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2018 State of the EU ETS - Berlin Meeting
2018-06-18 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
This is one of the outreach meetings of the 2018 State of the EU ETS Report, organised in 4 European capitals. During this meeting, the authors will present the Report and their findings through a presentation, after which the Report will be discussed in a roundtable setting with stakeholders.

The “2018 State of the EU ETS” Report, the third of its kind, aims to provide such an independent contribution to the policy debate, which is needed to ensure that the EU ETS is “fit for purpose”. This Report discusses the current state of play in the EU ETS, analyses whether the system is performing and delivering, and discusses how the recently concluded Phase 4 review could affect its functioning from 2020 onwards.

This meeting is hosted by the BMU, and will take place at their premises.

Developing the EU long-term climate strategy - The Challenge Ahead
2018-06-14 08:00 - 17:00
This workshop presents and discusses the results of the “Developing the EU long-term climate strategy” project. The technical and policy papers are the deliverables of a yearlong effort, which included an initial brainstorming in Brussels in June 2017, followed by a series of stakeholder engagements in several EU capitals at the beginning of 2018. The consultative process was concluded in March 2018 and the project’s outcomes were first presented on April18th in Brussels.

In this event we will focus on the key choices and challenges but also on the risks and opportunities awaiting stakeholders within the development of the EU Long Term Climate Strategy.

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2018 State of the EU ETS - Paris Meeting
2018-06-13 08:00 - 17:00
This is one of the outreach meetings of the 2018 State of the EU ETS Report, organised in 4 European capitals. During this meeting, the authors will present the Report and their findings through a presentation, after which the Report will be discussed in a roundtable setting with stakeholders.

The “2018 State of the EU ETS” Report, the third of its kind, aims to provide such an independent contribution to the policy debate, which is needed to ensure that the EU ETS is “fit for purpose”. This Report discusses the current state of play in the EU ETS, analyses whether the system is performing and delivering, and discusses how the recently concluded Phase 4 review could affect its functioning from 2020 onwards.

This meeting is hosted by I4CE, and will take place at their premises.

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2018 State of the EU ETS - Rome Meeting
2018-06-07 08:00 - 17:00
This is one of the outreach meetings of the 2018 State of the EU ETS Report, organised in 4 European capitals. During this meeting, the authors will present the Report and their findings through a presentation, after which the Report will be discussed in a roundtable setting with stakeholders.

The “2018 State of the EU ETS” Report, the third of its kind, aims to provide such an independent contribution to the policy debate, which is needed to ensure that the EU ETS is “fit for purpose”. This Report discusses the current state of play in the EU ETS, analyses whether the system is performing and delivering, and discusses how the recently concluded Phase 4 review could affect its functioning from 2020 onwards.

This meeting is hosted by Confindustria, and will take place at their premises.

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Mitigation action through Article 6 of the Paris Agreement
2018-05-01 08:00 - 17:00
Article 6 of the Paris Agreement (PA) addresses the issue of “cooperative approaches” under the Paris Agreement. A significant part of it aims to create the framework to ensure that international markets can be a tool to meet Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement.
After COP 21 in Paris, negotiators have a mandate to create a rulebook to ensure that this, and other parts of the PA, become operational. Negotiators are aiming to complete this task in 2018 at COP 23.
This side-event is an opportunity for stakeholders to be briefed by and enter in discussion with some of the most knowledge participants in these negotiations to understand the progress and challenges towards the implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

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Informal Dialogue on Response Measures
2018-04-28 08:00 - 17:00
This meeting is part of the “Informal dialogue on Response Measures” project, an independent initiative aimed at creating an informal atmosphere where the participants can explore, discover, explain and understand different points of view related to the issues in Article 4.15 of the Paris Agreement. The objective is to further understanding of the options available to define functions, modalities and work programme of the Forum under the Paris Agreement, as well as the consequences of adopting each option.
What is also very important is, to the extent that participants are willing to explain, to understand the different views, and more importantly, WHY these views are held. The discussions will be free and informal.

