Rethinking resilience of low-carbon transportation using a multi-system dynamics approach

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Sonia Yeh is professor of transport and energy systems at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and a globally recognized expert on the decarbonization of transport and energy systems. Her research spans energy economics, alternative fuels, mobility behavior, and sustainability policy. She has advised US federal and state agencies, as well as international governments and organizations, on climate strategies and system transitions. Dr. Yeh is a contributing author to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, a senior editor of Energy Policy, and recipient of the Håkan Frisinger Award from the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations. Sergey Paltsev is deputy director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy and senior research scientist at MIT Energy Initiative . He oversees the MIT Economic Projection and Policy Analysis (EPPA) model of the world economy. Dr. Paltsev is an author of more than 140 peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals and books on energy economics, climate policy, transport, advanced energy technologies, and international trade. Sergey is a recipient of the 2012 Pyke Johnson Award from the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies USA for the best paper in planning and environment. John Reilly is a senior lecturer at the Sloan School of Management at the MIT and a contributor to the Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy at MIT. His research focuses on the economics of energy, environment, and climate change and the interactions between human and natural earth systems. David Daniels is a senior researcher at the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI), where he conducts analyses at the intersection of transport electrification, energy system dynamics, and infrastructure resilience. His recent work focuses on energy transport integration in shipping and aviation, such as ports and airports as energy hubs. He previously served as chief energy modeler at the US Energy Information Administration and developed quantitative terrorism risk methods for the US Department of Homeland Security. Pedro Linares is professor of industrial engineering at Comillas Pontifical University – ICAI and affiliate researcher at the MIT CEEPR and the University of Cambridge EPRG. His research focuses on the assessment of energy, climate, transport, and industrial policies and the development of energy and economic models. He has been a consultant for several private and public firms and institutions in Spain, Europe, and Latin America.