Meeting G7 - Carbon Market Platform 2nd strategic dialogue, Rome, 27th-28th September 2017

Piattaforma del Mercato del Carbonio (CMP): a Roma il secondo dialogo strategico sui mercati del carbonio

Il 27 e 28 settembre, l’Italia, presidente del G7 per il 2017 e co-presidente con la Germania della CMP, ha ospitato a Villa Celimontana presso la Società Geografica Italiana, il secondo dialogo strategico sui mercati del carbonio, inteso nelle sue diverse forme: mercati tipo UE-ETS, carbon pricing, eliminazione dei sussidi alle fonti fossili. Al dialogo strategico hanno partecipato 70 esperti dai paesi del G7, da 9 paesi non-G7 e 10 Organizzazioni Internazionali, impegnati nell’utilizzo dei mercati del carbonio.

La finalità della conferenza è stata quella di facilitare il dialogo tra i Paesi in materia di mercati del carbonio, per consolidarne forma e qualità, incoraggiando le politiche nazionali e internazionali in tema di sviluppo dei mercati del carbonio, a sostegno dell’Accordo di Parigi e dell’Agenda 2030 dell’ONU sullo Sviluppo Sostenibile.

Il vertice di Bologna dei Ministri dell’Ambiente G7, riunitosi l’11 e il 12 giugno 2017, infatti dichiara: “Riconosciamo l’importante ruolo del prezzo del carbonio nell’affrontare i cambiamenti climatici, inclusi gli approcci basati sul mercato…” (secondo paragrafo “Il cambiamento climatico” punto 23). 

Carbon Market Platform: the Second Strategic Dialogue on Carbon Markets took place in Rome

On 27^th and 28^th September, Italy, as the 2017 G7 Environment Presidency and co-chair with Germany, hosted in Villa Celimontana at the Società Geografica Italiana, the 2^nd Strategic Dialogue on Carbon Markets, defined in its various forms (EU-ETS, markets alike, carbon pricing, removing fossil fuel subsidies).

The Strategic Dialogue included 70 officials coming from G7 countries, 9 non-G7 Countries and 10 International Organizations engaged in using carbon markets.

The goal of the meeting was to facilitate an open dialogue among Countries on subjects relating to carbon markets, to consolidate their form and quality, encouraging national and international sustainable development policies in order to support the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UN).

The Leaders’ Declaration issued at the G7 Bologna Environment Ministerial’ Meeting, 11^th and 12^th June 2017, indeed states: “We recognize the important role of carbon pricing in tackling climate change, including market-based approaches […]” (second paragraph on “Climate Change”, point 23).

The Co-chiar summary of the second carbon market carbon platform (pdf, 211 kB) 

Agenda (pdf, 184 KB)

Background Papers

- Andrew Howard, Koru Climate, “Raising ambition through international carbon markets” (pdf, 778, KB) 

- Environmental Defense Fund, “Standards and Guidelines to Ensure the Environmental Integrity of Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes - A Summary of Issues and Options for a Coalition of Carbon Markets” (pdf, 746 KB) 

- OECD, “Designing Carbon Pricing Instruments for Ambitious Climate Policy” (pdf, 648 KB)
 

Presentations

- Ottmar Edenhofer, CPLC and PIK , “Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition: Report of the High-Level Commission on Carbon Prices” (pdf, 1.170 MB)

- Gerrit Hansen, B20/C20/T20 and GermanWatch, “Towards Carbon Pricing in the G20. The Business 20/Civil 20/Think 20 Climate and Energy Working Groups Joint Statement for a Sustainable Energy Transition” (pdf, 2.335 MB)

- Andrew Howard, Koru Climate, “Raising ambition through international carbon markets” (pdf, 884 KB)

- Nat Keohane, Environmental Defense Fund, “Environmental integrity of cooperative approaches in a ‘bottom-up’ world” (pdf, 1.449 MB)

- Joy Kim, UN Environment, “Aligning prices and fiscal policy for the SDGs and the Paris Agreement: Fossil fuel subsidies” (pdf, 1.752 MB)

- Andrew Prag, OECD, “Designing Carbon Pricing Instruments for Ambitious Climate Policy” (pdf, 594)

- Ramana Putti, World Bank Group, “WBG support to countries to develop low-carbon economy” (pdf, 1.336 MB)

- Baoping Shang, International Monetary Fund, “Getting energy prices right” (pdf, 1.194 MB)

- Kurt Van Dender, OECD, “Key Messages on Aligning Policies” (pdf, 258 KB)