COP 29 | Who’s Afraid of Carbon Leakage?
About the Event
As the pace of climate ambition is gradually picking up, so are the concerns about the competitive impact on industries in the countries adopting carbon pricing. Fears about carbon—and competitiveness—leakage have created serious considerations in many capitals about the ways to address this challenge. While taxing carbon at the border (the famous Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism!) is one of them, this is not the only alternative moving forward. Multiple governments are solving a difficult puzzle where a range of trade instruments are on the table, waiting to be matched to country-specific situations. This interactive session explored the trade challenges of industrial decarbonization in a world without a global carbon price, analyzing the alternatives available to governments taking climate action while being cautious about carbon leakage: subsidies, product standards, and border carbon adjustments.
Panel
- Opening remarks: Patricia Fuller, President and CEO, IISD
- Moderator: Alice Tipping, Director, Trade and Sustainable Development, IISD
- Panelists:
- Jo Tyndall, Director of the Environment Directorate, OECD
- Ardhi Wardhana, Climate & Energy Economics Researcher, CSIS
- Benoit Desforges, Chair, Environmental Management Subcommittee on Greenhouse Gas and Climate Change Management, ISO
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- When: Thursday, November 14, 2024. 17:45 AZT
- Where: Turkish Pavilion, Blue Zone
- Organized by Istanbul Mineral and Metals Exporters' Association (IMMIB), United Nations Climate Change
- Moderator: Armağan Vurdu, Secretary-General İstanbul Mineral and Metals Exporters' Associations
- Panelists:
- Alice Tipping, Director, Trade and Sustainable Development, IISD
- Hasan Akbulut, Technical Affairs Director, Turkish Steel Producers Association
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- Panelists:
- Alice Tipping, Director, Trade and Sustainable Development, IISD
- Dan Esty, Professor, Yale University, School of the Environment
- The Hon. Viliami Latu, Minister for Trade and Economic Development, Tonga
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