I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation (Department of Geography, University of Bergen). I received my PhD from the Technical University of Denmark, with a thesis focused on climate change governance.

For nearly thirty years, I have worked on climate change mitigation, adaptation – including limits to adaptation – and loss and damage.  My current research focuses on the impacts of climate change on intangible cultural heritage (see more here). I am interested both in the responses that individuals and communities adopt when faced with such impacts, and in the conceptual paradigms we use to study these issues.

Before joining the University of Bergen, I worked at the Technical University of Denmark, the United Nations Environment Programme, and COWI A/S, a consulting company. Earlier in my career, in the early 1990s, I was a research assistant at two applied research institutes.

Memberships: Association of Critical Heritage Studies

Visiting researcher positions: University of Tokyo (March-May 2025)

GEO324: Human Geographies of Adaptation to Climate Change

I am responsible for this master's course, which is structured around nine key topics in adaptation. For each topic, a generalist introduction is followed by an exploration of key issues through a human geography perspective.

GEO306: Methods in Human Geography

I teach the session on "sampling strategies and surveys" in this master's course.

GEO310: Writing and Project Description

I teach the session on "literature reviews and argumentative writing" in this post-graduate course.

GEO283: Geographies of transformation: mitigating and adapting to rapid climate change

I teach the sessions on "adaptation to climate change impacts" and "climate change-induced loss and damage" in this bachelor's course.

I regularly give guest lectures at the University of Copenhagen.

Puig, D. (2025). Editorial overview: Social limits to climate change adaptation revisited. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 77(101591). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101591

Puig, D. (2025). Social limits to adaptation in the context of intangible cultural heritage. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 77(101569). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101569

Puig, D., Adger, N. W., Barnett, J., Vanhala, L., & Boyd, E. (2025). Improving the effectiveness of climate change adaptation measures. Climatic Change, 178(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-024-03838-8

Puig, D. (2025). Acting on climate change-driven incommensurable loss. Climate and Development, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2025.2462588

Puig, D. (2025). Det vi holder kjært. Naturen, 149(1), 49-50. https://doi.org/10.18261/naturen.149.1.7

Puig, D. (2024). The Omiwatari religious ritual: an example of climate change-driven loss of intangible cultural heritage. Case Studies in the Environment, 8(1): 2323147. https://doi.org/10.1525/cse.2024.2323147

Puig, D. (2022). Loss and damage in the global stocktake. Climate Policy, 22(2), 175-183. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2021.2023452

Puig, D. (2022). Re-conceptualising climate change-driven 'loss and damage'. International Journal of Global Warming, 27(2), 202-212. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGW.2022.123282

Puig, D., Moner-Girona, M., Szabó, S., & Pascua, I. P. (2021). Universal access to electricity: actions to avoid locking-in unsustainable technology choices. Environmental Research Letters, 16(12), 121003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac3ceb

Puig, D., Moner-Girona, M., Kammen, D. M., Mulugetta, Y., Marzouk, A., Jarrett, M., ... & Nakićenović, N. (2021). An action agenda for Africa's electricity sector. Science, 373(6555), 616-619. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abh1975

Calliari, E., Vanhala, L., Nordlander, L., Puig, D., Bakhtiari, F., Hossain, M. F., ... & Rahman, M. F. (2021). Loss and damage. In The Paris Agreement on Climate Change (pp. 200-217). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788979191.00017

Puig, D., & Bakhtiari, F. (2021). Determinants of successful delivery by non-state actors: an exploratory study. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 21(1), 93-111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10784-020-09482-8

Szabó, S., Pinedo Pascua, I., Puig, D., Moner-Girona, M., Negre, M., Huld, T., ... & Kammen, D. (2021). Mapping of affordability levels for photovoltaic-based electricity generation in the solar belt of sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia and South Asia. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82638-x

Puig, D., & Bakhtiari, F. (2019). Incorporating uncertainty in national-level climate change-mitigation policy: possible elements for a research agenda. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 9, 86-89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-018-0514-5

Moner‐Girona, M., Puig, D., Mulugetta, Y., Kougias, I., AbdulRahman, J., & Szabó, S. (2018). Next generation interactive tool as a backbone for universal access to electricity. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment, 7(6), e305. https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.305

Puig, D., Haselip, J. A., & Bakhtiari, F. (2018). The mismatch between the in-country determinants of technology transfer, and the scope of technology transfer initiatives under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 18, 659-669. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10784-018-9405-1

Puig, D., Farrell, T. C., & Moner‐Girona, M. (2018). A quantum leap in energy efficiency to put the sustainable development goals in closer reach. Global Policy, 9(3), 429-431. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12574

Puig, D., Morales-Nápoles, O., Bakhtiari, F., & Landa, G. (2018). The accountability imperative for quantifying the uncertainty of emission forecasts: evidence from Mexico. Climate Policy, 18(6), 742-751. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2017.1373623

Karavai, M., Lütken, S. E., & Puig, D. (2018). Could baseline establishment be counterproductive for emissions reduction? Insights from Vietnam’s building sector. Climate Policy, 18(4), 459-470. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2017.1304350

Haselip, J., Hansen, U. E., Puig, D., Trærup, S., & Dhar, S. (2015). Governance, enabling frameworks and policies for the transfer and diffusion of low carbon and climate adaptation technologies in developing countries. Climatic Change, 131(3), 363-370. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-015-1440-0

de Coninck, H., & Puig, D. (2015). Assessing climate change mitigation technology interventions by international institutions. Climatic Change, 131(3), 417-433. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-015-1344-z

Scrieciu, S. Ş., Belton, V., Chalabi, Z., Mechler, R., & Puig, D. (2014). Advancing methodological thinking and practice for development-compatible climate policy planning. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 19, 261-288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-013-9538-z

A theory of social limits to adaptation.

Impacts of climate change on intangible cultural heritage.

Non-economic loss and damage in the Arctic.