Webinar
Net zero: Trade, tax and cooperation
Free trade is a powerful tool to bring prosperity to nations. But do free trade agreements need to be only about free trade? The EU UK Trade & Cooperation Agreement shows that bilateral and multilateral treaties can be used to cooperate in a range of policy areas, including climate. Can they be used to harmonise carbon pricing or otherwise encourage better collaboration around climate?
Throughout 2021 Pinsent Masons is running a series of client engagements on the theme of 'The path to Net Zero'. In this instalment we focus on the role of taxes and incentives in achieving a Net Zero world.
The journey to Net Zero will require massive investment as well as incentives to effect real change across all sectors. Countries can take unilateral measures but emissions do not recognise national boundaries and international collaboration is more important than ever.
Join our panel of experts who will discuss the role that international trade policy and tax can play in meeting our targets.
Speakers
Greg Hands MP
Minister of State for Trade Policy at Department for International Trade
Professor Cameron Hepburn
Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Oxford and chair of the expert policy advisory group to the statutory Committee on Climate Change
Ying Zhang
Programme Management Officer at United Nations Environment Programme