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Launch event - Developing the EU Long-Term Climate Strategy
2018-04-18 08:00 - 17:00
This is the launch event of two papers co-authored by ERCST/ICTSD and Bruegel, as part of the joint project ‘Developing the EU Long-Term Climate Strategy’. This meeting will include a detailed presentation by the authors Andrei Marcu (ERCST/ICTSD) and Georg Zachmann (Bruegel), and will benefit from the participation of, among others, Eva Svedling, Swedish State Scretary for Climate Eva Svedling, and Artur Runge Metzger, Director at DG Climate.
The European commission has decided to renew its “Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050”. The Roadmap is an important policy document, bringing a long-term outlook to the EU’s decarbonization transition while promoting consistency with science, addressing energy-security and ensuring opportunities for growth and jobs.
However, much has changed since the Roadmap was issued in 2011. The Paris Agreement has raised global climate change mitigation ambition – setting the EU on the path towards zero-net emissions by 2050, and the scientific understanding of climate change has been further deepened through the more recent IPCC 5th Assessment Report. The EU’s Energy Union package needs to be factored into its internal longer-term climate policy perspective, as well as the decreased costs of mitigation technologies such as renewable energy.
The EU needs an updated long-term roadmap, not only to maintain consistency with longer-term objectives and for the 2018 Facilitative Dialogue, but also to ensure the long-term policy predictability necessary for enabling and maintaining the low-carbon transition and linked investments.
The project “Developing the EU Long-Term Climate Strategy”, a joint initiative of Bruegel and the European Roundtable Climate Change and Sustainable Transition (ERCST/ICTSD), aims to provide a “roadmap” for the development and delivery of the EU’s new long-term decarbonization strategy.
After the five workshops across the EU to gather the views of stakeholders, the two deliverables of the project are launched today:
i. A technical document, describing all potential choices that could be made in the new long-term climate strategy, with an analysis of the trade-offs implied.
ii. A policy document, presenting a number of inherently consistent set of choices that may serve as basis to build the new roadmap.

This project is made possible by the generous support of Sweden, Denmark, France and Germany, the European Climate Foundation, Climate-KIC, Enel, EdF and Shell.

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2018 State of the EU ETS Report - Launch Event
2018-04-17 08:00 - 17:00
This meeting is the launch event of the 2018 State of the EU ETS Report. During this meeting, the authors will present the Report and their findings through a presentation, after which the Report will be discussed in a roundtable setting.

The EU’s Emission Trading System has now been in operation for more than a decade, and underwent numerous reform measures, including the recently concluded Phase 4 review.
As any other undertaking it requires, periodically, an assessment regarding its well-functioning and delivery of its objectives. In this respect, the European Commission is required to annually assess, according to the EU ETS Directive, the functioning of the EU ETS and report back to the EU Parliament and Council.
While the European Commission has its role to play in providing an official report, it is also important that independent review and assessment of the functioning and delivery of the EU ETS takes place.
The “2018 State of the EU ETS” Report, the third of its kind, aims to provide such an independent contribution to the policy debate, which is needed to ensure that the EU ETS is “fit for purpose”. This Report discusses the current state of play in the EU ETS, analyses whether the system is performing and delivering, and discusses how the recently concluded Phase 4 review could affect its functioning from 2020 onwards. For all its faults, the EU ETS should not be compared to an ideal world, but the real options that would be available to address climate change. This will be the third report.

The 2018 State of the EU ETS Report is a joint initiative by ERCST/ICTSD, Nomisma Energia, I4CE, Wegener Center at the University of Graz and EcoAct.
This will be the third report on the State of the EU ETS and builds on the report produced by this group of organizations in 2017, as well as the 2016 report produced by the current ERCST staff.

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Draft 2018 State of the EU ETS Report
2018-03-14 08:00 - 17:00
This meeting is intended as a brainstorming session with a small group of invited stakeholders and policy makers, with the aim to discuss and provide feedback on the outline and content of the 2018 State of the EU ETS Report, based on a detailed presentation.

The brainstorm sessions will be focussed on the main chapters of the State of the EU ETS Report:

EU ETS ‘fit for purpose’ and relevant Policy and Governance Issues
Environmental delivery
Economic delivery
Market functioning
Making the EU ETS ‘fit for purpose’.

For each session, the authors of the Report will present the findings through a detailed PowerPoint presentation, which will allow for a discussion with the participants to address any gaps, or make any corrections needed.

The 2018 State of the EU ETS Report is a joint effort between ERCST/ICTSD, Nomisma Energia, I4CE, the Wegener Centre at the University of Graz and EcoAct.

