Carbon neutrality: How do we get there?

ABSTRACT

In order to comply with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, it is imperative to build a collective reflection combining climate sciences, social sciences and political sciences which will lead to a necessary evolution of our collective organizations and our behaviors to reach carbon neutrality and adapt to the impacts of climate change at all scales. This evolution must be undertaken, not only by citizens but also by governments, communities and businesses.
Through keynotes and round tables, this international symposium will recall the challenges of carbon neutrality for a country, a territory, a company or a citizen before addressing the issue of the differences between stated ambitions and current trajectories, and will reflect on the levers and challenges to achieve carbon neutrality.

AGENDA

Conference moderated by Carine ROCCHESANI Journalist

09:00 – Official opening
Anne HIDALGO Mayor of Paris
Jean JOUZEL President of Météo et Climat. Climatologist and former member of the IPCC

09:15 – Introduction
Céline GUIVARCH Economist at CIRED. Author for the 6th IPCC assessment report, WG-3 on mitigation. Chair of the Scientific Committee

SESSION 1 – WHAT TRAJECTORIES TOWARDS CARBON NEUTRALITY?

09:30 – Keynote
Joeri ROGELJ Director of Research – Grantham Institute Climate Change & Environment, Imperial College London

09:45 – Roundtable 1
Céline GUIVARCH Economist at CIRED. Author for the 6th IPCC assessment report, WG-3 on mitigation, Valérie QUINIOU-RAMUS Executive Director of Prospective and Research at ADEME

10:45 – Break

SESSION 2 – AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SYSTEMS TOWARDS CARBON NEUTRALITY

11:00 – Roundtable 2
Carine BARBIER environmental economist at CNRS, Sébastien BOUVATIER Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Céline IMART Farmer and President of the Promotion Communication Committee of Intercéréales, Florence PRADIER Director General, La Coopération Agricole

12:30 – Lunch-break

SESSION 3 – THE ENERGY SYSTEM TOWARDS CARBON NEUTRALITY

14:00 – Roundtable 3
Carine de BOISSEZON Impact chief officer, EDF Group, Isolde DEVALIÈRE National Observatory of Fuel Poverty, ADEME, Laure PHILIPPON Sustainable Finance & CSR Transformation Director, ENGIE Gilles VERMOT DESROCHES Senior Vice President Citizenship & Institutional Affairs, Schneider Electric

15:30 – Break

SESSION 4 – MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSFORMATIONS

15:45 – Keynote
Sophie DUBUISSON-QUELLIER CNRS research professor, and deputy director of the Centre de sociologie des organisations (CNRS-Sciences Po)

16:00 – Roundtable 4
Marie-Claire DAVEU Chief Sustainability and Institutional Affairs Officer at KERING, Olivier DAVID Head of the Climate and Energy Efficiency Department at the Ministry of Ecological Transition, Emmanuel DESMAIZIÈRES Director of Corporate CEO of Icade Promotion, Nadine MENGIS Researcher, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel,

17:15 – Conclusion
Dan LERT Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of the Ecological transition, Climate plan, Water and Energy

17:30 – Official Closing
Jean JOUZEL President of Météo et Climat. Climatologist and former member of the IPCC