Agenda – Carbon Forward Turkiye 2024

08.30     Registration and coffee

09.00     Conference welcome address

Louis Redshaw, Co-Founder, Carbon Forward & CEO, Redshaw Advisors
Anil Akalin, Environmental Markets, Country President for Turkiye and GCC, Redshaw Advisors

09.10 Keynote address: Climate policy of Turkiye

Keynote speakers:
Taha Meli Arvas, CEO, Epiaş & Senior Policy Advisor, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Turkey
Prof Dr Halil Hasar, Chair, Directorate of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, Turkey

09.40    Government climate policy

A consideration of price expectations, coverage and sectors, free allocation rules and expectations, leakage, total tonnage, abatement, non-compliance, tax treatment, property rights, permitted market participants, currency, offsets, removals, exemptions, MRV, ambition. This session will also look at other carbon pricing incentives

Panellists:
Eyup Kaan Morali, Head of Carbon Pricing Department, Directorate of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, Turkey
Taha Tasdemir, Environmental Markets Unit Manager, EXIST (EPIAS)
Jan-Willem Van de Ven, Head of the International Climate Policy and Engagement, ERBD 

10.30    Coffee Break

11.00   Emissions Trading 101 – What companies need to consider: the economic and practical ramification of the introduction of an ETS 

• From free allocation to registries. From Buying to comply to costs that get passed through. Who participates in ETSs and why? (the role of utilities, banks, brokers, exchanges etc.) 

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

Panellists:
Ugur Gürel, Environmental Engineer, Directorate of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, Turkey
Daniel Besley, Senior Climate Change Specialist, World Bank
Stefano De Clara, Head of Secretariat, ICAP

12.15    Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms (CBAM)  

• A look at international trade and the cost of carbon and the role and impact on Turkiye and the MENA region 

Moderator:
Dan Maleski, Environmental Markets Advisor and CBAM Lead, Redshaw Advisors 

Panellists:
Nicolas Endress, CEO & Founder, ClimEase
Jak Eskinazi, Coordinator President, Aegean Exporters’ Association (EIB)

13.00 Lunch

14.00 Going up: the impacts of an ETS on power prices and the power sector 

Panellists:
Ufuk Alparslan, Regional Lead, Ember Climate
Volkan Yiğit, Managing Partner, APLUS Enerji
More panellists to be announced 

14.45 Sector session – free allocation expectations 

Panellist:
Joel Davis, Senior Consultant, NERA
More panellists to be announced 

15.30 Afternoon Break 

16.00    International carbon pricing is already here: A focus on aviation and shipping 

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

Speakers to be announced 

16.30   How carbon prices are forecasted

• A look at EU ETS price forecasts and price volatility 

Moderator:
Louis Redshaw, CEO, Redshaw Advisors

Panellist:
Mark Lewis, Head of Climate Research, Andurand Capital LLP
Henry Lush, Analyst, EU Carbon, Veyt

17:15     Close of Day 1 

17.30     Evening drinks