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EU ETS: Looking Ahead in 2018
2018-02-27 08:00 - 17:00
This meeting aims to bring together stakeholders to discuss the (preliminary) decisions made for the Phase 4 review of the EU ETS, and to discuss potential areas of work for the European Roundtable of Climate Change and Sustainable Transition on the topic of EU ETS in the coming year(s). For each area, the speakers will give a short introduction, highlight why the topic is important (or not) and give suggestions on how ERCST could work on the topic.
The six pottential areas of work that will be discussed are:

Impacts of National and EU climate change policies
Carbon tax: implications for EU ETS
Competitiveness of EU industry
MSR review
Indirect costs
Voluntary cancellation of allowances by Member States

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Informal Forum on Implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement under the UNFCCC process
2018-02-20 08:00 - 2018-02-21 17:00
This workshop held in Tokyo is part of the Informal Forum on Implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement under the UNFCCC process. This workshop followed SBSTA 47 held in Bonn. Article 6 negotiations are carried out under Agenda Item 11. An Informal Note was produced during SBSTA 47 which outlined draft elements for a text. The decision also mandated the SBSTA chair to produce a new informal document prior to SBSTA 48. This workshop intersected SBTSA 47 and 48 and aims to create an informal atmosphere where the main objective is to explore, discover, explain and understand different points of view related to the issues in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.
The first day included the presentation of a straw man outlining elements of guidance under Article 6.2, building on the informal note and prior submissions by Parties. The paper will have been peer reviewed by a number of prestigious institutions from both developed and developing countries, who follow Article 6 negotiations.The straw man intends to eliminate duplications, but keep all substantive options, and produce a useful framework for discussion for negotiators in their informal deliberations and preparations leading to SBSTA 48 in Bonn, May 2018. This was followed by reactions and thought on Article 6.2.
The second day focused on Article 6.4. Invited speakers gave presentations on parts of the Art 6.4 Informal Note and discussed: any overlaps or duplications in the headings or options, any missing options, the need to eliminate overlaps to streamline the paper and provide clarity, the substance in every option, with pros and cons.

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Częstochowa Workshop - Developing the EU Long-Term Climate Strategy
2018-01-29 08:00 - 17:00
This workshop is part into the project “Developing the EU long-term climate strategy” that aims to provide a “roadmap” for the development and delivery of a long-term decarbonisation strategy for the EU. The project itself will deliver two products: A Technical paper and a Policy paper.
The Technical Paper will describe all potential choices that can be made in the new long-term climate strategy, with an in-depth analysis of the trade-offs implied. This will include the main elements that will need to be considered in reviewing the current 2050 Roadmap, and will also cover the process that should be used in the development and the delivery of the new roadmap.
The Policy Paper will present different bundles of inherently consistent set of choices that may serve as basis to build the new roadmap.
The workshops that are part of the project will discuss key choices to be made in a new decarbonisation strategy document. This event will feed into the project, and it is organized in cooperation with the Polish Ministry of the Environment and the Polish National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management. Other workshops will be held in Berlin, Copenhagen and Rome.
Given the amount of information and issues for discussion we decided that all workshops will cover certain crucial elements and the general structure. However, to ensure that an in-depth discussion is possible, each workshop will focus on a selected number of issues (as identified in the agenda below) which will vary from workshop to workshop.
This project is a joint initiative of Bruegel and ERCST/ICTSD, and is made possible by grants from the Governments of Denmark, France, Germany and Sweden, as well as the European Climate Foundation, Climate-KIC, ENEL, EdF and Shell.

