Technical Workshop on Climate-Energy Policy Approaches for the Industrial Sector

Venue: Paris

Dates: 16 January 2015

Organiser: IEA; Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ)

Contact Email: george.kamiya@iea.org

Background

Purpose

Participants will share details and analysis regarding existing climate change policies for industries in their respective countries and discuss lessons learned from different policy options. The workshop will also consider the potential role of voluntary approaches.

Workshop Summary

Agenda

1. Opening remarks

• Takashi Hattori, International Energy Agency (IEA)
• Hiroki Kudo, Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ)

2. IEA work and Q&A

• Takashi Hattori, IEA
• Ella Rebalski, IEA‌

3. Lessons learned and best practices: Climate change policy measures in industry

• Sweden: Patrik Thollander, Linköping University‌
• Belgium: Erwin Cornelis, VITO‌
• Germany: Clemens Rohde, Fraunhofer ISI‌
• Japan: Keigo Akimoto, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE)‌
• Q&A

4. Roundtable discussion: Considering further approaches for climate change policy measure in industry – role of regulation, market and voluntary approaches

• Introduction: Takashi Hattori and Liwayway Adkins, IEA
• Presentations:
  • Michael Grubb, University College London; Ofgem, UK‌
  • Taishi Sugiyama, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), Japan
• Responses:
  • Karsten Neuhoff, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Germany‌
• Discussion: Liwayway Adkins, IEA 

5. Closing remarks

• Takashi Hattori, IEA
• Hiroki Kudo, IEEJ 

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