Fondation EurActiv organised for Tuesday 1 February a lunchtime Stakeholder Workshop on the future of the Kyoto Protocol’s Joint Implementation Mechanism. The workshop was organised with the support of CDC Climat.

Programme:

• What are the results of the UNFCCC meeting in Cancún for the future of JI? What are the foreseen scenarios?
• How can the EU ensure the continuity of JI for all actors involved in the EU ETS market?
• To what extent is JI complementary to the public policies and ETS?
• Will the European Commission decide to anticipate the implementation of the measures included in the EU ETS directive to guarantee this continuity?
• How is JI articulated within national CO2 reduction policies?
• What types or projects are likely to be implemented in Europe?
• How should the financial sector be involved to ensure JI’s success?
• How to involve industrialists?

Contributors included:

• Thomas BERNHEIM, International Carbon Market, DG CLIMA
• Bas EICKHOUT, MEP
• David LUNSFORD, Policy Leader: Emissions Trading, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
• Pierre DUCRET, Chairman and CEO, CDC Climat
• Rob ELSWORTH, Policy Officer, Sandbag
• Michael MÜLLER, Project Manager, EnergieAgentur.NRW

Moderator: Arthur NESLEN, Section Coordinator, EurActiv

Chair: Rick ZEDNÍK, CEO, EurActiv