EUROPEAN CLIMATE SUMMIT - ECS 2021: DAY 1

December 7, 2021

Hosted by IETA

13:00     13:15 Welcome & Opening

RECORDING 

Opening Roundtable looking at ‘Highlights & Concerns for Europe’

Welcome Remarks: Dirk Forrister, President & CEO – IETA

Commentators:

• James Cameron, COP26 Advisor, Senior Advisor – Pollination & IETA Fellow
  
• Karen Degouve, Head of Sustainable Business Development – Natixis & IETA Fellow
  

13:15     14:15     Aligning the EU ETS with -55%

RECORDING

Join a panel of senior experts and policymakers to consider the critical issues for the EU ETS file as it proceeds to the co-decision and negotiation stage.  

Moderator: Adam Berman, European Policy Director – IETA

Speakers:   

• Stefanie Hiesinger, Member of Cabinet of the Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, Frans Timmermans – European Commission
  
• Erik Filipsson, Senior Policy Advisor – Vattenfall
  
• Sabine Frank, Director – Carbon Market Watch
  

14:30     15:15     Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: From Proposal to Implementation

RECORDING 

Presentation from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)

Presentation from Eurometaux

Join the discussion about EU’s CBAM proposal that spurred sudden interest in carbon pricing among numerous EU’s trading partners, long before its implementation.

Moderator: Julia Michalak, Senior Advisor, EU Climate Policy – IETA

Speakers:             

• Vicente Hurtado Roa, Head of Unit, DG TAXUD – European Commission
  
• Cillian o'Donoghue, Energy & Climate Change Director – Eurometaux
  
• Sanna Markkanen, Research Programme Lead and Senior Analyst – Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)

15:30     16:00     In Conversation with Jytte Guteland, European Parliament

RECORDING

Jytte Guteland MEP, Shadow EU ETS Rapporteur, discusses her views on EU ETS reform and what to expect from the European Parliament in the coming months.

Facilitator: Adam Berman, European Policy Director – IETA

Speaker:               

• Jytte Guteland, Member of the European Parliament – Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
  

16:15     16:45     ETS Linkage: Prospects for International Cooperation

AUDIO RECORDING

After the successful linkage agreement between the EU and Swiss ETS, this Deep Dive will discuss the future of market linkages across the world and their role in achieving Net-Zero.

Moderator: Stefano De Clara, Head of Secretariat – International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP)

Speakers:

• Hannah Lewis, Head of Emissions Trading Policy – UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
  
• Peter Vis, Senior Research Associate – European University Institute in Florence Senior Adviser & Senior Advisor – Rud Pedersen Public Affairs

17:00     17:30     In Conversation with Peter Liese, European Parliament

AUDIO RECORDING

Peter Liese MEP, EU ETS Rapporteur, discusses his views on EU ETS reform and what to expect from the European Parliament in the coming months.  

Facilitator: Kavita Ahluwalia, Vice-President & Head of Global Positioning – Uniper

Speaker:               

• Peter Liese, Member and Coordinator in the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety – European People Party, European Parliament
  

17:45     18:25     COP26 Reflections: The Role of Carbon Pricing Globally

AUDIO RECORDING

Only a month after COP26, join this discussion about how the role of carbon pricing was discussed in Glasgow – is carbon pricing expanding or declining?  

Moderator: Dirk Forrister, President & CEO – IETA

Keynote Address: Lord Barker, Co-Chair – Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) & Executive Chairman – En+ Group

Discussants: 

• Andrei Marcu, Director – ERCST
  
• Lisa DeMarco, Senior Partner & CEO – Resilient 

18:25     18:30     Day 1 Wrap Up 

Comments by: Dirk Forrister, President & CEO - IETA