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Industrial decarbonisation in a fragmented world: an effective carbon price with a ‘climate contribution' - webinar | Video

Published 12 March, 2025 Event Economic and fiscal policy

Many debates highlight that EU ETS and Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) fail to adequately address exports, resource shuffling and the value chain. These issues are now of particular concern, because (i) the fragmented global climate policy landscape risks further delays in global carbon pricing and (ii) the vulnerability of domestic industries has increased due to energy price shocks and trade wars. To address these concerns and to enhance the resilience of EUs industry strategy in the new international setting, 18 international researchers proposed to complement EU ETS and CBAM with a with a climate contribution.

The webinar, held on 19 March 2025, was kick-started with brief inputs by co-authors summarizing the economic, legal, trade and international political aspects of the concept. These were followed by perspectives from policy makers and key stakeholders.

Panel

  • Philippe Quirion (Research Director at French National Centre for Scientific Research, and CIRED) 
  • Misato Sato (Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE)
  • Karsten Neuhoff (Professor TU Berlin, and German Institute for Economic Research, DIW Berlin) 
  • Roland Ismer (Professor University of Potsdam)
  • Katsuri Das (Professor Institute of Management Technology, Delhi and Yale University) 
  • Pedro Linares (Professor Comillas Pontifical University and Institute for Technology Research)
  • Christoph Reisfelder (Global Lead Energy and Climate Policies, Covestro)
  • Rob van der Meer (Industrial Policy Director, CEMBUREAU – The European Cement Association)
  • Benoît Lavigne (Executive Director of FIEEC, French federation for electrical, electronic and ICT industries)
  • Vicente Hurtado Roa (Head of Unit, Energy and Green Taxation, Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union)
  • Mark Becker-von Bredow (Director Electrification and Climate, German Electro and Digital Industry Association)

Chair

Sini Matikainen (Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE)