Dr. Chris Bataille is a professional consultant with a background in resource and environmental management, economics and political science and over a decade of experience in energy modelling and policy analysis. As director of MKJA, he has been involved in many significant consulting projects and studies that have provided the foundation for both provincial and federal climate change policy. Originally a macroeconomist by training, Chris oversaw the development of the CIMS integrated energy-economy model which has been widely used in MKJA’s consulting activities and is now internationally recognized as a leading forecasting tool.

In addition to his contracted work, Chris has published articles in The Energy Journal and Climate Policy, has edited a special edition of the Energy Journal on hybrid modelling, and has contributed to a number of peer-reviewed public policy publications, including, Pricing greenhouse gas emissions: The impact on Canada’s competitiveness for the C.D. Howe Institute in January 2009. He has served as an expert to the National Round Table of the Environment and the Economy, wrote the draft chapter for Canada’s most recent national circumstances submission to the UNFCCC, and frequently presents his research at conferences, symposiums and panels both nationally and internationally.

Chris holds a Ph.D. of Resource and Environmental Management and a Master of Resource Management from Simon Fraser University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from the University of British Columbia. He is an Adjunct Professor in Simon Fraser University’s School of Resource and Environmental Management.