INVITATION: Fair and sustainable future of transport and buildings: Outlook for the Czech Presidency

We would like to invite you to a roundtable on "Fair and sustainable future of transport and buildings: Outlook for the Czech Presidency" on 24 May 2022 at 2 pm via the ZOOM platform. The event is organised by Centre for Transport and Energy and EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy.

This project is part of the European Climate Initiative (EUKI) of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK).

Agenda:

14:00  welcome

14:10  opening presentations

• Tim Gore, IEEP, presenting main findings of this report
• Constanze Haug, Adelphi

14:30  reactions from stakeholders

• Jan Tůma, Czech Ministry of the Environment
• Lukáš Folbrecht, E-platforma
• Ondřej Šrámek, Chance for Buildings
• Sofie Defour, Transport & Environment

​15:10  open discussion

16:00  end

Moderator: Jana Plaňanská, CEO, JP Mobility Solutions

In July 2021, the European Commission proposed an extension of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) to new sectors, namely road transport and buildings. To tackle the social impacts of the new climate policy, which is of primary concern to CEE countries, the EC also proposed to set up a new Social Climate Fund funded by the new ETS revenues. The Czech Presidency will play a key role in negotiating the final version of the policy. Which criteria have to be met to make the EU ETS2 socially fair and effective? How to maximize emissions reductions while minimizing negative social impacts on low-income households? What implications will EU ETS2 have on other climate and energy policies?

The roundtable discussion will be conducted in English under Chatham House rule.

Tatiana Mindeková
Project Manager / Analyst

Michal Hrubý
Research Fellow

Expertise: EU green economics, heavy industry, transport

Kateřina Davidová
Senior Research Fellow

Expertise: EU climate and energy policy, environmental protection