Cyril Cassisa

Cyril is an expert on energy and climate policy analysis, became Project Coordinator in the Environment and Climate Change Team at the International Energy Agency (IEA) in 2018 taking charge of the project on China’s Emissions Trading System and leading works on energy and climate policy packages for clean energy transition. Previously, he was Project Manager at Enerdata from 2015 to 2018 leading several projects on energy transition, NDC assessment and carbon pricing instruments for the WB, UNEP, IRENA, national administrations and private sector companies. Cyril has more than 10 years’ experience in China from 2005 to 2015 where he did his Ph.D thesis jointly between Ecole Centrale Lyon in France and Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) in China, worked as a Researcher at CAS, Beihang and Tsinghua Universities as well as a Climate Expert at the French Embassy in China. His research activities cover carbon-pricing policies including carbon markets, energy transition scenarios, particularly in EU and China, and energy modelling.