Video: Pathways to Decarbonization & Digital Innovation in Energy | Infra4Dev 2020

Infra4Dev took place virtually on Wednesday, November 18, 2020, as part of CEGA’s 2020 Evidence to Action (E2A) Series, “Climate Change and the Global South”. The conference featured opening remarks by Makhtar Diop, World Bank Vice President for Infrastructure, and Ted Miguel, CEGA Faculty Director at UC Berkeley, as well as plenaries with high-level experts, researchers and policymakers. Michael Grubb, Professor of Energy and Climate Change at University College London, and Catherine Wolfram, Professor of Business Administration at UC Berkeley, delivered the keynote addresses.

Pathways to Decarbonization & Digital Innovation in Energy (Parallel Session 1) 

• Robert Armstrong, Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative (MITEI) and Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering, MIT, Making Better Decisions for the Energy Transition
• Massimo Filippini, Director and Professor, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), ETH Zürich and Professor, Public and Energy economics, University of Lugano, Adopting Energy Efficient Technologies in the Household Sector
• Kenneth Gillingham, Associate Professor of Economics, School of Environment, Yale University, Pathways to Decarbonization in Energy: ​Role of Energy Technologies and Innovation
• Michael B. McElroy, Gilbert Butler Professor, Environmental Studies, Harvard University, Prospects for Hydrogen in a Future Low-Carbon Energy Economy

Moderated by Vivien Foster, Chief Economist, Infrastructure Vice Presidency, World Bank