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Copenhagen Workshop - Developing the EU Long-Term Climate Strategy
2018-01-26 08:00 - 17:00
This workshop is part into the project “Developing the EU long-term climate strategy” that aims to provide a “roadmap” for the development and delivery of a long-term decarbonisation strategy for the EU. The project itself will deliver two products: A Technical paper and a Policy paper.
The Technical Paper will describe all potential choices that can be made in the new long-term climate strategy, with an in-depth analysis of the trade-offs implied. This will include the main elements that will need to be considered in reviewing the current 2050 Roadmap, and will also cover the process that should be used in the development and the delivery of the new roadmap.
The Policy Paper will present different bundles of inherently consistent set of choices that may serve as basis to build the new roadmap.
The workshops that are part of the project will discuss key choices to be made in a new decarbonisation strategy document. This event will feed into the project, and it is organized in cooperation with the Danish Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate. Other workshops will be held in Berlin, Częstochowa and Rome.
Given the amount of information and issues for discussion we decided that all workshops will cover certain crucial elements and the general structure. However, to ensure that an in-depth discussion is possible, each workshop will focus on a selected number of issues (as identified in the agenda below) which will vary from workshop to workshop.
This project is a joint initiative of Bruegel and ERCST/ICTSD, and is made possible by grants from the Governments of Denmark, France, Germany and Sweden, as well as the European Climate Foundation, Climate-KIC, ENEL, EdF and Shell.

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Berlin Workshop - Developing the EU Long-Term Climate Strategy
2018-01-24 08:00 - 17:00
This workshop is part into the project “Developing the EU long-term climate strategy” that aims to provide a “roadmap” for the development and delivery of a long-term decarbonisation strategy for the EU. The project itself will deliver two products: A Technical paper and a Policy paper.
The Technical Paper will describe all potential choices that can be made in the new long-term climate strategy, with an in-depth analysis of the trade-offs implied. This will include the main elements that will need to be considered in reviewing the current 2050 Roadmap, and will also cover the process that should be used in the development and the delivery of the new roadmap.
The Policy Paper will present different bundles of inherently consistent set of choices that may serve as basis to build the new roadmap.
The workshops that are part of the project will discuss key choices to be made in a new decarbonisation strategy document. This event will feed into the project, and it is organized in cooperation with the German Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety. Other workshops will be held in Copenhagen and Częstochowa and Rome.
Given the amount of information and issues for discussion we decided that all workshops will cover certain crucial elements and the general structure. However, to ensure that an in-depth discussion is possible, each workshop will focus on a selected number of issues (as identified in the agenda below) which will vary from workshop to workshop.
This project is a joint initiative of Bruegel and ERCST/ICTSD, and is made possible by grants from the Governments of Denmark, France, Germany and Sweden, as well as the European Climate Foundation, Climate-KIC, ENEL, EdF and Shell.

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Rome Workshop - Developing the EU Long-Term Climate Strategy
2018-01-22 08:00 - 17:00
This workshop is part into the project “Developing the EU long-term climate strategy” that aims to provide a “roadmap” for the development and delivery of a long-term decarbonisation strategy for the EU. The project itself will deliver two products: A Technical paper and a Policy paper.
The Technical Paper will describe all potential choices that can be made in the new long-term climate strategy, with an in-depth analysis of the trade-offs implied. This will include the main elements that will need to be considered in reviewing the current 2050 Roadmap, and will also cover the process that should be used in the development and the delivery of the new roadmap.
The Policy Paper will present different bundles of inherently consistent set of choices that may serve as basis to build the new roadmap.
The workshops that are part of the project will discuss key choices to be made in a new decarbonisation strategy document. This event will feed into the project, and it is organized in cooperation with Enel and the Italian Ministry of the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea. Other workshops will be held in Berlin, Copenhagen and Częstochowa.
Given the amount of information and issues for discussion we decided that all workshops will cover certain crucial elements and the general structure. However, to ensure that an in-depth discussion is possible, each workshop will focus on a selected number of issues (as identified in the agenda below) which will vary from workshop to workshop.
This project is a joint initiative of Bruegel and ERCST/ICTSD, and is made possible by grants from the Governments of Denmark,France, Germany and Sweden, as well as the European Climate Foundation, Climate-KIC, ENEL, EdF and Shell.

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Kick-off event - 2018 State of the EU ETS Report
2017-12-15 13:00 - 16:30
This meeting was intended as a brainstorming session with invited stakeholders and policy makers which took stock of the decisions taken on the EU ETS Phase 4 review and brainstormed on the outline and issues to be covered in the 2018 State of the EU ETS Report.

The 2018 State of the EU ETS Report is a joing effort between ERCST/ICTSD, Nomisma Energia, I4CE and the Wegener Centre at the University of Graz.
The brainstorm sessions were focussed on three broad topics:

Market functioning of the EU ETS
EU ETS and the transition to a low-carbon economy
Carbon Leakage and competitiveness

For each topic, we had a limited number of panellists discussing the main issues and recent developments, and give their view on what should be covered in the Report. We then proceeded with a roundtable discussion and closed each session with a short wrap up.

