Getting to Net Zero and the Role of Carbon Pricing
Kameha Grand Hotel, Zurich
This workshop will aim to identify the key issues and next steps to further mobilize action and advocacy through the CPLC and other fora. The key findings from this workshop will be presented to WEF CEO Climate leaders, at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
AGENDA
8:30 – 9:00 AM Welcome and opening session · Juergen Voegele, Global Director, Climate Change, World Bank · Gerard Mestrallet, Co-Chair, CPLC (Honorary Chair, Engie)
9:00 – 10:30 AM Session I: What is meant by net zero or carbon neutrality from a business, sector or jurisdictional perspective?
Moderator: Jos Delbeke, European University Institute
Scene-setter presentations: Carbon neutrality and business sector Paul Simpson/Jen Austen Norway’s 2050 goal: Marianne Karlsen
10:30 - noon Session II: What policies and measures are needed to decarbonize the global supply chains? What specific considerations need to be made for sectors, in particular those that are hard to abate, or countries?
Moderated by Juergen Voegele World Bank Group
Scene-setter presentation: How to decarbonize the buildings sector: Highlights from IFC Green Buildings report: Alzbeta Klein, IFC
Noon to 13:00
PM Lunch
1300 – 1345 Keynote speech Feike Sijbesma, CEO and Chairman, Royal DSM and Co-Chair High Level Commission on Carbon Pricing and Competitiveness
1345 – 15:45
PM Session III: What is the role of carbon pricing in the context of the broad policies and measures needed for deep decarbonization? How can a price on carbon be designed to achieve deep decarbonization while taking other considerations into account – such as competitiveness, distributional impacts, revenue generation.
Moderated by Alzbeta Klein, IFC
15:45 – 16:15
PM Summary of key issues to advance carbon pricing in support of net zero initiatives · Alzbeta Klein, Director and Global Head, Climate Business, IFC · Juergen Voegele, Global Director, Climate Change, World Bank · Gerard Mestrallet, Co-Chair, CPLC (Honorary Chair, Engie)
