 19 in: Global Environment Outlook 7. UN Environment Programme.
One's discipline is like a pair of prescription glasses: it brings certain things into sharp focus and makes them legible. But clarity is not the same as completeness: the prescription corrects for some distortions while introducing others. To venture into another discipline is to take off a long-worn pair and try on lenses ground to a different specification, one that may, at first, make the familiar blurry even as it reveals what was previously invisible. The temptation is to keep switching back to the comfortable pair. The real work begins when you learn to tolerate the discomfort long enough to see what the new prescription is actually showing you. And the most productive interdisciplinary work comes not from choosing one pair over the other, but from understanding what each corrects for, what each distorts, and when each one is most needed.