Decarbonisation as a cure for energy poverty: What next for the Social Climate Fund
WHEN: 25th October 2022, 13:30 – 15:00
WHERE: online on Zoom
Agenda:
13:30 welcome and opening speeches
14:00 open discussion
Polona Gregorin, Deputy Head of Unit - ETS Policy Development and Auctioning, DG Clima
Jan Tůma, Head of Emissions Trading Department, Ministry of Environment, Czech Republic
Frida Sund Falkevik, Environment Attaché, Permanent Representation of Sweden to the EU
Zuzana Vondrová, Project Manager, Centre for Transport and Energy, Czech Republic
Nina Gareis, Policy Officer, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Germany
15:00 end
Moderator: Barbora Urbanová, director, Centre for Transport and Energy
Energy prices are extremely high and citizens and businesses are struggling to pay their bills.
At the same time, the EU is negotiating the creation of the new Social Climate Fund under the
Czech Presidency. The fund is intended to help tackle energy and transport poverty and, in
combination with the extension of the EU ETS to road transport and buildings, to help
decarbonise these sectors. Let's discuss together how to set the rules so that the system is
effective, fair and socially sensitive.
The roundtable discussion will be conducted in English under Chatham House rule.
