• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Sergey Paltsev

MIT Energy Initiative

Senior Research Scientist, MIT Energy Initiative & Deputy Director of the MIT Joint Program on the Science & Policy of Global Change

Dr. Sergey Paltsev is a Senior Research Scientist at MIT Energy Initiative, and a Deputy Director of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA. He is the lead modeler in charge of the MIT Economic Projection and Policy Analysis (EPPA) model of the world economy. Dr. Paltsev is an author of more than 100 peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals and books in the area of energy economics, climate policy, transport, advanced energy technologies, and international trade. Sergey was a Lead Author of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He is a recipient of the 2012 Pyke Johnson Award (by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, USA, for the best paper in the area of planning and environment).

Sessions With Sergey Paltsev

Tuesday, 19 March

  • 02:30pm - 03:00pm (CST) / 19/mar/2024 07:30 pm - 19/mar/2024 08:00 pm

    Is 1.5 Degree Goal Still Relevant?
    Climate & Sustainability

    That climate is changing is well understood and accepted; however, bending the emissions curve has proven to be far more challenging and the world is on a path to be well above 1.5- and 2-degree C. Is the 1.5 degree C goal helping or getting in the way of finding climate solutions?

  • 04:30pm - 05:00pm (CST) / 19/mar/2024 09:30 pm - 19/mar/2024 10:00 pm

    Flying with Hydrogen
    Hydrogen

    Promising progress has been made with hydrogen powered aircraft driven either by hydrogen fuel cells or using hydrogen derivatives as sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs). Emerging consumption mandates like the EU's ReFuelEU Aviation is paving the way for further SAF adoption. Yet, the availability of hydrogen infrastructure and e-fuel synthesis at airports is not widespread, creating significant bottlenecks and stunted demand growth. Hear from aviation industry players on flying with hydrogen.