Online event
September 8, 2021 – h 12:00 pm CET to September 9, 2021 – h 3:00 pm CET
Abstract:
Bringing together leading researchers, policymakers and practitioners working on achieving climate neutrality, the meeting will take place simultaneously at four hubs – Berlin, Milan, Brussels and Oxford – linked together to create a blended event that is both in-person and virtual in nature.
The Forum will explore the current scientific and policy context in a series of thematic discussions focused on 4 key challenges: Just Transition and Climate Justice, Immediate Emissions Reduction and Addressing the last 20%, Greenhouse Removal and Nature, Climate Finance and Policy.
Through roundtable discussions, it will aim to explore the challenges and opportunities in the achievement of climate neutrality in Europe and globally in the context of the goals of the Paris Agreement, the statements of policy ambition to 2030 and 2050, and the implications of the latest findings provided by the IPCC Working Group I report.
With in-person participation at the four hub locations and online, this multi-hub blended meeting is also designed to showcase how international events can be conducted in a way that is consistent with a transition to a zero-emission future.
This event will be co-hosted by the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (Berlin), the RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment (Milan) and Oxford Net Zero at the University of Oxford (Oxford).
AGENDA
September 8, 2021
h 11:00-12:00 BST / 12:00-13:00 CET – Opening Session
Moderator: Professor Cameron Hepburn, Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Oxford, and Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
Speakers:
– Dr Valerie Masson-Delmotte, Co-Chair, Working Group 1, IPCC
– Professor Ottmar Edenhofer, Director and Chief Economist of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research; Director of the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change and Professor of the Economics of Climate Change at the Technische Universität Berlin.
– Dr Antonio Navarra, President Euro Mediterranean Center on Climate Change
– Dr Olivia Gippner, Policy Officer, European Commission
h 12:00-13:00 BST / 13:00-14:00 CET – Break and Networking sessions
h 13:00-13:45 BST / 14:00-14:45 CET – Roundtable Discussion 1: Just Transition and Climate Justice
Moderator: Lavanya Rajamani, Professor of International Environmental Law, University of Oxford
Speakers:
– Roda Verheyen, Lawyer, Rechtsanwälte Günther
– Professor Elena Verdolini, Professor in Political Economy at the Law Department, Università degli Studi di Brescia
h 14:00-14:45 BST / 15:00-15:45 CET – Roundtable Discussion 2: Immediate Emissions Reduction and Addressing the last 20%
Moderator: Valentina Bosetti, Professor of environmental and climate change economics, Bocconi university, and President Terna S.p.a.
Speakers:
– Professor Dr Felix Creutzig, Head of working group Land Use, Infrastructure and Transport, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change
– Claire Perry O’Neill, Managing Director, Climate & Energy, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
h 15:00-15:45 BST / 16:00-16:45 CET – Roundtable Discussion 3: Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) and Nature
Moderator: Professor Sabine Fuss, working group Sustainable Resource Management and Global Change Lead, Mercator; Professor at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Speakers:
– Frances Seymour, Distinguished Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute
– Giacomo Grassi, Scientific officer at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (EC) (joining from Milan Hub)
– Tim Kruger, Programme Manager, Oxford Geoengineering Programme, Oxford University
September 9, 2021
h 10:15-11:00 BST / 11:15-12:00 CET – Roundtable Discussion 4 – Climate Finance and Policy
Moderator: Professor Massimo Tavoni, Director, RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment and Professor of Climate Change Economics
Speakers:
– Professor Carlo Carraro, Vice-Chair, IPCC; President Emeritus and Professor of Environmental Economics and Econometrics at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
– Huw Van Steenis, Chair, Sustainable Finance Committee, and Senior Adviser to the CEO, UBS
h 11:15-12:00 BST / 12:15-13:00 CET – Review the agenda and next steps
h 13:00-14:00 BST / 14:00-15:00 CET – Closing session: Climate change advisory bodies insights
Moderator: Frank McGovern, Chair of JPI Climate and Chief Climate Scientist at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ireland
Speakers:
– Fabien Ramos, Policy Officer, Directorate general for Climate Action, European Commission
– Gregor Laumann, Head of the DLR Project Management Climate and Nature Conservation, International
– Jim Skea, Co-Chair, Working Group III, IPCC
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Registration on the following link:
https://hopin.com/events/climate-neutrality-forum
Details on how to access the Forum’s virtual platform will be sent to all registrants closer to the event. For queries please contact [email protected].
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