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Paris workshop - Developing the EU Long-Term Climate Strategy
2017-12-13 08:00 - 17:00
This workshop will feed into the project “Developing the EU long-term climate strategy” that aims to provide a “roadmap” for the development and delivery of a long-term decarbonisation strategy for the EU. The project itself will deliver two products: A Technical paper and a Policy paper.
The Technical Paper will describe all potential choices that can be made in the new long-term climate strategy, with an in-depth analysis of the trade-offs implied. This will include the main elements that will need to be considered in reviewing the current 2050 Roadmap, and will also cover the process that should be used in the development and the delivery of the new roadmap.
The Policy Paper will present different bundles of inherently consistent set of choices that may serve as basis to build the new roadmap.
The workshops that are part of the project will discuss key choices to be made in a new decarbonisation strategy document. This event will feed into the project, and it is organized in cooperation with the French Direction Générale de l’Energie et du Climat, of the Ministère de la Transition Ecologique et Solidaire. A minimum of four other workshops will be held in other EU capitals over the next few months.
Given the amount of information and issues for discussion we decided that all workshops will cover certain crucial elements and the general structure. However, to ensure that an in-depth discussion is possible, each workshop will focus on a selected number of issues (as identified in the agenda below) which will vary from workshop to workshop.
This project is a joint initiative of Bruegel and ERCST/ICTSD, and is made possible by grants from the Governments of France, Denmark, Sweden, as well as the European Climate Foundation, Climate-KIC, ENEL, EdF and Shell.

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Role of carbon pricing mechanisms in financing a sustainable transition to a low-carbon society
2017-12-13 08:00 - 17:00
In collaboration with I4CE, Institute for Climate Change Economics, ERCST organised in Paris a meeting on The role of carbon pricing mechanisms in financing a sustainable transition to a low-carbon society.
This meeting was held in conjunction with President Macron’s high-level summit on carbon finance and aimed to bring together stakeholders to have an open discussion about the role that carbon pricing mechanisms, including carbon markets, can play in financing the transition to a low-carbon society.

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Implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement
2017-11-06 08:00 - 17:00
Article 6 of the Paris Agreement (PA) addresses the issue of “cooperative approaches” under the Paris Agreement. A significant part of it aims to create the framework to ensure that international markets can be a tool to meet National Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the PA.

After COP 21 in Paris, negotiators have a mandate to create a rulebook to ensure that this, and other parts of the PA become operational. Negotiators are aiming for completing this task in 2018 at COP 23.
This side event is an opportunity for stakeholders to be briefed by and enter in discussion with some of the most knowledge participants in these negotiations to understand the progress and challenges towards the implementation of Article 6 of the PA.

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Informal Forum on Implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement under the UNFCCC process
2017-11-03 08:00 - 17:00
The Paris Climate Agreement adopted in December 2015 recognises cooperative approaches as an important element in the climate change mitigation effort.
Article 6 of the Paris Agreement includes several privisons to this end. However, before the agreement enters into force, a substantial amount of work needs to be done at the political and technical level in order to operationalise this article.
This meeting is a continuation of the project “Implementation of markets and non-market provisions in the Paris Agreement.” It will bring together carbon market negotiators in an informal setting with the objective to explore, discover, explain and understand different points of view related to the issues in Article 6. The purpose is to understand the options available to define rules, modalities and procedures on Article 6, as well as the consequences of adopting each option. It will also seek to understand why different views are held.
The discussions are free and informal, and will be held under Chatham House rule. This process is totally separate from the UNFCCC negotiating process. There is no intention or mandate to produce any text or negotiate an outcome.
Participation is by invitation only.

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Managing a sustainable transition to a low-carbon economy
2017-10-30 08:00 - 17:00
This meeting, organised by ERCST in Brussels, aimed to bring together key stakeholders that are both affected by, and involved in managing,the negative social and economic impacts associated with the global transition towards a low-carbon society and economy. It was designed as a brainstorming session and will discuss the state of debate in Europe, and identify possible gaps between the EU, members state and international levels in the work to successfully manage the transition.
The first panel aimed to illustrate how social and economic impacts caused by transitions have been dealth with in the past and present, and what we can learn from these examples and best practices. The second panel focused on the question to what extent the issue is being recognized and tackled by policy-makers and stakeholders, and how progress can be made, including in cooperation among different levels of policy-making.

