The CPI Berlin launch event, a two-day international conference, was held in Berlin November 11th and 12th. Just weeks before the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, the opening event for the center was dedicated to the role that subsidies play in promoting or hindering climate protection.
Agenda and Presentations
The Road to Copenhagen
- Welcome and Introduction to Climate Policy Initiative
- Alexander Fisher, DIW Berlin – German Institute of Economic Research
- Karsten Neuhoff and Thomas Heller, Climate Policy Initiative
The Different Dimensions of International Cooperation on Climate Policy
- Chair: Barbara Buchner, International Energy Agency
- Bert Metz, European Climate Foundation, Creating a Successful Outcome in Copenhagen
- Michel Colombier, Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales
Panel Discussion — The State of Play, One Month before Copenhagen
- Chair: Jules Kortenhorst, European Climate Foundation
- Claudia Kemfert, DIW Berlin – German Institute for Economic Research
- Eric Beinhocker, McKinsey Global Institute
- Felix Matthes, Öko Institute for Applied Ecology
- Nicole Wilke, German Environmental Ministry
- Michael Grubb, University of Cambridge
The Economics, Politics and Future of Subsidies
- Opening – Overview of CPI and the Workshop Agenda
- Thomas Heller and Karsten Neuhoff, Climate Policy Initiative
Defining What Constitutes a Subsidy and Prior Efforts to Do So
- Chair: Andreas Kraemer, Ecologic Institute
- Ronald Steenblik, OECD, Measuring and disciplining subsidies to fossil fuels: from Kosmo to the G-20
- Trevor Morgan, International Energy Agency, IEA Work on Energy Subsidies
- Peter Wooders, International Institute for Sustainable Development, GSI Fossil Fuel Work Plan, 2009-11
Evaluating the Negative Impacts of Subsidies
- Chair: Karsten Neuhoff, Climate Policy Initiative
- Jos Delbeke, European Commission, Free allowance allocation under the EU ETS
- Ben Irons, McKinsey & Company, Modeling the negative impact of subsidies
The Role of Subsidies to Facilitate Transitions to Low Carbon Technologies
- Chair: Keven Brough, Climate Policy Initiative
- Michael Hogan, European Climate Foundation, Quota and Feed-in Tariff Support Schemes
Panel: Case study – Concentrated Solar Power
- Mark Dominik, Deutsche Bank Group
- George Polk, European Climate Foundation
- Till Stenzel, Nur Energie, Solar Development in the Mediterranean Basin
- Gonzalo Sáenz de Miera, Iberdrola, The Role of Subsidies to Facilitate Transitions to Low-Carbon Technologies
Panel: Case study – CCS in the EU and US
- Felix Matthes, Öko Institute for Applied Ecology, Case Study CCS
- Bjarne Korshøj, Vattenfall, Carbon Capture and Storage
The Political Economy of Subsidies
- Chair: Thomas Heller, Climate Policy Initiative
- Leif Ervik, Ministry of Finance-Norway, Energy Subsidies
- Michel Colombier, Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales, The political economy of subsidies
- Chris Beauman, EBRD, The Political Economy of Subsidies: The Experience of the Steel Industry
