PROFESSIONALS / MAY 17, 2022
International Symposium
Carbon neutrality: How do we get there?

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
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
THE ESSENTIAL
- 17 May, 2022
- Paris Town Hall suits and online
- French-English simultaneous translation
- How to get there
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The program of the Symposium is steered by a Scientific Committee composed of:

Céline GUIVARCH Chair
Economist at Cired. Member of the High Council for the Climate. Author of the 6th IPCC report

Yann FRANÇOISE
Head of division “climate and circular economy”, Urban Economy Agency of the City of Paris

Anne GIRAULT
President of the Association Bilan Carbone. Member of the Board of Météo et Climat

Benoît LEGUET
General Manager of I4CE

Roland SÉFÉRIAN
Climatologist at Météo-France Research Centre

Henri WAISMAN
Coordinator, Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project, IDDRI