Board Member, Director for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Unit The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan or IEEJ
Mr. Sakamoto joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry or MITI, the Japanese Government after obtaining the Master’s Degree of Engineering at the University of Tokyo in March 1986. He worked for policy planning and implementation on energy, climate change and industry competitiveness for 30 years at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry or METI. Most notably, he was responsible for the COP negotiation as Director of Global Environmental Affairs Office, and ZEB and energy efficiency benchmarks as Director of Energy Conservation Division at METI. After leaving METI in 2016, he engaged in renewable and hydrogen energy businesses at two private companies, and thereafter was appointed to the current position in June 2020. He was elected as the Vice Chair, the Committee on Energy Research and Technology or CERT, IEA in November 2020. He was also appointed as Visiting Professor, the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies or GRIPS in April 2023.
April 1980 - March 1986
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Master of Engineering, 1986 (majored in civil engineering) Bachelor of Engineering, 1984 (majored in civil engineering)
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