Last update: September 4, 2015
Publications
Andries
Hof
Refereed
journal
articles
Berkhout, F., Bouwer, L.M., Bayer, J., Bouzid, M., Cabeza, M., Hanger, S., Hof, A., Hunter, P.,
Meller, L., Patt, A., Pfluger, B., Rayner, T., Reichardt, K., van Teeffelen, A, 2015.
European policy responses to climate change: progress on mainstreaming emissions
reduction and adaptation. Regional Environmental Change 15 (6), 949‐959
Admiraal, A.K., Hof, A.F., den Elzen, M.G.J., van Vuuren, D.P., 2015. Costs and benefits of
differences in the timing of greenhouse gas emission reductions. Mitigation and
Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, in press. DOI: 10.1007/s11027‐11015‐
19641‐11024.
Deetman, S., Hof, A.F., Girod, B., van Vuuren, D.P., 2015. Regional differences in mitigation
strategies: an example for passenger transport. Regional Environmental Change, 15
(6), 987‐995
Hof, A.F., Kumar, A., Deetman, S., Ghosh, S., van Vuuren, D.P., 2015. Disentangling the
ranges: climate policy scenarios for China and India. Regional Environmental Change
15 (6), 1025‐1033
Hof, A.F., 2015. Welfare impacts of climate change. Nature Climate Change 5 (2), 99‐100
Meller, L., Thuiller, W., Pironon, S., Barbet‐Massin, M., Hof, A., Cabeza, M., 2015. Balance
between climate change mitigation benefits and land use impacts of bioenergy:
Conservation implications for European birds. GCB Bioenergy 7 (4), 741‐751
van den Berg, M., Hof, A.F., van Vliet, J, van Vuuren, D.P., 2015. Impact of the choice of
emission metric on greenhouse gas abatement and costs. Environmental Research
Letters 10 (2), 024001.
Deetman, S., Hof, A.F., Van Vuuren, D.P., 2014. Deep CO2 emission reductions in a global
bottom‐up model approach. Climate Policy 15 (2), 253‐271.
Roelfsema, M., Elzen, M.D., Höhne, N., Hof, A.F., Braun, N., Fekete, H., Böttcher, H.,
Brandsma, R., Larkin, J., 2014. Are major economies on track to achieve their pledges
for 2020? An assessment of domestic climate and energy policies. Energy Policy 67,
781‐796.
van Vliet, J., Hof, A.F., Mendoza Beltran, A., van den Berg, M., Deetman, S., den Elzen, M.G.J.,
Lucas, P.L., van Vuuren, D.P., 2014. The impact of technology availability on the
timing and costs of emission reductions for achieving long‐term climate targets.
Climatic Change 123 (3‐4), 559‐569
Hof, A.F., Den Elzen, M.G.J., Roelfsema, M., 2013. The effect of updated pledges and
business‐as‐usual projections, and new agreed rules on expected global greenhouse
gas emissions in 2020. Environ Science and Policy 33, 308‐319.
den Elzen, M.G.J., Hof, A.F., Roelfsema, M., 2013. Analysing the greenhouse gas emission
reductions of the mitigation action plans by non‐Annex I countries by 2020. Energy
Policy 56, 633‐643.
Deetman, S., Hof, A.F., Pfluger, B., van Vuuren, D.P., Girod, B., van Ruijven, B.J., 2013. Deep
greenhouse gas emission reductions in Europe: Exploring different options. Energy
den Elzen, M.G.J., Beltran, A.M., Hof, A.F., van Ruijven, B., van Vliet, J., 2013. Reduction
targets and abatement costs of developing countries resulting from global and
developed countries' reduction targets by 2050. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies
for Global Change 18, 491‐512.
den Elzen, M.G.J., Hof, A.F., Roelfsema, M., 2013. Analysing the greenhouse gas emission
reductions of the mitigation action plans by non‐Annex I countries by 2020. Energy
Policy 56, 633‐643.
den Elzen, M.G.J., Meinshausen, M., Hof, A.F., 2012. The impact of surplus units from the
first Kyoto period on achieving the reduction pledges of the Cancún Agreements.
Climatic Change 114 (2), 401‐408
Hof, A.F., Hope, C.W., Lowe, J., Mastrandrea, M.D., Meinshausen, M., van Vuuren, D.P.,
2012. The benefits of climate change mitigation in integrated assessment models:
The role of the carbon cycle and climate component. Climatic Change 113 (3‐4), 897‐
917.
van Ruijven, B.J., Weitzel, M., den Elzen, M.G.J., Hof, A.F., van Vuuren, D.P., Peterson, S.,
Narita, D., 2012. Emission allowances and mitigation costs of China and India
resulting from different effort‐sharing approaches. Energy Policy 46, 116‐134.
van Vliet, J., van den Berg, M., Schaeffer, M., van Vuuren, D.P., den Elzen, M.G.J., Hof, A.F.,
Beltran, A.M., Meinshausen, M., 2012. Copenhagen Accord Pledges imply higher
costs for staying below 2°C warming ‐ A letter. Climatic Change 113 (2), 551‐561.
den Elzen, M. G. J., Hof, A. F., Mendoza Beltran, A., Grassi, G., Roelfsema, M., van Ruijven, B.,
van Vliet, J., van Vuuren, D. P., 2011. The Copenhagen Accord: Abatement costs and
carbon prices resulting from the submissions. Environmental Science and Policy 14
(1), 28‐39.
