Policy Outreach Events

As carbon markets around the world evolve and mature, jurisdictions are increasingly experimenting with market stability measures such as cost containment reserves to manage carbon price volatility and help ensure that market prices are aligned with climate policy goals. This webinar brings together experts from the United States and Europe to discuss how these design features work, what policy objectives they are designed to address, and real-world.

Join us on 15 November 2023, from 4 PM (CET), 10 AM (EST), and 3 PM (GMT) for a roundtable discussion with:

Dallas Burtraw
Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future
Price Responsive Allowance Supply, Policy Sequencing, and the Pathway to Net Zero

Christian Traeger
Professor of Economics, University of Oslo, Research Director, ifo Institute & Associate Fellow, CEPR Climate Change RPN
Carbon Tax vs Trade Towards “Carbon Tax and Trade”

Christian Flachsland
Professor of Climate Policy, Hertie School
Managing allowance price risk in the new EU emissions trading architecture

The presentation will be followed by a discussion and Q&A session with the audience moderated by

Meredith Fowlie 
Professor, University Of California Berkeley, Research Associate, NBER & Associate Fellow, CEPR Climate Change RPN

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Recent international surveys reveal sincere support for a global carbon price funding a global basic income. Join us on Wednesday, 7 June 2023, 05:00-06:30 PM (CEST) to hear Adrien Fabre (CNRS) presenting a Global Climate Plan acceptable to most countries building upon these results.

The presentation will be followed by a discussion and Q&A session with the audience moderated by Christian Gollier (Toulouse School of Economics, EAERE, CEPR & Climate Change RPN Leader).

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Recently, interest has been growing in how different types of policy instruments across countries could be compared. Since Paris, most Parties to the Paris Agreement have committed to quantified mitigation targets in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) documents. Countries determine themselves how to meet such targets, however. They use or plan to use a widely varied set of policy instruments to lower GHG emissions which allows them to accommodate national circumstances. This complicates the comparison of mitigation strategies, and the ability to gain a clear understanding of cumulative effort across countries. Several ideas have been launched recently to better enable such comparisons including the development of comparable metrics to measure the effects of policies on emission reductions. Also, interesting policy initiatives add to this development including a recent one from the OECD. Such initiatives also help to address concerns over competitiveness losses and carbon leakage from unilateral initiatives, reinforce trust and reduce the risks of non-compliance. This session discusses some of the background issues as well as potential avenues available to move forward.

Policy Session organisers: Simone Borghesi (EAERE POC Secretary General, European University Institute and University of Siena) and Jos Delbeke (EAERE POC, European University Institute and KU Leuven)

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The optimal price of CO2 remains a highly debated question among economists, in particular given the deep uncertainties surrounding the costs and benefits of decarbonization. In this CEPR/EAERE webinar, we asked four experts to address the issue of how to take account of these uncertainties in the determination of the efficient CO2 prices (or “value” for cost-benefit analysis), present and future.
Join us on April 3, 2023, from 05:00-06:30 PM (CET) for a roundtable discussion with Frédéric Cherbonnier (Sciences Po Toulouse & Toulouse School of Economics) & Aude Pommeret (France Stratégie & Université Savoie Mont Blanc), Derek Lemoine (University of Arizona, NBER, Climate Change RPN Associate Fellow) and Billy Pizer (Resources for the Future & Duke University).
The roundtable and Q&A session with the audience will be moderated by Christian Gollier (Toulouse School of Economics, EAERE, CEPR & Climate Change RPN Leader).

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Join us on February 14, 2023, from 04:00-05:30 PM (CET) / 10:00-11:30 AM (EST) for the eleventh EAERE/CEPR Webinar on Climate Policy! A roundtable discussion with Joseph Aldy (Harvard University & Resources For The Future), Michael Greenstone (University of Chicago, CEPR & Climate Change RPN Member), Robert Stavins (Harvard University, Resources For The Future & Climate Change RPN Associate Fellow). The roundtable and Q&A session with the audience will be moderated by Christian Gollier (Toulouse School of Economics, EAERE, CEPR & Climate Change RPN Leader).

