NCCR Climate WP 4 and NCCR Trade Regulation WP 5 joint kick-off workshop

Programme

Friday, 27 November 2009

• 08:30–09:00 Registration - Coffee

• 09:00–9:30 Welcome and Overview of WP4 of NCCR climate and WP5 of NCCR Trade Regulation: Gunter Stephan / Philippe Thalmann / Thomas Cottier

9:30–11:00 Session Block 1:

• Session 1.1: Regulation of CO² Emissions

• Frank Vöhringer: Linking the Swiss Emissions Trading System with the EU ETS: Economic Effects of Regulatory Design
Alternatives
• Olga Nartova: Global Carbon Markets
• Sofya Matteotti: Implementing and Monitoring CO2 based PPMs
Session 1.2: Technology and Agriculture
• Gisèle Schmid: Technology transfer in the Clean Development Mechanism: The Role of Host Country Characteristics
• Philipp Aerni: Role of Technology and Innovation in Restructuring Agriculture to Climate Change
• Ronal Gainza: Modelling a NAMAs-Tech Mechanism under Asymmetric Information

• Session 1.3: Future Environmental Policies

• Juan-Carlos Altamirano: Does Strategic Voting Undermine the Success of an international Environmental Agreement?
• Donah Baracol: Environmental Goods and Services
• Adriana Marucci: Mitigation and Sustainable Energy Strategies under Global Uncertainty

11:30–13:00 Session Block 2:

• Session 2.1: Border Measures

• Oliver Schenker: Strategic Interactions of Climate Policy and International Trade
• Kateryna Holzer: Carbon-related Border Adjustment Measures: Towards Multilaterally Agreed Rules of Application
• Olga Nartova: Potential of Tariff Policies for Climate Change Mitigation
Session 2.2: Climate Change and Water
• Jasmin Gülden: Flood Protection Measures – A Case Study in Berne, Switzerland
• Valerie Yorke: Jordan Case Study: Water Shortages, Strategies and Alternative Solutions: A Political Perspective
• Fitzgerald Temmerman: Access to Fresh Water and the WTO
• Jonas Attenhofer: From Ice to Water: The Arctic Meltdown and its Impact on Seaward Claims

13:00–14:00 Lunch

14:00–15:30 Session Block 3:

• Session 3.1: Renewable Energy

• Joëlle de Sépibus: Access of Renewable Energy Sources to the Grid
• Luca Rubini: Subsidization of Renewable Energy in WTO
• Peter Wooders: Subsidies to Renewables: When, How Much and for How Long?
Session 3.2: Private Sector Dimensions
• Sofya Matteotti/ Olga Nartova: Trade in Services Relevant to CC Adaptation in GATS and the WTO
• Angela Steffen: Insurance Solutions in Face of Climate Change
• Alexandra Börner: The Private Sector in Swiss Climate Policy
Session 3.3: Agriculture and adaptation
• Ines Kapphan: Optimal Weather Insurance Design with Climate Change – The Case of Agriculture in Switzerland
• Baris Karapinar: Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture and International Trade
• Raphael Bucher: (Adaptation; Climate Change; IAM)

15:30–16:00 Coffee Break

16:00–17:30 Summary of the Workshop: Cooperation potentials

17:30 Apéro