Hof, A. F., den Elzen, M. G. J., Beltrán, A. M., 2011. Predictability, equitability and adequacy
of post‐2012 international climate financing mechanisms. Environmental Science &
Policy 14 (6), 615‐627.
den Elzen, M. G. J., Hof, A. F., Roelfsema, M., 2011. The emissions gap between the
Copenhagen pledges and the 2°C climate goal: Options for closing and risks that
could widen the gap. Global Environmental Change 21 (2), 733‐743.
Mendoza Beltran, A., den Elzen, M. G. J., Hof, A. F., van Vuuren, D. P., van Vliet, J., 2011.
Exploring the bargaining space within international climate negotiations based on
political, economic and environmental considerations. Energy Policy 39 (11), 7361‐
7371.
van Vuuren, D. P., Isaac, M., Kundzewicz, Z. W., Arnell, N., Barker, T., Criqui, P., Berkhout, F.,
Hilderink, H., Hinkel, J., Hof, A., Kitous, A., Kram, T., Mechler, R., Scrieciu, S., 2011.
The use of scenarios as the basis for combined assessment of climate change
mitigation and adaptation. Global Environmental Change 21 (2), 575‐591.
van Vuuren, D. P., Lowe, J., Stehfest, E., Gohar, L., Hof, A. F., Hope, C., Warren, R.,
Meinshausen, M. and Plattner, G.‐K., 2011. How well do integrated assessment
models simulate climate change? Climatic Change 104 (2), 255‐285.
van Vuuren, D. P., Stehfest, E., den Elzen, M. G. J., Kram, T., van Vliet, J., Deetman, S., Isaac,
M., Klein Goldewijk, K., Hof, A., Beltran, A. M., Oostenrijk, R., van Ruijven, B., 2011.
Hof, A.F., den Elzen, M. G. J., 2010. The effect of different historical emissions datasets on
emission targets of the sectoral mitigation approach Triptych. Climate Policy 10 (6),
684‐704.
Hof, A.F., den Elzen, M. G. J., van Vuuren, D. P., 2010. Including adaptation costs and climate
change damages in evaluating post‐2012 burden‐sharing regimes. Mitigation and
Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 15 (1), 19‐40.
Hof, A.F., van Vuuren, D. P., den Elzen, M. G. J., 2010. A quantitative minimax regret
approach to climate change: Does discounting still matter? Ecological Economics 7
(1), 43‐55.
Patt, A., van Vuuren, D.P., Berkhout, F., Aaheim, A., Hof, A.F., Isaac, M. and Mechler, R.,
2010. Adaptation in integrated assessment modeling: where do we stand? Climatic
Change 99 (3), 383‐402.
Warren, R., Mastrandrea, M.D., Hope, C. and Hof, A.F., 2010. Variation in the climatic
response to SRES emissions scenarios in integrated assessment models. Climatic
Change 102 (3), 671‐685.
Hof, A. F., de Bruin, K. C., Dellink, R. B., den Elzen, M. G. J. and van Vuuren, D. P., 2009. The
effect of different mitigation strategies on international financing of adaptation.
Environmental Science & Policy 12 (7), 832‐843.
Hof, A. F., den Elzen, M. G. J. and van Vuuren, D. P., 2009. Environmental effectiveness and
economic consequences of fragmented vs. universal regimes: What can we learn
from model studies? International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and
Economics 9 (1), 39‐62.
Hof, A. F., den Elzen, M. G. J. and van Vuuren, D. P., 2008. Analysing the costs and benefits of
climate policy: Value judgements and scientific uncertainties. Global Environmental
Change 18 (3), 412‐424.
PBL
reports
den Elzen, M.G.J., Fekete, H., Admiraal, A., Forsell, N., Höhne, N., Korosuo, A., Roelfsema, M.,
Van Soest, H., Wouters, K., Day, T., Hagemann, M., Hof, A.F., Mosnier, A., 2015.
Enhancing mitigation ambitions in the major emitting countries: analysis of current
and potential climate policies. PBL publication number 1631, The Hague, PBL
Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.
van Vuuren, D., den Elzen, M., Hof, A., Roelfsema, M., Lucas, P., van Sluisveld, M., Gernaat,
D., Otto, S., van den Berg, M., Harmsen, M., Schaeffer, M., Admiraal, A., 2014. Long‐
term climate policy targets and implications for 2030. The Hague, PBL Netherlands
Environmental Assessment Agency.
Hof, A.F, Boot, P., van Vuuren, D.P., van Minnen, J., 2014. Costs and benefits of climate
change adaptation and mitigation: An assessment on different regional scales. PBL
publication number 1198, The Hague, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment
Agency.
Verdonk, M., Hof, A.F., 2013. Non‐ETS emission targets for 2030. Indication of emission
targets for the Netherlands and other EU Member States under the European Effort
Sharing Decision. PBL publication number 1192, PBL Netherlands Environmental
Assessment Agency, The Hague.
