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2025 is already characterized by the accelerated erosion of the West and global fragmentation on energy and climate policies, security, trade and governance. Ten years after the Paris Agreement, greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise and the United States is once more preparing to exit the global climate governance, while coal has again passed another consumption record in 2024. Yet annual clean sector investments are finally nearing the 2 trillion $ mark, notably driven by energy security and industrial policies.
In this highly volatile and uncertain context, Ifri is gathering four leading energy economists from four leading energy companies representing a combined 670 billion EUR revenues in 2024 alongside a member of the Executive Committee of Europe’s largest infrastructure fund to discuss the consequences of the various shocks and clashes affecting energy markets, trade, services, and transatlantic relations.
Amidst these uncertainties, what is actually a given, and what are the implications for energy sector investment and policies?
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8:30-9:00: Welcome coffee & breakfast
9:00-9:10: Introduction - The energy transitions torn between war and energy security.
- Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega, Director, Center for Energy and Climate, Ifri
9:10-10:15: The chief economists roundtable
- Laszlo Varro, Vice President Strategy, Insights & Scenarios, Shell
- Marion Calcine, Chief Investment Officer, Infrastructure, Ardian
- Pierre-Laurent Lucille, Chief Economist, Engie
- Thomas-Olivier Léautier, Chief Economist, TotalEnergies
- Charles Weymuller, Chief Economist, EDF
10:15-11:15: Discussion
Please note that the event is by invitation only and will be held in English without translation.
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