08.30 Registration and coffee
09.00 Welcome address
09.10 Keynote address: Carbon markets in the MENA region
09.20 COP29 recap – what happened in Baku and what does this mean for the Middle East?
Panellists:
Mohamed Ben Salem, Director of Strategic Programs, Global Climate Finance Centre (GCFC)
09.35 The path to net zero and the importance of putting a price on carbon
- What is the economic case for putting a price on carbon?
- What is the extent of investment and regulation required to achieve net zero?
- What can organisations do to reliably and cost effectively accelerate their net zero transitions?
09.50 Middle East compliance carbon market developments
- Update on the region’s progress towards putting a price on carbon.
- What will the price of carbon be, what if a company gets it wrong?
- What opportunities does a market for carbon present?
Panellists:
Akin Adamson, Director, Middle East, Ricardo
More panellists to be announced soon
10.30 Coffee and networking break
11.00 Cap and trade markets around the globe – what lessons can be learnt from existing models?
- A focus on cap and trade – how it works
- What does cap and trade get right and wrong, based on global case studies (e.g. EU, WCI, RGGI, South Korea)
- How does cap and trade’s success contrast with other market mechanisms?
11.30 Trading in the emerging MENA carbon markets
- What infrastructure is needed and being developed for carbon markets to operate and how does it compare to mature carbon markets?
- How have the African and Middle Eastern private sector and governments instituted the necessary policies, operations, and controls?
Panellists:
Jeffrey Berman, Senior Director, Xpansiv
Andrew Cullen, Vice President Institutional Sales, ACX
12.15 Lunch and networking
12.30 Prayer time
13.30 The impacts of CBAM and shipping carbon costs on the region. How are governments responding?
- What is the impact on UAE, Saudi, Oman and Egypt? What are they planning to do about it?
- Are there any regional carbon pricing initiatives?
- The importance of owning the cost of carbon in the region
Presenter:
Louis Redshaw, Co-founder, Carbon Forward & CEO and Founder, Redshaw Advisors and Net Zero Markets
14.15 Investing in carbon markets
- As different legal and regulatory regimes attempt to define the nature of carbon credits, Middle Eastern and African governments have called for more synchronised policies to grow the voluntary market. How can efforts to minimise regulatory fragmentation facilitate project development, trading, risk management, and greater convergence with Paris Agreement and compliance carbon markets?
Moderator:
Katie Sullivan, Managing Director, IETA
Panellists:
Lars Kroijer, Founder and Managing Director, Allied Offsets
Jules Maitrepierre, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Offset8 Capital
15.00 Aviation carbon – CORSIA and ETSs
- Now in its voluntary phase, CORSIA will become mandatory as of 2027. Who is involved, what must they do?
- What is the scale of the problem and the opportunities that exist?
Panellist:
Takashi Hongo, Senior Fellow, Mitsui & Co. Global Strategic Studies Institute
More panellists to be announced soon
15.45 Afternoon tea
16.15 CCUS and Removals – their eligibility in cap and trade markets
- What are they?
- How much do they cost?
- Their applicability in cap and trade markets, now and in the future
Panellists:
Paul Zakkour, Director, Carbon Counts
Pavan Chilukuri, Vice President & Global Head – CCUS, Holcim
17.00 Close of day one
08.15 – 9.15 Women in Carbon breakfast
08.30 Registration and coffee
09.20 Welcome to day two
09.30 Financial incentives outside a regulated compliance markets
- Article 6 compliant carbon credits – what they are and what project investors are buying into
- What the VCM is good for and why does it exist? What are the challenges but also the opportunities?
- Offsetting – who is offsetting carbon emissions and why?
Panellists:
Thomas Bosse, Carbon Management, ENOWA
Melanie Eddis, Partner, ERM
Lina Osman, Managing Director & Head – Sustainable Finance, MENAP & Africa, Standard Chartered Bank
Ioannis Spanos, VP Sustainability, Expo City Dubai
10.10 Moving towards the VCM 2.0 – Core Carbon Principles, new standards, new methodologies
- What lessons have project developers learned from recent times and what are they doing differently with new projects? What are the challenges and barriers to entry, and how can they be overcome?
- How can new digital MRV technologies help to build confidence and draw investment to VCM projects?
- Will the VCM 2.0 unlock investment or hold the market back?
Panellists:
Heather McEwan, Senior Manager, Africa and Middle East, Verra
Tommy Ricketts, Co-Founder and CEO, BeZero Carbon
Kyle Harrison, Global Head of Environmental Markets, BNEF
10.50 Coffee and networking break
11.20 Renewables and NBS projects for the region
- Mangroves, forests, peatlands, and other carbon-rich biomes are spread across Africa and the Middle East. How can carbon markets conserve and enhance these carbon sinks in ways that benefit investment, livelihoods, and the planet?
Panellists:
Layla Khanfar, Research Associate, Carbon Markets, BNEF
Sultan Rasoul, Senior Associate – Business Development, AMEA Power
12.00 Legal nature of carbon credits and Sharia compliance
- How will new and growing carbon markets and carbon projects in the Middle East be guided by Sharia law?
- What will carbon financing principles influenced by Sharia law look like, and how will they differ from financing in other parts of the world?
Presenter:
Kirill Zenin, General Counsel, Offset8 Capital
12.30 Prayer time
12.30 Lunch and networking
14.00 Article 6, the future of international carbon trade?
- After another chaotic COP, how have relationships progressed through 2024 as we look ahead to COP30]]
Moderator:
Andrea Bonzanni, International Policy Director, IETA
Panellists:
Malek Al-Chalabi, Senior Advisor – Carbon Pricing, Shell
Layla Khanfar, Research Associate, Carbon Markets, BNEF
14.40 Is the VCM growing?
- What do recent trends and projections tell us?
- A market summary of prices, statistics and projections
Speaker:
Anton Root, Co-Founder, Allied Offsets
15.00 ETS round-up – a look at the EU and UK ETSs and the investment opportunity
- Past, present and future policies within the European ETSs
- The ETSs impact on carbon prices, including price forecasts
15.30 Afternoon break
16.00 Carbon market round-up: A Q&A session for you with our expert panel
- How to trade carbon credits?
- How do carbon markets work?
- How can I risk manage my carbon position?
- What is the best return on investment?
The audience is invited to get involved with our expert panel. All questions are welcome, we will gather your questions during the two day conference.
16.45 Close of day two
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