On the 8^th of September 2015, Egmont – The Royal Institute for International Relations and the Development Group held the 3^rd Symposium of the 2015 series of events dedicated to the European Energy Transition. Around 120 representatives from EU institutions, the economic sector, Member States and other key stakeholders discussed the reform proposal of the EU Emissions Trading System in order to evaluate if it strikes the right balance between the EU objectives of decarbonisation and competitiveness.

Please find here the agenda of the Symposium.

Please find here the report.

Photos of the symposium are available here.

PROGRAMME

09:00 – 09:15 Welcome address

Claudia HERING, Head of Public Affairs, Development Group and
Clémentine d’OULTREMONT, Senior Research Fellow, Egmont Institute

09:15 – 09:30 Keynote address

Mary Veronica TOVŠAK PLETERSKI, Director, European and International Carbon Markets, DG CLIMA, European Commission

09:30 – 11:00 Session1: Lessons learned from the previous EU ETS period(s)

Speakers:

• Sarah DEBLOCK, European Policy Director, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
• Alessandro BARTELLONI, Policy Director, FuelsEurope
• Pavel ?EŽÁBEK, Chief Economist, ?EZ
  

Discussant: Stefan P. SCHLEICHER, Professor of Economics at the Wegener Center on Climate and Global Change at the University of Graz

Moderator: Clémentine d’OULTREMONT, Senior Research Fellow, Egmont Institute

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00 Session 2: The Reform of the EU ETS and its impact on EU competitiveness and other climate policies.

Speakers:

• Yvon SLINGENBERG, Cabinet of Commissioner Arias Cañete, Climate Action and Energy, European Commission
• Anders MARVIK, Vice-President EU Affairs, Statoil
• Sandrine DIXSON-DECLÈVE, Director, The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group (CLG)

Discussant: Damien MORRIS, Head of Policy, Sandbag

Moderator: Marc OTTE, Director-General, Egmont Institute

13:00 – 14:00  Lunch

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Key Sponsor of the 2015 series of events

Sponsors of our 3rd symposium

(Photo credit: Egmont Institute)