Practical information
Date: July 3rd, 2025
Time 9:45am-11:30am
Location: Mundo Madou, Avenue des Arts 7/8, Bruxelles (Belgium)
Format : In-person public event
Short description of the event
This event, co-organised by IDDRI think tank and the Institute for European Environmental Policy – IEEP, explored long-term transformations and immediate actions required to achieve carbon neutrality, consistent with the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement and socioeconomic objectives.



These insights are drawn from a detailed analysis presented in the DDP Annual report 2024, based on national pathways to net zero in nine large-emitting countries, conducted by in-country experts as part of the Deep Decarbonization Pathways initiative.
After a short overview of cross-country insights, national experts from 6 countries (Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa and the United States) provided a snapshot on their country-driven analysis, including concrete and tangible examples of key transformations and actions. Reactions from the EU perspective were provided and an open Q&A allowed participants to discuss directly with panelists.
List of speakers
- Henri Waisman, Director of the Deep Decarbonization Pathways Initiative (DDP), IDDRI
- Antoine Oger, Director of the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)
- Speakers from EEAS
- DDP country expert from 6 countries:
- Brazil: Dr. Emilio Lebre La Rovere, Director of CentroClima, COPPE – University of Rio de Janeiro (COPPE-UFRJ)
- India: Dr Vidhee Avashia, Senior Researcher, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA)
- Indonesia: Dr. Rizaldi Boer, Director of the International Research Institute for Environment and Climate Change, IPB University
- Mexico: Daniel Buira, Co-founder and Scientific Director, Tempus Analitica (TA)
- South Africa: Dr. Bryce McCall, Researcher at ESRG, University of Cape Town (UCT)
- The United States: Alicia Zhao or Christoph Bertram, University of Maryland (UMD)


This event is organized in the context of the JUSTPATH project, a DG CLIMA-funded global action project which focuses on supporting countries and stakeholders in creating and expanding the robust modelling base for domestic mitigation action, feeding into both national and international processes.
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