Webinar: Carbon Pricing in the EU and GCC

Carbon Pricing

September 13, 2020, 5:08 am

Putting a price on carbon is the most economically efficient way to reduce CO2 emissions and is an important mechanism under article 6 of the Paris Climate Agreement. The EU has the largest carbon market in the world and plans to implement a border carbon tax adjustment for goods coming into the region. The GCC region has started registering clean energy projects for carbon credits and there has been some emerging dialogue on establishing a carbon price.

The urgency to help economies recover from covid-19 may also present new opportunities to create momentum on the role of carbon pricing to accelerate the energy transition and aid economic diversification.

Jointly organised by the EU-GCC Clean Energy Technology Network and the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC), this webinar will explore these issues for the EU and GCC regions. It will also identify possible ways to connect a GCC carbon market with the EU Emissions Trading System and other carbon pricing tools that can be deployed in either region.

For more information and to register, visit this link: https://www.eugcc-cleanergy.net/node/1433

AGENDA

Welcome

Angela Kallhauge, Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition Secretariat
Tanzeed Alam, Climate Change Convener, EU GCC Clean Energy Technology Network

Session 1: Presentations

Chair
Tanzeed Alam, Climate Change Convener, EU GCC Clean Energy Technology Network

Presenters

Jos Delbeke, Professor at European University Institute, Florence Italy & KU Leuven, Belgium, former Director-General of the European Commission’s DG Climate Action

Mohamed Al Rashidi, Director of Electricity & Water Department & Acting Director of Energy Dept, GCC-Secretariat General
Grzegorz Pesko, Lead Economist, World Bank
“Key highlights from book from the World Bank ‘Diversification and cooperation in a decarbonizing world: Climate strategies for fossil-fuel dependent countries”
Katie Sullivan, Director, International Emissions Trading Association
“What is the value of international cooperation on markets”

Session 2: Panel Discussion

Moderator
Angela Kallhauge Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition Secretariat

Panellists
Mohamed Al Rashidi, Director of Electricity & Water Department & Acting Director of Energy Dept, GCC-Secretariat General
Andras Juhasz, Clean Energy Business Council
Vicky Pollard, Team Leader, Unit for International Carbon Markets, Aviation and Maritime, European Commission Shannon Phillips, Member of Legislative Parliament – Alberta, Former Minister of Environment, Alberta, Canada
Chris Leeds, Executive Director – Commodity Origination, Standard Chartered Bank