CEE Sustainable Finance Summit 2022 DAY 3 - Challenges and opportunities for decarbonisation in CEE

CEE countries are amongst the most industrialised countries in the EU, with hard to abate sectors such as cement, steel, chemical, as well as automotive. With the war on Ukraine continuing, questions have been raised about whether the EU’s Green Deal priorities might need to change – mainly ensuring that Europe does not lose its steel and cement producers which might be needed for the transition to a low carbon growth. • What enabling policies are needed on the European or local level to successfully start industry decarbonisation? What should be the industry priorities for the CEE region?   • Can CEE countries maintain their industrial capacities in the long-term, bearing in mind the pressure to shift to renewable energy and decarbonisation?  • How can the CEE industrial sectors play a meaningful role in international discussions about decarbonisation?   • How does the industry structure in CEE impact its competitiveness and vulnerabilities to changing economic, political, and financial conditions? Does Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) offer opportunities for CEE hard to abate industries? • Which private finance options and instruments could be used for industry decarbonisation? What issues are industrial players facing in terms of innovation and decarbonisation financing?  Speakers Barbara Botos - Deputy State Secretary for Climate Policy. Ministry of Innovation and Technology of Hungary Christian Egenhofer - Senior Research Fellow. School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute Adam Jarosz - Board Member, ORLEN Unipetrol Rafael Cayuela - EMEAI Strategy Development Senior Director & Corporate Chief Economist, Dow Chemicals Petr Jonák - Member of the Board, Czech Confederation of Industry Moderator Dóra Csernus - Lead Climate and Environmental Policy Expert, Equilibrium Institute