Yukari Yamashita (Niwa)

Yukari Yamashita (Niwa)

Yukari Yamashita (Niwa)

Board Member, Director
The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ)
Event(s): Roundtable IEEJ

Yukari Niwa Yamashita is a Managing Director for the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ), in Charge of the Energy Data and Modelling Center. She is responsible for quantitative and qualitative analyses on energy policy issues. Her team’s analyses and recommendations contribute greatly to debate and policy making for Japan and international communities such as ERIA, APEC and IEA. The annual IEEJ's Outlook is globally recognized for its timely analyses and pragmatic approach towards climate change.

She has been serving as a member of various government councils and committees in the fields of energy and science & technologies. She has been leading miscellaneous international and regional programs in the area of energy cooperation through IEA, APEC, ERIA and IPEEC. She is an independent director, a board member of a Japanese oil company and a visiting professor at Kyushu University. She is currently the President of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE), of which she has been a member since 1986.