Prénom de l'expert

Thibaud

Nom de l'expert

VOÏTA

Associate Research Fellow, Energy and Climate Center, Ifri

Research Areas:

China's energy and climate policies
Energy efficiency strategy

Center for Energy & Climate

An Associate Resarch Fellow at Ifri's Energy and Climate Center since November 2017, Thibaud Voïta is a clean energy and climate policy expert and consultant, working on Chinese energy policies, sustainable energy issues and climate change. He has worked for more than 15 years on energy transitions and climate policies. He has managed partnerships accelerating energy transitions and involving multinational companies in 50 countries or so, has advised African governments on the implementation of their climate policies, and has supported Chinese facilities in their energy efficiency efforts.

He has defended a PhD on China’s energy policies in 2011 and has worked with the United Nations, the International Energy Agency, and private companies. He has lived in China (he speaks Mandarin) and in several European countries.

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