Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition (CEET)
General information
Under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General, the Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition (CEET) is a global, high-level body of engineers and energy systems experts to contribute to the UN Secretary-General’s goal to build a coalition to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, and to the UN generally on engineering pathways to achieve comprehensive decarbonization by mid-century. The work of the CEET is being carried out by an independent and impartial council of recognized global experts, serving in their personal capacity and responding to requests for information by the UN System.
The CEET was launched in September 2021 and is co-chaired by Gerd Müller, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Professor Jeffrey Sachs, President of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN).
CEET core activities will focus on: solving the challenges of scaling key technologies in support of the global energy transition; recommending guidelines to support countries in the implementation of their Nationally Determined Contributions in line with the Paris Agreement; publishing technical briefs on zero-carbon technologies, including breakthrough technologies; analyzing sectoral and integrated pathways at regional and local levels; and providing guidance and technical advice from a globally diverse expert perspective, ensuring a gender-responsive energy transition and decarbonization.
Additional information on the Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition can be found here.
CEET Members
Mohammad Abu Zahra
Head of Middle East and North Africa Region, Global CCS Institute
Andrea Afranchi
Managing Partner, Energy Performance SRL
Luisa Valentim Barros
Head of Consulting Business Development - Global, Clean Energy Latin America
Rosa Marina (Sama) Bilbao y Leon
Director General, World Nuclear Association
Irene Cañas Díaz
Chief Executive Officer and Chairwoman, ICE Group
Roberta Cenni
Head of Biofuels, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping
Babu Chalamala
Senior Scientist, Grid Modernization and Energy Storage, Sandia National Laboratories
Maher Chebbo
Managing Director - Envision Digital Europe, Envision Energy; General Manager and Chief Revenue Officer, Accenta; Founder and President, Chebbo Technology Services
Chukwuemeka Jude Diji
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Deputy Vice Chancellor, Kampala International University
Nida Rizwan Farid
Founder, SaveJoules and NRF Engineering
Erik Gjernes
Senior Advisor, Gassnova SF
Emi Minghui Gui
Energy System - Lead, ClimateWorks Centre/Monash Sustainable Development Institute
Rashi Gupta
Managing Director, Vision Mechatronics Private Limited
Selen İnal
Founder and Clean Energy and Green Transition Senior Consultant and Country Advisor, Türkiye; Eco Muse Consulting and EIT InnoEnergy
Naveen Kumar
Head Power-to-X, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.
Cristiana La Marca
Head of Environment, Enel S.p.A
Ulf Larsson
Head of Rail and Transit, WSP New Zealand
Ana (M.) Lazarevska
Professor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
Wei-Jen Lee
Professor and Director, The University of Texas at Arlington
Melissa Lott
Professor, Columbia University, Center on Global Energy Policy
Norah Magero
Co-Founder and CEO, Drop Access
Mercedes Maroto-Valer
Director and Deputy Principal, UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) and Heriot-Watt University
Vijay Modi
Professor, Columbia University
Fatma Mohamed
Head, Department of Structural and Construction Engineering, University of Dar es Salaam
Wangari Muchiri
Director of Africa, Global Wind Energy Council
Peter Ozaveshe Oviroh
Researcher/Lecturer, University of Johannesburg
Henri Paillere
Head, Planning and Economic Studies, International Atomic Energy Agency
Juan Roberto Paredes
Senior Renewable Energy Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank
Izael Pereira Da Silva
Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation, Strathmore University
Bruno Pollet
President of Green Hydrogen Division, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR)
Shuguang Qi
Chief Vice Engineer of CTTL and Professor in Engineering, China Academy of Information and Communication Technology (CAICT)
Renato Ribeiro Ciminelli
President, Instituto Quadrilátero
Rosana Rodrigues dos Santos
Executive Director, E+ Energy Transition Institute
Satish Saini
Utilities Industry Specialist (T&D), HEXstream
Alessandro Sanches Pereira
Senior Researcher and Lecturer, Curtin University
Jaideep Sandhu
Chief Technology Officer Global Business Unit Renewables, ENGIE SA
Karen Scrivener
Professor, Head of Laboratory of Construction Materials, EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne)
Anita Sengupta
CEO, Hydroplane Ltd.
Majid Shafie-Pour-Motlagh
Professor, University of Tehran
Vigya Sharma
Senior Research Fellow, Course Coordinator, and Primary Lecturer, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland
Semida Silveira
Professor, Cornell University
Wai Wah Tham
Chief Engineer/ Senior Director; Chief Sustainability Officer, Maritime and Port Authority Of Singapore
Nicolaos Theodossiou
Chair, SDSN Black Sea
Jessika Trancik
Professor, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Marie-Line Vaiani
Secretary General, World Energy Council France
Ju Wang
Secretary-General, International Hydrogen Fuel Cell Association
Fang Yang
Climate Change and Environment Office, Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization
Atiq Zaman
Associate Professor, Curtin University
Mohamed Ali Zerouali
Chief Development Officer, MEA Hif Global
Steering Committee
Gerd Müller
Co-Chair, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Jeffrey Sachs
Co-Chair, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
Rana Ghoneim
Co-Chair Proxy, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Kanika Chawla
Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL)
Andre Dzikus
UN Habitat
Giulia Genuardi
Enel Foundation
Claudia Contreras
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Nitin Arora
United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Amal Kasry
United Nations Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Lily Riahi
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Minoru Takada
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
Fungai Matura
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
CEET Secretariat
Daniel Bernstein
SDSN
Elena Crete
SDSN
Isaac Elizondo Garcia
UNIDO
Elizabeth Nelson
SDSN
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