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Pre-COP 23 Briefing
2017-10-30 08:00 - 17:00
The 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP) was the first step in a longer process towards the implementation of the Paris Agreement. COP 23, held in Bonn is due to begin on November 6 and seeks to advance the aims and ambitions of the Agreement, which entered into force faster than anticipated. The negotiations will focus on the development of guidelines on the implementation of the Paris Agreement’s text, with the desire to complete guidelines at COP 24.
During this meeting, the discussion will focus on the main issues and possible outcomes of COP 23. The main issues include the architecture of the Facilitative Dialogue and the completion of the Paris COP agenda in time for COP 24 in 2018, with specific relevance to Article 6 and carbon markets.

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Informal Forum on Implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement under the UNFCCC process
2017-09-29 08:00 - 2017-09-30 17:00
Article 6 of the Paris Agreement (PA) is often referred to as the “markets article”, but it is more than that. Indeed, it offers a framework for international cooperation between Parties to meet the goals and objectives of the PA.
Understanding of the elements needed to operationalize Article 6 of the Paris Agreement (PA) has evolved since COP 21 through formal and informal discussions, through workshops as part of the UNFCCC process, and through Party submissions to SBSTA.
This meeting is part of the project “Implementation of markets and non-markets provisions in the Paris Agreement” project, which aims to create an informal atmosphere, where the main objective is to explore, discover, explain and understand different points of view related to the issues in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. That is, to understand the options available to define rules, modalities and procedures on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, as well as the consequences of adopting each option.
The discussions are free and informal, and will be held under Chatham House rule. This process is totally separate from the UNFCCC negotiating process. There is no intention or mandate to produce any text or negotiate an outcome.

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EU ETS Phase 4 - the final stretch
2017-09-22 10:00 - 13:30
The EU ETS Phase 4 discussion is nearing the end, yet there are still significant differences in position between the various negotiating parties in the trilogue, and between members of the broader community of stakeholders.

This meeting focused on two aspects of the Phase 4 discussion: how do we address the large over-supply of allowances currently in the market and how will carbon leakage protection evolve up to 2030. It is hoped that this meeting will help catalyze a solution that will provide a good balance between these two elements, and ensure that the EU ETS remains a central element of the EU climate policy.

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Implementation of Market and Non-Market Provisions in the Paris Agreement
2017-05-07 08:00 - 17:00
The Paris Climate Agreement adopted in December 2015 recognises cooperative approaches as an important element in the climate change mitigation effort.
Article 6 of the Paris Agreement includes several privisons to this end. However, before the agreement enters into force, a substantial amount of work needs to be done at the political and technical level in order to operationalise this article.
This meeting will be the fifth meeting of the project “Implementation of markets and non-market provisions in the Paris Agreement.” It will bring together carbon market negotiators in an informal setting with the objective to explore, discover, explain and understand different points of view related to the issues in Article 6. The purpose is to understand the options available to define rules, modalities and procedures on Article 6, as well as the consequences of adopting each option. It will also seek to understand why different views are held.
The discussions are free and informal, and will be held under Chatham House rule. This process is totally separate from the UNFCCC negotiating process. There is no intention or mandate to produce any text or negotiate an outcome.
Participation is by invitation only.

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Informal Forum on Implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement under the UNFCCC process
2017-02-21 08:00 - 2017-02-22 17:00
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However, before the agreement enters into force, a substantial amount of work needs to be done at the political and technical level in order to operationalise this article.
This meeting will be the fourth meeting of the project “Implementation of markets and non-market provisions in the Paris Agreement”. It will bring together carbon market negotiators in an informal setting with the objective to explore, discover, explain and understand different points of view related to the issues in Article 6. That purpose is to understand the options available to define rules, modalities and procedures on Article 6, as well as the consequences of adopting each option. It will also seek to understand why the different views are held.
The discussions are free and informal, and will be held under Chatham House rule. This process is totally separate from the UNFCCC negotiating process. There is no intention or mandate to produce any text or negotiate an outcome.
Participation is by invitation only.

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