(Senior) Climate & Energy Data Scientist (fmd)
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Job Summary
Job description
We are seeking a (Senior) Climate & Energy Data Scientist to strengthen our scenario and data capabilities at the interface of global mitigation pathways climate policy analysis and decision-relevant insights for countries.
In this role you will contribute to core projects including the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) assessments the National Pathway Explorer (NPE 1.5) and global mitigation scenario analysis looking at Highest Possible Ambition (HPA) (e.g. using Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) such as REMIND/GCAM). You will produce policy-relevant indicators such as 1.5C compatibility overshoot CDR methane and fossil fuel phase-out timelines.
You will build and maintain robust reproducible analytical workflows in Python to curate evaluate and interpret emissions and energy-system scenarios and support assessments of national pathways (e.g. nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and other country plans). You will work closely with the Climate Scientist to interpret the temperature implications of key scenario indicators including carbon dioxide removal land use fossil fuel phase-out and short-lived climate pollutants drawing on climate emulator outputs. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team that includes climate scientists data scientists economists and policy and diplomacy experts.
Your Responsibilities
- Develop and assess global / national / sectoral mitigation pathwaysfor their general use in project work.
- Support evaluation of country pathways and policy packages (e.g. NDCs and related plans) including comparisons against Paris-aligned benchmarks and pathway features such as overshoot CDR methane and other super-pollutants.
- Maintain and help evolve the Climate Action Tracker (CAT)scenario and assessment workflows including routine running documentation and ongoing maintenance of global aggregation equity and country-level modelled pathway assessments with links to temperature/climate-emulator pipelines where relevant.
- Support data harmonisation and downscaling workflows as backup capacity ensuring that emissions and energy data from different sources are consistently processed spatially and sectorally disaggregated and ready for use across the broader assessment pipeline.
- Work withIAM scenario databases/ensembles (IPCC/IAMC-style formats variable conventions metadata units) to produce policy-relevant indicators across emissions energy and key sectoral metrics.
- Support equity/fair-share and just-transition assessments of national pathways (e.g. effort sharing / fair-share ranges) and fossil fuel phaseout plans.
- Design and implement scenario diagnostics and quality checks (variable/region mappings unit consistency outlier detection completeness checks) and document assumptions transparently.
- Develop and maintain reproducible collaborative Python pipelines for scenario ingestion cleaning harmonisation and analysis (version control testing documentation).
- Contribute to shared team infrastructure (e.g. data warehouse standardised datasets mappings metadata practices) and improve internal standards for scenario handling.
- Participate in the development of methods and approaches to define and evaluate global national and sectoral climate action.
Your profile
Essential Criteria
Education and Experience:
Preferred/asset experience:
Education and Experience:
- PhD in a relevant field (e.g. climate or energy economics engineering physics climate science data science or related) plus at least 5 years of relevant working experience; or equivalent professional background with demonstrated ability to conduct quantitative climate and energy analysis and applied scientific software or data work.
- Strong understanding of climate policy concepts (1.5C pathways Net-Zero overshoot CDR methane) and motivation to support Paris-aligned outcomes.
- Strong demonstrable Python skills and commitment to reproducible research (environments documentation testing).
- Proven experience in collaborative software development: git workflows (branching/PRs) code review and unit testing.
Preferred/asset experience:
- Familiarity with global mitigation pathway modelling such as IAM scenario ensembles and databases (IPCC/IAMC-style formats variables metadata/units).
- Highly valued: hands-on IAM modelling experience (e.g. running modifying or diagnosing an IAM; understanding key assumptions and how they shape results).
- Familiarity with emissions data harmonisation and downscaling methods for aligning data from different models or sources and translating global or regional results to national or sectoral levels.
- Familiarity with emulator-driven temperature assessment pipelines used in scenario evaluation (e.g. FAIR or MAGICC).
- Some familiarity with equity just transition and fair-share approaches to assessing and comparing national pathways.
Our offer
A job with purpose. With us you will work in a team of highly engaged people and with your skills you can make a positive contribution to our work in the field of climate change. We are a diverse and inclusive team and welcome your application regardless of your gender identity or expression sexual orientation religion ethnicity age neurodiversity disability status citizenship or any other aspect that makes you unique. We are working in a positive and inspiring working atmosphere with an international team. Our Berlin office is located near Moritz Platz in the heart of the lively Kreuzberg surrounded by a dynamic startup scene. For the time being we can offer a two-year contract. There is a prospect of extension and we are interested in long-term cooperation. We will pay for your public transport ticket to Berlin and offer a company pension plan.
Conditions
Application Deadline: The position remains open until filled
Starting date:As soon as possible
Location: Berlin Germany
Terms:We are looking for a long-term collaboration. We can offer a fixed-term contract for 2 years with the perspective of extension based on performance and funding.
Please apply with your CV cover letter and a list of three references in PDF format exclusively using the application form at the earliest. Please indicate in your cover letter your earliest start date and your salary expectations.
Applications by email or by post can unfortunately not be processed. We encourage you to apply using the application form.
Conditions
Application Deadline: The position remains open until filled
Starting date:As soon as possible
Location: Berlin Germany
Terms:We are looking for a long-term collaboration. We can offer a fixed-term contract for 2 years with the perspective of extension based on performance and funding.
Please apply with your CV cover letter and a list of three references in PDF format exclusively using the application form at the earliest. Please indicate in your cover letter your earliest start date and your salary expectations.
Applications by email or by post can unfortunately not be processed. We encourage you to apply using the application form.
About us
Climate Analytics is a global climate science and policy institute established in 2008 that delivers cutting-edge science analysis and support to accelerate climate action and keep global warming below 1.5C. Our international team is composed of roughly 170 staff. Half are based at our headquarters in Berlin Germany and the remainder work out of our five regional offices in Africa Australia & Pacific the Caribbean South Asia and North America.Click here to find out more.
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About Company
Climate Analytics is a global climate science and policy institute established in 2008 that delivers cutting-edge science, analysis and support to accelerate climate action and keep global warming below 1.5°C. Our international team is composed of roughly 170 staff. Half are based at ... View more
