Baixa emissão de carbono

Nesta quarta-feira (18), às 16 horas, o professor Sergey Vladimirovich Paltsev, do Instituto de Tecnologia de Massachusetts (MIT), nos Estados Unidos, faz o seminário Measuring Economic Impacts of Low Carbon Economies: results from EPPA mode, na Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade de Ribeirão Preto (FEARP) da USP. Durante o evento serão apresentados resultados dos impactos das economias de baixa emissão de carbono na atmosfera, obtidos com base o modelo de previsão de emissões e política de análise (Emissions Prediction and Policy Analysis – EPPA).

O evento é aberto ao público e gratuito e acontece na sala 3 do Bloco B-2 da FEARP, que fica na Av. Bandeirantes, 3900, Ribeirão Preto.

Sergey Paltsev

Principal Research Scientist MIT Energy Initiative

Sergey Paltsev is the lead modeler in charge of the MIT Emissions Prediction and Policy Analysis (EPPA) model of the world economy. His research covers a wide range of topics including energy economics, climate policy, taxation, advanced energy technologies, and international trade. He was lead author of the Joint Program`s analysis of McCain-Liebermann 2003 Climate Stewardship Act, and analysis of the 2007 U.S. GHG Cap-and-Trade proposals. The results of the MIT studies are widely used in the U.S. Senate, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. Before joining the MIT Program in 2002, Sergey Paltsev worked as a Consultant for International Management and Communication Corporation and the World Bank and as an Executive Director of the Program in Economics and Management of Technology at Belarusian State University.