Roelfsema, M., den Elzen, M.G.J., Höhne, N., Hof, A.F., Braun, N., Fekete, H., Böttcher, H.,
Brandsma, R., Larkin, J., 2013. Assessment of climate and energy policies of major
emitting countries. PBL publication number 1096, The Hague, PBL Netherlands
Environmental Assessment Agency.
Hof, A.F., Brink, C., Mendoza Beltran, A., Den Elzen, M.G.J., 2012. Greenhouse gas emission
reduction targets for 2030: Conditions for an EU target of 40%. PBL publication
number 500114023, The Hague, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.
den Elzen, M.G.J., Roelfsema, M., Hof, A.F., Böttcher, H., Grassi, G., 2012. Analysing the
emission gap between pledged emission reductions under the Cancún agreements
and the 2 °C climate target. PBL publication number 500114021, The Hague, PBL
Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.
Höhne, N., Braun, N., Fekete, H., Brandsma, R., Larkin, J., den Elzen, M., Roelfsema, M., Hof,
A., Böttcher, H., 2012. Greenhouse gas emission reduction proposals and national
climate policies of major economies. Ecofys, Utrecht, PBL Netherlands Environmental
Assessment Agency, The Hague.
Hof, A.F., Den Elzen, M.G.J., van Vuuren, D.P., Mendoza Beltran, A., Slingerland, S., 2011.
Climate policy after Kyoto: Analytical insights into key issues in the climate
negotiations. PBL publication number 500114019, The Hague, PBL Netherlands
Environmental Assessment Agency.
Den Elzen, M.G.J., Hof, A.F., Mendoza Beltran, M.A., Roelfsema, M., van Ruijven, B.J., van
Vliet, J., van Vuuren, D.P., Höhne, N., Moltmann, S., 2010. Evaluation of the
Copenhagen Accord: Chances and risks for the 2°C climate goal. PBL publication
number 500114018, Bilthoven/The Hague, PBL Netherlands Environmental
Assessment Agency.
van Vuuren, D.P., Hof, A.F., den Elzen, M.G.J., 2009. Meeting the 2°C target: From climate
Other
publications
Schaeffer, M., Baarsch, F., Adams, S., Bruin, K.d., De Marez, L., Freitas, S., Hof, A., Hare, B.
(2013). Africa’s Adaptation Gap: Climate‐change impacts, adaptation challenges and
costs for Africa. UNEP.
Aaheim, H. A., Dokken, T., Hochrainer, S., Hof, A. F., Jochem, E., Mechler, R. and van Vuuren,
D. P. (2010). National responsibilities for adaptation strategies: Lessons from four
modelling frameworks. In M. Hulme & H. Neufeldt (Eds.), Making Climate Change
Work for Us: European Perspectives on Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Biermann, F., Pattberg, P., Zelli, F., van Asselt, H., Boas, I., Flachsland, N., Goel, N., Hof, A.,
Jerneck, A., Massey, E., Olsson, L. and Stripple, J. (2010). Global climate governance
after 2012: architecture, agency and adaptation. In M. Hulme & H. Neufeldt (Eds.),
Making Climate Change Work for Us: European Perspectives on Adaptation and
Mitigation Strategies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
den Elzen, M. G. J., Hof, A. F., Vliet, J. v. and Lucas, P. (2010). A staged sectoral approach for
climate mitigation. In F. Biermann, P. Pattberg & F. Zelli (Eds.), Global climate
governance after 2012: architecture, agency and adaptation. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Hof, A. F., de Bruin, K., Dellink, R., den Elzen, M. G. J. and van Vuuren, D. P. (2010). Costs,
benefits and inter‐linkages between adaptation and mitigation. In F. Biermann, P.
Pattberg & F. Zelli (Eds.), Global climate governance after 2012: architecture, agency
and adaptation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Hof, A. F., den Elzen, M. G. J. and van Vuuren, D. P. (2010). Environmental effectiveness and
economic consequences of fragmented vs. universal regimes: What can we learn
from modeling studies? In F. Biermann, P. Pattberg & F. Zelli (Eds.), Global climate
governance after 2012: architecture, agency and adaptation. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Neufeldt, H., Jochem, E., Hinkel, J., Huitema, D., Massey, E., Watkiss, P., McEvoy, D., Rayner,
T., Hof, A. F. and Lonsdale, K. (2010). Climate policy and inter‐linkages between
adaptation and mitigation. In M. Hulme & H. Neufeldt (Eds.), Making Climate Change
Work for Us: European Perspectives on Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
van Vuuren, D., Isaac, M., Hof, A., Mechler, R., Criqui, P., Kitous, A., Barker, T., Scrieciu, S.
and Kundzewicz, Z. (2010). Scenarios as the Basis for Assessment of Mitigation and
Adaptation. In M. Hulme & H. Neufeldt (Eds.), Making Climate Change Work for Us:
European Perspectives on Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Hof, A.F. (2009). International mitigation and adaptation strategies for climate change policy:
An integrated assessment approach. VU University Amsterdam, doctoral thesis.
