9:00 AM

Registration and Coffee

9:30 AM

Opening Remarks

Robert Priddle, Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA)
Welcoming remarks, goals and perspectives for initiation of this work

Irene Freudenschuss-Reichl, Co-Chair, Ad-Hoc Open-Ended Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Energy and Sustainable Development of the Commission on Sustainable Development
CSD 9 and Rio Plus 10 Perspectives and Expectations.

10:00 AM

Session I: Subsidies - Today's Situation
Description of existing energy subsidy systems

Chair: Thomas Becker, Danish Environmental Protection Agency

Laurent Dittrick, IEA
Presentation of discussion paper on subsidies
(powerpoint presentation, 73KB)

Trevor Morgan, Consultant, Economic Analysis Division, IEA Energy subsidies in OECD countries
(powerpoint presentation, 99KB)

Jan Pieters, Environment Ministry Netherlands / Research Centre of Economic Policies
Cost-effectiveness of energy subsidization
(powerpoint presentation, 90KB)
(word document, 19KB)

Juraj Krivosik, Stredisko pro efektivni vyuzivani energie (SEVEn)
Evaluating the level of subsidies in the Czechrepublic (1994 - 1998)
(word document, 136KB)

Discussion

12:30

Lunch - served on IEA premises

13:30

Session II Panel: Rationale and Goals for Energy Subsidies
Why subsidies, what goals, purpose and related issues. This panel session will present an overview of selected national subsidy systems, reasoning behind their existence and the consequences on market penetration of new technologies and the creation of niche markets. Fossil fuel, renewable, direct and indirect subsidy systems will be discussed. Debate should mainly cover the reasons for putting these subsidies into place (including targets and expected return)

Chair: Antonio Pflüger, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Germany

Art Rypinski, US Department Of Energy (US DOE)

Michael Kvetney, INFORSE, Civil Society/NGO Representative (Denmark)

Discussion

15:00

Coffee Break

15:30

Session III: Effects of reforming subsidies
Direct and Indirect Social, Economic and Environmental Effects of Applying and Removing Subsidies

Chair: Daniel Dumas, Director of Studies, World Energy Council (WEC)

Jan Keppler, Principal Administrator, Economics Analysis Division, IEA
Insights from IEA World Energy Outlook analysis on effects of energy subsidy removal

Anil Markandya, UNEP
An overview of UNEP's analysis on environmental and other effects of energy subsidy reform

Dr Leena Srivastava, Dean, Regulatory Studies and Governance Division, Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) Consequences of subsidising energy: prices, costs and budgets
(powerpoint presentation, 152KB)

18:00

Cocktail