This high-level international conference will celebrate the Paris Agreement as we approach its 10th anniversary. Participants will discuss the way forward from the perspective of boards and markets by bringing together business leaders, academia, civil society and ;Building on the success of the inaugural summit held in October 2022 and hosted by BNP Paribas Fortis in Brussels, the summit aims to review the progress made in the ten years following the landmark Paris Agreement of 2015.

(Only registration is required, and it is free to attend)

PROGRAMME: 10 SEPTEMBER 2024, FRENCH EMBASSY IN BERLIN

9:00 – 9:15 REGISTRATION

9:15 – 9:30  Opening Remarks
Speakers: Patrick Bolton, Imperial College London and ECGI

9:30 – 10:50  PANEL 1: Decarbonization in the financial sector
Moderator: Patrick Bolton, Imperial College London and ECGI
Panellists:
Boris Vallée, Harvard Business School: "Measurement and Effects of Bank Exit Policies"
Marcin T Kacperczyk, Imperial College London: "Carbon Emissions and the Bank-Lending Channel"

10:50 – 11:10  Coffee Break

11:10 – 12:30  PANEL 2: Carbon emissions allowance markets (voluntary and regulated)
Moderator: Dirk Schoenmaker, Professor of Banking and Finance, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Panellists:
Estelle Cantillon, Université Libre de Bruxelles: "Market Design for the Environment"
Zachery Halem, Lazard: “The Evolving Role of Greenhouse Gas Emission Offsets in Combating Climate Change”

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

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13:30  – 13:45 REGISTRATION (PUBLIC SESSIONS)

13:45 – 14:15 Welcome and introduction
François Delattre, Ambassador to Germany, French Republic
Herman Daems, Chairman of the Board, ECGI; Honorary Chairman, BNP Paribas Fortis
Marco Becht, Professor of Finance, Solvay Brussels School and Executive Director, ECGI

14:15 – 15:00  POLICY Keynote:
Laurent Fabius, President of the Constitutional Council, France; Former Prime Minister of France; Former President of the Cop21 “Paris Agreement”

15:00 – 15:45 ACADEMIC Keynote:
Robert F. Engle, Nobel Laureate (Economics) (2003); Emeritus Professor of Finance at NYU Stern School of Business

15:45 – 16:15 Coffee break

16:15 – 17:15 PANEL 1: The Role of Finance
Moderator: Patrick Bolton, Imperial College London and ECGI
Panellists:
Nils Bartsch, Head of Oil and Gas Research, Urgewald
Dirk Schoenmaker, Professor of Banking and Finance, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Eva Meyer, Chief Sustainability Officer Germany, BNP Paribas

17:20 – 18:20 PANEL 2: Transition Pathways
Moderator: Sahar Shamsi, CFA, Partner, Oxera
Panellists:
Christophe Schramm, Head of Strategy and Sustainability, Transformation of Industry, Siemens Energy AG
Nazneen Rahman, CEO of YewMaker; Member of the Board and Chair of the Sustainability Committee, AstraZeneca PLC

18:30 – 19:15 Closing Keynote:
Jennifer Morgan, State Secretary and Special Envoy for International Climate Action at the Federal Foreign Office

19:15 – 19:20 Concluding Remarks
19:20 – 20:30 Cocktail Reception