Committee to take evidence from experts on the energy, environment and climate change relationship between the UK and the EU
At 4pm on Tuesday 15 November, the European Affairs Committee will hear from a panel of three experts on the relationship between the UK and the EU in the areas of energy, environment and climate change:
- Dr Caroline Kuzemko, Reader in International Political Economy at University of Warwick
- Ed Birkett, Head of Energy and Climate at Onward
- Simone Tagliapietra, Senior Fellow at Bruegel
Background
The aim of the UK/EU Relationship inquiry is to examine the overarching state of the post-Brexit UK-EU relationship and how it might be improved in the future. The inquiry is investigating:
- The overall UK-EU political, diplomatic and institutional relationship;
- The UK-EU relationship on foreign policy and security;
- The UK-EU relationship on environment and climate change matters;
- The UK-EU relationship on culture, education and mobility of people
This sixth evidence session will focus on the energy, environment and climate change relationship between the UK and the EU.
Meeting details
At 4:00pm: Oral evidence
Inquiry
The future UK-EU relationship
Reader in International Political Economy at University of Warwick
Head of Energy and Climate at Onward
Senior Fellow at Bruegel
Possible topics
- The overall state of the post-Brexit relationship between the UK and the EU in the areas of energy and climate change, and the primary factors affecting this
- The extent and effectiveness of co-operation between the UK and the EU in the face of the current energy security challenges in Europe
- The short- and medium-term risks that the UK faces as a result of the energy security challenges in Europe
- North Sea energy cooperation, in light of the recent memorandum of understanding for the UK to re-engage with this
- Cross-border electricity and gas trading, including the implications of the delay to concluding the supplementary agreement on electricity trading envisaged in the TCA
- The extent of alignment and cooperation between the UK and the EU on climate change mitigation
- Whether the UK should seek to link its Emissions Trading Scheme to the EU scheme
- The implications for the UK of the EU’s plans to introduce a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
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