Agenda – Carbon Fast Forward Conference Mediterranean 2023

08.00     Registration and coffee

09.00     Climate policy in Greece

Assessing Greece’s climate policy, the revision process for National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs), trends in EU ETS emissions in Greece and more.

Ioli Christopoulou, Policy Director, Partner and Co-founder, The Green Tank

Followed by a panel discussion:

Moderator:

Ben Garside, Director and Co-founder, Carbon Pulse

Panellists:

Constantinos Cartalis, Professor of Environmental and Climate Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Ioli Christopoulou, Policy Director, Partner and Co-founder, The Green Tank

Nikos Tsouris, Sales and Carbon Hedging Manager, Heron

10.00     EU ETS – the state of play 

Outlining free allocation in the EU ETS and how companies can best manage the impact of upcoming changes. This session will also cover how the European Commission plans to avoid using the Cross Sectoral Correction Factor, installation closure rules, and state aid rules on indirect cost compensation. It also will include a debrief of ETS2, Fit for 55 rule changes and measures to look out for if the EU is to hit net-zero by 2050. 

Tom Lord, Head of Trading and Risk Management, Redshaw Advisors 

10.30     Morning coffee break

11.00    Going global – making sense of worldwide carbon pricing initiatives 

Explanation of developments in worldwide carbon pricing initiatives: what are the Paris Agreement processes (Articles 5 & 6), what other countries put a price on carbon and which countries to watch out for. 

Moderator:

Emanuela Barbiroglio, European Climate and Energy Correspondent, Carbon Pulse

Speaker:

Mark Lewis, Head of Climate Research, Andurand Capital

11.30   The growing importance of decarbonisation to the cement industry 

Alexandros Katsiamboulas, Group Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) Performance Director, Titan Cement Group  

12.00   Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) – an overview

How the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) will affect the cost of everything.

Bill Goldie, Sales Director, Redshaw Advisors

With reflections from Alexandros Katsiamboulas, Group Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) Performance Director, Titan Cement Group  

12.45     Lunch

14.00    Shipping and aviation – unpacking the obligations and opportunities 

With international shipping being included in the EU carbon market from 2024; and CORSIA and the EUETS increasingly impacting aviation, this session looks at what are the obligations and how are leading companies gearing up? 

Moderator:

Angeliki Malathrona, Country Manager, Redshaw Advisors

Speakers:

George Govatzidakis, Sustainability Manager, Aegean Airlines

Luyue Tan, Senior Carbon Analyst, Refinitiv

Jason Stefanatos, Regional Decarbonization Director, DNV Piraeus

14.45    The evolving nature of voluntary corporate climate action

Corporates are increasingly seeking ways to compensate residual emissions as part of their decarbonisation and net zero strategies and looming disclosure obligations. Learn about the approaches companies are taking to procure carbon credits and renewable energy certificates, assessing their carbon footprint across all scopes, and setting science-based targets. 

Moderator:

Bill Goldie, Sales Director, Redshaw Advisors

Panellists:

Dafni Anastasiadi, Climate Solutions Advisor, SCB Group

Richard Wilson, Managing Director Europe, IncubEx

15.30     Afternoon Coffee Break

16.00     Where next for EUA prices? 

Leading EU carbon market forecasters set out their projections for allowance prices through 2030 in the wake of the recently agreed Fit for 55 EU policy reforms. The analysts will provide insights into whether carbon’s climb towards €100 can be sustained and how the market will respond to the sweeping changes agreed in Brussels. 

Moderator:

Louis Redshaw, CEO and Founder, Redshaw Advisors and Net Zero Markets

Panellists:

Trevor Sikorski, Head of Natural Gas and Carbon Research, Energy Aspects 

Marcus Ferdinand, Chief Analytics Officer, veyt 

17.00     Closing remarks

17.15     Close of conference and evening drinks