Forging a Climate Coalition for Ambitious Global Action
Saturday, Sep 20, 2025, 9:00 am - 9:45 am
Harvard Climate Symposium
Featuring Catherine Wolfram, MIT Sloan School of Management; Ignacio García Bercero, Bruegel; Mari Pangestu, Republic of Indonesia; Cristina Fróes de Borja Reis, Brazilian Ministry of Finance; and Daouda Sembene, AfriCatalyst
In the pursuit of more ambitious global climate action, this panel - organized by the Global Climate Policy Project - brings together leading experts to discuss the formation of an inclusive framework for climate and trade. The proposed framework would center on coordinated carbon pricing among a set of countries and the implementation of carbon border adjustments to drive down global emissions, enhance equity, and generate revenue for participating countries. The conversation will consider how carbon border adjustments, similar to mechanisms like the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), could serve as both a climate and trade tool, encouraging wider participation while ensuring fair competition. Finally, panelists will discuss how incentives like technology transfer and climate finance could encourage low- and middle-income countries to join the coalition.
Professor Catherine Wolfram, a member of the Committee of Economists Advising the President of COP30, will moderate the session. In the lead-up to COP30 in Belém, Brazil, she has convened a working group on climate coalitions. This group will release a public report in September 2025, which will form the basis for the panel discussion.
Global Climate Policy Project at Harvard and MIT
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In the pursuit of more ambitious global climate action, this panel - organized by the Global Climate Policy Project - brings together leading experts to discuss the formation of an inclusive framework for climate and trade. The proposed framework would center on coordinated carbon pricing among a set of countries and the implementation of carbon border adjustments to drive down global emissions, enhance equity, and generate revenue for participating countries. The conversation will consider how carbon border adjustments, similar to mechanisms like the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), could serve as both a climate and trade tool, encouraging wider participation while ensuring fair competition. Finally, panelists will discuss how incentives like technology transfer and climate finance could encourage low- and middle-income countries to join the coalition.
Professor Catherine Wolfram, a member of the Committee of Economists Advising the President of COP30, will moderate the session. In the lead-up to COP30 in Belém, Brazil, she has convened a working group on climate coalitions. This group will release a public report in September 2025, which will form the basis for the panel discussion.
Global Climate Policy Project at Harvard and MIT
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