Quebec's Cap & Trade System, International Civil Aviation and Climate Impacts: A Symposium on Links and Lessons in a Legal Context
A Status Report on Quebec's Cap & Trade System and Its Planned Inclusion of Fuels in 2015 and On the Issues As International Civil Aviation Tackles Its Climate Impacts: A Symposium on听Links & Lessons in a Legal Context
The Institute of Air & Space Law, the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, and the International Emissions Trading Association invites the 捆绑SM社区 community to a day-long symposium on carbon markets and aviation.
Symposium participants will hear from industry & academic experts about a range of increasingly inter-connected issues, implementation and legal challenges, and future policy pathways related to emissions trading developments and tackling international aviation sector emissions.
Key questions that symposium speakers & panelists will cover include:
- What is the state of Quebec鈥檚 carbon market? How do different market participants view the nascent market design?听
- How does Quebec treat fuels, including aviation fuels, under its cap-and-trade system? Is there any potential role for its tradable units in connection with aviation and the EU ETS?
- What are the timelines and consequences for Quebec鈥檚 linkage to California鈥檚 market鈥nd beyond?
- What are projected supply-demand dynamics & price projections for Quebec鈥檚 market?
- What is the state of play in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS)? How is the EU planning to treat the aviation sector?
- Outstanding legal issues
- What policy is guiding Canadian airlines?
A light lunch will be served to all registered participants. As space is limited, please RSVP to Maria D鈥橝mico (maria.damico [at] mcgill.ca) as soon as possible.听
For a backgrounder on carbon markets and aviation, please review [.pdf].
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