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EU Green Deal needs to be informed at the best available science. JPI Climate organizes the Equinox Summit in BRX to celebrate European Climate Science and launch a European scientific assessment and stocktaking process to address climate resilience, climate neutrality and societal transformation.

We recognise the urgency of actions to address the causes and consequences of climate change as manifested by the recent extreme drought during Summer 2022. Actions in response and to prevent disasters need to be informed by the best available science, whose strategic focus now includes the acceleration of the development and transfer of climate knowledge from research and innovation to policy and decision making in support of climate actions.

For this JPI Climate with the support of MAGICA project is proposing a new European structure which addresses strategic gaps, and which will significantly enhance the profile and use of the outcomes from European investments in research and systematic observations. This envisions a European scientific assessment/stocktaking process, that is focused on three key interlinked challenges i.e. achievement of
1. Climate neutrality
2. Climate resilience and
3. Management of transition and societal transformation (social & economic)

Frank Mc Govern, Chair of the JPI Climate will present the initiative and will dialogue with high level representatives of EU Member States, Academia and financing actors.

SPEAKERS

Simone Borghesi, EAERE President-Elect, Director FSR Climate, EUI and University of Siena
Marinella Davide, Ca’ Foscari University, Harvard University, CMCC and SISC
Phoebe Koundouri, EAERE President, AUEB, Co-Chair UN SDSN Europe
Terhi Lehtonen, State Secretary at Finnish Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change
Markus Müller, Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer ESG & Global Head of Chief Investment Office, Deutsche Bank
Eamon Ryan, Irish Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications
Massamba Thioye, Executive, Cimate Change Innovation Hub, UNFCCC
Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Professor of Environmental Sciences at the UCLouvain and Belgian candidate for the IPCC Chair position

Chairperson of the session: Frank McGovern – JPI Climate, Chair

The Side Event at COP27 – Launching a European Climate Science Assessment Mechanism for Policy Support will be held on November 17, 2022 16:45-18:15pm EET time (15:45-17:15pm CET time), Room: Tutankhamun (100).

The side event will be livestreamed on the official COP27 YouTube channel. For those attending on site, please kindly note that the side event will be located  in the Blue Zone where a specific UNFCCC accreditation is needed.

Join us on 25 October 2022 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm CET to hear from Tilman Requate (University of Kiel) reviewing the relationships between imperfect markets and sustainability, Roman Inderst (University of Frankfurt and CEPR) discussing the conditions under which antitrust exemptions can improve sustainability, and Maarten Pieter Schinkel (University of Amsterdam) presenting methods and rules protecting competition to promote sustainability. Their presentations will be followed by a discussion on the effectiveness of competition policy involving sustainability issues, moderated by Marc Ivaldi (Toulouse School of Economics, EHESS and CEPR) and a Q&A session with the audience.

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The targets of the European Green Deal require a substantial reduction of oil and gas imports even before 2030. However, institutions and policy instruments which would enable the EU to implement their targets are still weak. The planned ETS for road transport and buildings will be likely implemented with a price cap; so far, the EU has not been able to coordinate the purchases of member states at the international oil and gas market; the diversification of gas and oil imports remains a high priority. The panel will discuss strategic options for EU’s climate policy and energy security.

Join us on September 13, 2022 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm (CET) for a roundtable discussion with:

Veronika Grimm (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)

Philippe Martin (Sciences Po, French Council of Economic Analysis and CEPR)

Georg Zachmann (Bruegel)

The roundtable and Q&A session with the audience will be moderated by Ottmar Edenhofer (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Mercator Research Institute on Global Common and Climate Change, and CEPR).

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The Climate Policy Webinar Series (CPWS) is a webinar series featuring invited speakers in the area of climate policy. It is aimed at experts working in governments, international organisations, the private sector, academics and the media. The monthly online series started in May 2021 and is organised jointly by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) Research and Policy Network (RPN) on Climate Change and the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE).

Organisers:

Carlo Carraro (Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia and CEPR)
Ottmar Edenhofer (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)
Christian Gollier (Toulouse School of Economics and CEPR)