• CERAWeek
  • March 18 - 22, 2024

Sarah Ladislaw

Center for Strategic & International Studies

Senior Vice President, Energy Security and Climate Change

Sarah Ladislaw, Senior Vice President and Director, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), leads CSIS’s work in energy policy, market, and technology analysis. Ms. Ladislaw is an expert in US energy policy, global oil and natural gas markets, and climate change. She has authored numerous publications on the geopolitics of energy, energy security and climate change, low-carbon pathways, and a wide variety of issues on US energy policy, regulation, and market dynamics. Ms. Ladislaw has spearheaded new work at CSIS on climate change, the electricity sector, and energy technology development. She formerly worked in Office of the Americas in the Department of Energy’s Office of Policy and International Affairs. Ms. Ladislaw is frequently invited to speak at public conferences, advise companies and policymakers, and testify before Congress. She is a member of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Strategic Analysis Technical Review Panel and the Strategic Advisory Council for Georgia Tech’s Strategic Energy Initiative. Ms. Ladislaw has taught graduate courses on energy security as an Adjunct Professor at the George Washington University and is a frequent guest lecturer at other universities.


Sessions With Sarah Ladislaw

Tuesday, 12 March

  • 07:30am - 08:40am (CST) / -

    Carbon Price: How critical for decarbonization?

    Panel Climate/Environment/Sustainability Geopolitics/Energy Policy/Economics

    Global carbon prices are woefully below what would be necessary to substantively impact investment and demand. Events of the past year have highlighted the potential disconnect between policy goals and the voter willingness to pay for the actions that would be required. Yet 2018 also highlighted the reality of severe weather events and include the release of scientific reports predicting the future consequences of rising CO2 emissions. How do we get from here to there? Is carbon price the right mechanism? How should it be implemented? Can there be a global agreement or will we have vastly different national outcomes? This session will discuss the economics and politics of carbon pricing from a government and company view.

Wednesday, 13 March