AGENDA

Preliminary programme subject to modifications
 
3:30 PM (CET)
Introduction:
 
Bruno Le Maire, French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Recovery
 
3:45 PM
Paolo Gentiloni, Commissioner for Economy of the European Commission
 
4:00 PM
Session #1: Carbon leakage, a proven and quantifiable threat to climate ambition
 
Moderator: Victor Mallet, Financial Times
 
Panel discussion :
  • Vitor Gaspar, Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund
  • Laurence Boone, Chief Economist at the OECD
  • Michael MehlingDeputy Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
 
4:45 PM
Session #2: A consistent approach with the multilateral climate framework and international development challenges
 
Moderator: Victor Mallet, Financial Times 
 
Panel discussion:
  • Youba SokonaVice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  • Mauro Petricionne, Director-General of the Directorate-General for Climate Action of the European Commission
  • Timothy GoreHead of Programme Low Carbon and Circular Economy at Institute for European Environmental Policy

5:30 PM
Session #3: A Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism built to be compatible with WTO rules
 
Moderator: Victor Mallet, Financial Times 
 
Panel discussion: 
  • Matthew Porterfield, Deputy Director, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown Law University
  • Vangelis VitalisDeputy Secretary for Trade and Economic of the New Zealand Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
  • Bernd Lange, Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the Committee on International Trade
 
6:15 PM
Conclusion
 
Barbara Pompili, French Minister for an Ecological Transition
 
 
 6:30 PM Jean-Yves Le Drian, French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs