The United Nations Office of the High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) is looking for inspiring stories on how sustainable energy positively impacts communities and individuals in the world’s Least Developed Countries.
Andrei Marcu, Co-Chair of the conference and its scientific committee, and Senior Fellow International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and Director of the European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition.
Michael Mehling, Co-Chair of the conference and its scientific committee, and Deputy Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Learning from past and current experience: Case studies on carbon pricing design and implementation, performance review, and evaluation, comparing carbon pricing systems and their effects, understanding actors and affected markets, results of modeling to assess/analyzeenvironmental, macroeconomic, and distributional outcomes of different approaches, etc.; The political economy of carbon pricing: Political acceptance and feasibility of carbon pricing, use of carbon pricing revenue, distributional effects of carbon pricing, dealing with adverse impacts of carbon pricing, etc.; Carbon pricing and development: Financing sustainable development with carbon pricing, fiscal aspects of carbon pricing, co-benefits of carbon pricing (indirect effects on pollution, employment implications, economic diversification), pathways to a just transition, etc.; Carbon pricing and competitiveness: Understanding impacts of carbon pricing on competitiveness, effects, and limitations of policy options to address leakage and competitiveness concerns (free allocation, tax exemptions, alternative approaches), etc.; Role of carbon pricing in decarbonization: Complementary policies and policy interactions, hybrid approaches to carbon pricing, dynamic effects and climate policy ambition, role of carbon pricing in innovation and energy transition, internal carbon pricing, etc.; Emerging frontiers of carbon pricing: Linkage and convergence of carbon pricing systems, policy transfer, and diffusion across jurisdictions, extending carbon pricing to new sectors (aviation, shipping, agriculture and forestry), carbon pricing under the Paris Agreement (e.g. operationalization of Art. 6 and NDC (Partnership) support), etc.
Co-Chairs:
Andrei Marcu, Senior Fellow, ICTSD Michael Mehling, Deputy Director CEEPR, MIT Scientific Committee: William Acworth, Project Manager, ICAP Susanne Åkerfeldt, Senior Legal Adviser, Swedish Ministry of Finance Ottmar Edenhofer, Deputy Director and Chief Economist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Arnibhan Ghosh, Chief Sustainability Officer, Mahindra Sharlin Hemraj, Senior Economist, National Treasury, South Africa Rachael Jonassen, Director - Greenhouse Gas Management Program, George Washington University Emilio Lebre la Rovere, Professor, Energy Planning Program, Federal Univesity of Rio Duan Maosheng, Professor and Director China Carbon Market Center, Tshingua University, China Andrei Marcu, Senior Fellow, ICTSD Michael Mehling, Deputy Director CEEPR, MIT Adele Morris, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies | Policy Director - Climate and Energy Economics Project, The Brookings Institute Gzregorz Peszko, Lead Economist, World Bank Mandy Rambharos, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Manager, ESKOM Youba Sokona, Special Advisor, The South Center Rob Stavins, Professor, Energy and Economic Development, Harvard Kennedy School
1. Women for Results: recognizing the critical leadership and participation of women in addressing climate change, implemented in collaboration with Masdar’s WiSER initiative. 2. Financing for Climate Friendly Investment: recognizing successful financial innovations for adaptation and climate mitigation, implemented in partnership with the World Economic Forum Global Project on Climate Change. 3. Planetary Health: recognizing novel solutions that balance the need for both human health and a healthy planet, implemented with support by The Rockefeller Foundation. 4. Climate Neutral Now: recognizing efforts by individuals, companies, and governments that are achieving real results in transitioning to climate neutrality, implemented with the secretariat’s Climate Neutral Now initiative.
