Roberto Schaeffer, Alexandre Szklo

Full Professor of Energy Economics at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, with 160 master's/doctoral theses oriented. Holds a PhD in Energy Policy from the University of Pennsylvania (UPENN) and is a CNPq Level IA Researcher. Postdoctoral work at UPENN and worked as Visiting Professor/Lecturer in the same institution in 1991-92). Works in the field of Integrated Assessment Models for climate mitigation. Member of the United Nations Clean Development Mechanism Methodology Panel (UNFCCC CDM-Meth Panel) in 2002-11. Member of the Advisory Board of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Accelerating Energy Technology Innovation in 2010-11. Collaborates with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 1998. Since 2013 regularly participates as Lead Author of UNEP Gap Reports and since 2019 participates as Lead Author of UNEP Production Gap Report. External Consultant to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna in 2002-12 and since 2012 has been a member of the Editorial Board of the CRC Press Sustainable Energy Development book series. Associate-editor of Energy-The Internacional Journal since 1999. Member of the International Committee for the Evaluation of research programs in Energy, Transitions to New Technologies, and Mitigation of Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases at the International Institute for Advanced Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, in 2013. Member of the Science Advisory Committee (SAC) of IIASA in 2014-20, and member of the Science Advisory Council (SAC) of the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Sweden in 2014-22. Member of the Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) of the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium (IAMC) since 2015. Member of the Expert Panel of the project "Energy Transition Commission and Fossil Fuels" from SEI since 2016, and member of the Advisory Board for the Routledge Series in Energy Transitions since November 2016. Member of the SDG7 Technical Group in support of the UN High-level Political Forum 2018 between October 2017 and April 2018. Expert on the "EU High-Level Panel on Decarbonisation" since February 2018. Awarded the Chair of Visiting Researcher in Brazilian Studies, lecturing in five Canadian universities (University of Calgary, University of Western Ontario, Saint Marys University, York University and the Université du Québec à Montreal (UQAM)), with support from the International Development Research Center (IDRC) and Canada's Department of International Relations and Foreign Trade in 2008. Received the Greenvana Greenbest 2012 award in the Personality of the Year category, and the COPPE Giulio Massarani Academic Merit Award 2011. Recipient of the Vale-Capes Honorable Mention for Science and Sustainability Edition 2013, and of the the Vale-Capes Award for Science and Sustainability Edition 2015. Co-recipient, along with other scientists, of the Nobel Peace Prize 2007. "Kleinman Center for Energy Policy Visiting Scholar" at UPENN in 2016. Has over 170 articles in international scientific journals, including high-impact journals as Nature, Nature Climate Change, Nature Communications, Nature Energy, Nature Sustainability and Science. Elected member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciency (ABC) and recipient of the "IAMC Award for extraordinary contribution to the field of IAM", both in 2020. As of 2021, Vulnerability, Impacts, Adaptation and Climate Services (VIACS) Advisory Board Member for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6). Recipient of the CEBRI 2022 Award. Co-recipient of the 2022 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity, together with other scientists of the IPCC and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Member of the Board of Trustees of the Brazilian Foundation for Sustainable Development (FBDS) since 2022, and member of the Science Panel for the Amazon (SPA), convened under the auspices of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), since 2023.

Professor Titular do Programa de Planejamento Energético da COPPE/UFRJ com mais de 160 teses de mestrado/doutorado orientadas. PhD em Política Energética pela University of Pennsylvania (UPENN) e Pesquisador 1A do CNPq. Pós-doutorado na UPENN e Professor Visitante/Palestrante naquela mesma instituição em 1991-92. Atua na área de Modelos de Avaliação Integrada para mitigação das mudanças climáticas. Membro do Painel Metodológico em Linhas de Base e Monitoramento do Mecanismo do Desenvolvimento Limpo das Nações Unidas (UNFCCC CDM-Meth Panel) em 2002-11. Membro do Conselho Consultivo do projeto Accelerating Energy Technology Innovation da Agência Internacional de Energia (IEA) em 2010-11. Colabora com o Painel Intergovernamental de Mudanças do Clima (IPCC) das Nações Unidas desde 1998. Participa regularmente como Autor-líder do UNEP Gap Reports desde 2013, e como Autor-lider do UNEP Fossil Fuel Production Gap Report desde 2019. Consultor Externo da International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) em Viena em 2002-12, e membro do Conselho Editorial da série de livros Sustainable Energy Development da CRC Press desde 2012. Editor-Associado da revista científica ENERGY desde 1999. Membro do Comitê Internacional de Avaliação dos programas de pesquisa em Energia, Transições para Novas Tecnologias, e Mitigação de Poluição do Ar e Gases de Efeito Estufa do International Institute for Advanced Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, em 2013. Membro do Science Advisory Committee (SAC) do IIASA em 2014-20, e membro do Science Advisory Council (SAC) do Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), da Suécia, em 2014-22. Membro do Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) do Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium (IAMC) desde 2015. Membro do Painel de Especialistas do projeto "Energy Transition Commission and Fossil Fuels", da SEI, e membro do Advisory Board for the Routledge Series in Energy Transitions, ambos desde 2016. Membro do SDG7 Technical Group em suporte ao UN High-level Political Forum 2018 entre outubro de 2017 e abril de 2018. Especialista do "EU High-Level Panel on Decarbonisation" desde fevereiro de 2018. Agraciado com a Cátedra de Pesquisador Visitante em Estudos Brasileiros em cinco universidades canadenses (University of Calgary, University of Western Ontario, Saint Marys University, York University and the Université du Québec à Montreal (UQAM)) com o suporte do Centro de Pesquisas em Desenvolvimento Internacional (IDRC) e do Departamento de Relações Internacionais e Comércio Exterior do Canadá em 2018. Prêmio Greenvana Greenbest 2012 na categoria Personalidade do Ano e Prêmio COPPE Giulio Massarani Mérito Acadêmico ambos em 2011. Prêmio Menção Honrosa Vale-Capes de Ciência e Sustentabilidade Edição 2013, e Prêmio Vale-Capes de Ciência e Sustentabilidade Edição 2015, ambos pela co-orientação de teses de doutorado. Co-recipiente, junto com outros cientistas, do Prêmio Nobel da Paz 2007 pelas contribuições de pesquisa do IPCC. Kleinman Center for Energy Policy Visiting Scholar da UPENN em 2016. Mais 170 publicações em periódicos internacionais, incluindo Nature, Nature Climate Change, Nature Communications, Nature Energy, Nature Sustainability e Science. Agraciado com o "IAMC Award for extraordinary contribution to the field of IAM" em 2020. Membro Titular da Academia Brasileira de Ciéncias e membro do "Vulnerability, Impacts, Adaptation and Climate Services (VIACS) Advisory Board for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6)" a partir de 2021. Prêmio CEBRI 2022 Categoria Acadêmico. Co-recipiente, junto com outros cientistas do IPCC e do Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services (IPBES), do "2022 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity". Desde 2022 é membro do Conselhor Curador da Fundação Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável (FBDS), e desde 2023 é membro do "Science panel for the Amazon" (SPA), sob os auspícios do "Sustainable Develo[ment Solutions Network" (SDSN).