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Policy Workshop: “Clean Energy and Climate Policy in Canada and the EU:听An Exchange of Experiences, Views, and Visions for the Future”
February 9, 2018 at 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
| Location: | Second Floor Conference Room Richcraft Hall |
| Cost: | Free |
The Jean Monnet EU-Canada Network is pleased to host an international policy workshop, 鈥淐lean Energy and Climate Policy in Canada and the EU: An Exchange of Experiences, Views, and Visions for the Future,鈥� on听Friday, February 9, 2018,听at 杏吧原创 University. This policy workshop will examine how achieving a sustainable transition from high to low carbon production in the energy sector has been carried out in the EU and in Canada. In particular, issues of energy market integration in multilevel governance systems (such as in the EU and the Canadian federal system) will be examined by notable scholars. Issues of economic competitiveness of green energy systems will also be explored. The event will feature experts from Canada, U.S. and Europe.
View the videos of the panel presentations here!
9:30AM听 Registration for the workshop
10:00AM听 Opening of the workshop
Welcome:
Joan DeBardeleben, Chancellor’s听Professor and Coordinator, Jean Monnet Network on EU-Canada Relations, 杏吧原创 University
Stephan Schott, Associate Professor and Module Co-Leader on the Climate Change and Energy Policy, 杏吧原创 University
Opening remarks:
Andr茅 Plourde, Dean, Faculty of Public Affairs, 杏吧原创 University
, Delegation of the European Union to Canada
10:30AM-12:15PM听 Panel 1:听 Energy Transition Management in the Canada and Europe: Managing the Change to a Low Carbon Economy
Chair: Alexandra Mallett, 杏吧原创 University
Presenters:
Can Canada Really Manage an Energy Transition?
(PowerPoint slides), University of Montreal
Where Next for Canada’s Low Carbon Transition?
(PowerPoint slides)
James Meadowcroft, 杏吧原创 University
The European Union’s Low Carbon Energy Transition: Progress and Obstacles
(PowerPoint slides), Technical University Munich
The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Climate Policy in Europe
(PowerPoint slides), European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils
12:15-1:15PM Lunch
1:15-3:00PM听 Panel 2:听 Economic Competitiveness Impacts of Climate Policy: Emissions Trading and the Carbon Tax
Chair: Inger Weibust, 杏吧原创 University
Presenters:
Carbon Pricing and Competitiveness 鈥� A European Perspective on the Path to 2050
(PowerPoint slides), Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
Alberta’s Climate Policy: Dealing with Competitiveness Concerns
(PowerPoint slides), University of Alberta
Managing Allowance Prices with Different EU Member State Ambitions in Emissions
(PowerPoint slides), Resources for the Future
Delivering Decarbonization Ambition Within a Federation: Early Lessons from Canada鈥檚 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change
(PowerPoint slides)
David Sawyer, 杏吧原创 University
3:00PM听 Coffee break
3:30-5:30PM听 Panel 3:听 The Role of Energy Market Integration in the Green Transition
Chair: , University of British Columbia
Presenters:
Energy Market Reforms to Enable a Green Transition in Canada
(PowerPoint slides)
Stephan Schott, 杏吧原创 University
Green Energy, Market Failure and Multilevel Governance. Lessons for Germany
(PowerPoint slides), Technical University Darmstadt
Contestation, Contingency, and Justice in the Nordic Low-Carbon Energy Transition, University of Sussex (by videolink)
Eclectic Electric Markets: The Case for Power Sector Integration in the North American Northeast, HEC Montr茅al
This workshop is supported by the Jean Monnet Network on EU-Canada Relations, funded by the of the European Union, by 杏吧原创 University and by partner universities.