After a successful first edition in 2022, the EUI Climate Week is heading into its second round. Hosted by Professor Jos Delbeke and his team, more than 100 climate professionals are expected in Florence in the first week of May. Among them high-profile representatives from the world of policymaking, business and academia, including Kurt Vandenberghe, Director General of DG CLIMA at the European Commission, Catherine Stewart, Government of Canada Climate Change Ambassador, and Kay Harrison, Climate Change Ambassador of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 

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Overview

Tuesday 2 May

Wednesday 3 May

Thursday 4 May

The State of the Union sessions

Thursday 4 May

• State of the Union: The geopolitics of the energy transition: is strategic autonomy the solution or the problem?
  
  

Friday 5 May

• State of the Union: Green Transition and Energy Security

Policy Papers

Research outputs in the context of the EUI Climate Week 2023

Towards an EU policy agenda for Voluntary Carbon Markets

The future of Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCM) remains uncertain as environmental quality concerns, trust issues and market fragmentation prevents the emergence of a sizeable and liquid market. VCM growth will depend largely on better market organisation and oversight, and on strengthening environmental integrity. 

Read more Towards an EU policy agenda for Voluntary Carbon Markets

How CBAM can become a steppingstone towards carbon pricing globally

Following the introduction of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), this policy brief considers issues relating to its implementation, in particular the possibility to reduce CBAM liability if a carbon price has already been paid in the country of origin of the goods. 

Read more How CBAM can become a steppingstone towards carbon pricing globally

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