Dr. Oleksandr Diachuk, Leading research officer in Institute for Economics and Forecasting, has over 15 years of proven experience in the analysis, modeling and strategic planning for low-carbon development; significant experience in policy mapping, discovering the interplay between various policy instruments and objectives, and in preparation of energy/environmental/climate strategies, conceptions, master plans, road maps etc. Dr. Diachuk has been an expert for a wide variety of USAID, EU, EBRD, UNDP, GIZ, ECS projects. He has excellent experience in implementing own methodologies and mathematical models in development of national strategic documents adopted by the Government of Ukraine (NEEAP's, NDC's, LEDS etc.). Dr. Diachuk is actively involved in various initiatives, such as the Net Zero World Initiative and the Global Methane Pledge. His focus is on researching strategies to achieve climate neutrality for the Ukrainian economy. Dr. Diachuk is one of the TIMES-Ukraine energy system model developers and a member of several working groups of the Energy Community and Ukraine’s State institutions.