Programme

Shared Perspectives 2023 takes place from 14.00 (CET) Friday 6th October to 18.15 Saturday 7th October.

                                                            Presentations (if available) are linked with each speaker's name and bio

 

DAY 1:  Friday 6th October

 

 

 

 

14.15

  Introduction (video)

 

 

Niko Jaakkola (Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna)

 

 

Riccardo Rovelli (Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna)

 

 

 

 

 

14.30

  Keynote

 

 

 

Daniele Franco (Former Italian Minister of Economy and Finance)

 

 

Financial and environmental sustainability: the value of the future (video)

 

 

Moderator:

Riccardo Rovelli (Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna)

 

 

Discussion:

Selma Mahfouz  (Inspector General of Finances, French Finance Ministry)

Karen Pittel (Director of Center for Energy, Climate and Resources, ifo Institute)

 

 

 

 

 

16.00

  Coffee break

 

 

 

 

 

16.30

  Panel 1 – Can the green transition be pro-competitive and market-friendly?

 

 

Moderator:

Lorenzo Forni (Università di Padova; Head of Prometeia Associazione Think Tank)

Suzana Carp (Leader, Cleantech for Europe's Policy Team)

 

EU Policies towards Net Zero: Are we getting them right? (video)

Antoine Dechezleprêtre (Senior Economist, Productivity Innovation and Entrepreneurship Division, OECD)

 

Green industrial policies

 

 

Simone Gasperin (Senior Policy Advisor Industria, ECCO Climate)

 

The NECP: a pragmatic policy approach to transform the Italian productive ecosystem

 

 

Andrea Tilche (Università di Bologna; former Head of Unit, DG Research, European Commission)

 

The green transition of mobility: Italian errors, virtuous policies and political risks

 

 

 

 

 

18.15

  Break

 

 

 

 

 

18.30

  Panel 2 – How can the costs of the green transition be made politically and socially acceptable?

 

Moderator:

 Rick van der Ploeg (University of Oxford)

Leonardo Becchetti (University of Rome Tor Vergata)

 

Strategies to make ecological transition socially and politically acceptable  (video)

Selma Mahfouz (Inspector General of Finances, French Finance Ministry)

 

Transition costs and funding: an assessment for France (video)

 

Mar Reguant  (ICREA-IAE and Northwestern University)

Splitting the pie of renewable rents (video)

 

Massimo Tavoni (Politecnico di Milano and Director, EIEE)

 

Distributional implications of avoided climate risks and revenue recycling (video)

 

 

 

 

 

20.00

  Workshop dinner

 

 

      (Dinner sponsored by Prometeia Associazione Think Tank)

 

 

 

DAY 2:  Saturday 7th October

 

 

 

 

08.30

  Panel 3 –  Will sustainability deter or spur economic growth?

 

 

Moderator:

Niko Jaakkola (Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna)

 

Karen Pittel (Director of Center for Energy, Climate and Resources, ifo Institute)

 

Can we sensibly assess the growth impacts of sustainability? (video)

 

 

Ottavio Ricchi (Chief Economist, Italian Treasury)

 

How can the Italian PNRR steer the green transition towards sustainable growth? (video)

 

Alessio Terzi (Economist, DG ECFIN, European Commission; Sciences Po, Paris)

 

The Green Industrial Revolution: lessons from the past (video)

 

 

 

 

 

10.30

  Coffee break

 

 

 

 

 

11.00

  Panel 4 – Are carbon pricing and emissions trading market-friendly and growth-effective?

 

 

Moderator:

Simone Borghesi (Università di Siena, EUI and EAERE)

 

Simone Borghesi (Università di Siena, EUI and EAERE)

 

The social dimension of the Emissions Trading Ssystems (video)

 

 

Stefano De Clara (Head of Secretariat, ICAP)

 

Use of ETS revenues to promote public acceptability (video)

 

Matteo Mura (Dept. of Management, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna)

 

Industrial sustainability transition pathways in Europe: Implications for EU carbon policies (video)

 

 

Jan Nill (Policy Coordinator EU Emissions Trading System, DG CLIMA, European Commission)

 

The indispensable role of carbon pricing for a green transition – lessons from EU experiences (video)

 

 

 

 

13.00

  Lunch break

 

 

 

 

 

14.30

  Keynote

 

 

 

Thiemo Fetzer (Professor, University of Warwick / University of Bonn)

 

 

TBA

 

 

Moderator:

Niko Jaakkola (Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16.00

  Coffee break

 

 

 

 

 

16.15

  Panel 5 – Will the green transition foster global cooperation or division?

 

 

Moderator:

Riccardo Rovelli (Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna)

Thiemo Fetzer (University of Warwick, University of Bonn)

 

Climate action narrative monitoring

Kalypso Nicolaïdis (Chair in Global Affairs, EUI)

 

Europe as a Laboratory for Planetary Politics? (video)

 

 

Gianmarco Ottaviano (Bocconi University)

 

The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism between ambition and delusion (video)

 

Giorgio Presidente (Research Fellow, Institute for European Policymaking, Bocconi University)

 

The EU and the US Inflation Reduction Act, No Rose Without Thorns (video)

 

 

 

18.15

  End of workshop

 

 

 

 

 

19:30

  Farewell dinner

 

 

     (Dinner sponsored by EconPol Europe – CESifo’s economic policy platform)

 

 

 Registrations for online participation are open.

 

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