At 15:00 pm on June 26, 2019, Professor Leon Clarke was invited to visit and gave an academic report entitled " Current Directions in Integrated Assessment Research and Modeling ". This report was presided over by Professor Qiaomei Liang. The teachers and students of the center participated in the report.
Dr. Leon Clarke is an expert in energy and environmental issues, with a focus on climate change, climate change mitigation strategies, energy technology options, and integrated assessment modeling. He is currently the Research Director for the Center for Global Sustainability and a Research Professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. He formerly led the Integrated Human Earth System Science Group and directed a range of integrated assessment modeling activities at the Joint Global Change Research Institute, a collaboration between the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Maryland. Dr. Clarke has served as an author and coordinating lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the National Climate Assessment, and the National Research Council. He has also led a number of multi-institution studies on climate mitigation. Dr. Clarke’s professional experience includes his current position, positions in two U.S. national laboratories, in energy consulting, and at an electric and gas utility. Dr. Clarke has a Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University and Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley
In today's report, Prof. Clarke was focused on Integrated assessment modeling and research. Early models were aggregate in scale and focused largely on the goal of understanding overall CO2 emissions from the energy system. In contrast, the models of today have broader coverage and finer resolution and are capable of addressing issues from food security to air pollution. This talk discussed the evolution of integrated assessment modeling, giving examples of recent research and pointing out challenges as the discipline continues to evolve. After the report, Prof. Clarke took the picture with teachers and students at CEEP together.
