Past Event
A new carbon pricing paradigm for the path to net zero
Which role carbon pricing could and should play in the future policy mix?
video & audio recordings
EU’s ambitious climate targets have reopened the question of which role carbon pricing should play in the future policy. While decarbonisation mainly comes from directed technological change policies, should carbon pricing remain backstop that only ensures targets are met? Or, should there be a paradigm-shift: developing carbon pricing from backstop to centerpiece?
At this event, we launched the latest policy contribution ‘A whole-economy carbon price for Europe and how to get there‘, and discussed how to strengthen the role of carbon pricing, while taking economic, political and institutional considerations into account.
Schedule
14:00-14:20
Presentation
Ottmar Edenhofer, Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research; Director, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change; Professor for the Economics of Climate Change, Technische Universität Berlin
14:20-15:15
Panel discussion and Q&A
Chair: Georg Zachmann, Senior Fellow
Ottmar Edenhofer, Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research; Director, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change; Professor for the Economics of Climate Change, Technische Universität Berlin
Peter Liese, Member of the European Parliament
Sam Van den Plas, Policy Director, Carbon Market Watch
Beatriz Yordi Aguirre, Director, European & International Carbon Markets, European Commission, Directorate General for Climate Action (CLIMA)
Speakers

Ottmar Edenhofer
Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research; Director, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change; Professor for the Economics of Climate Change, Technische Universität Berlin

Peter Liese
Member of the European Parliament

Sam Van den Plas
Policy Director, Carbon Market Watch

Beatriz Yordi Aguirre
Director, European & International Carbon Markets, European Commission, Directorate General for Climate Action (CLIMA)

Georg Zachmann
Senior Fellow
Location & Contact
Katja Knezevic
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