BNEF G20 Zero-Carbon Policy Scoreboard: Who’s Doing It Best?
What has worked to spur change so far and what are the common pitfalls? Where could the next policy-driven opportunities for business come from?
Join us to discuss BloombergNEF's new G20 Zero-Carbon Policy Scoreboard report, which seeks to answer these questions by evaluating countries' policy mixes, highlighting examples of what works and flagging where more progress is needed. BNEF’s policy experts also examine the needs and challenges across the economy, including power, low-carbon fuels and CCUS, transport, buildings, industry and the circular economy.
Speakers
Victoria Cuming
Head of Global Policy
BloombergNEF
Victoria is Head of Global Policy at BloombergNEF – Bloomberg’s primary research service covering clean energy, advanced transport, digital industry and innovative materials. Having joined the company in 2009, Victoria has written reports on a wide range of topics, including government responses to declining fuel tax revenue, risk-mitigation mechanisms for renewables projects, carbon markets, local content requirements, small modular reactors, heat decarbonization, electricity market design and the ‘missing money problem’, and the implications of Brexit. Before BNEF, Victoria spent seven years as an editor working with the European Commission and Parliament in Brussels; and for an economics consultancy in Oxford. She holds two Master’s degrees from the University of Cambridge, and another Master’s from the University of Durham. Victoria leads analysis of cross-regional and cross-sectoral trends in policy and regulation around the climate transition, including COP26. Having joined the company in 2009, she has written reports on a wide range of topics, including impact of electrification of industry, buildings and transport, government responses to declining fuel tax revenue, carbon markets, local content requirements, small modular reactors, heat decarbonization and the implications of Brexit. Before BNEF, Victoria spent seven years as an editor working with the European Commission and Parliament in Brussels; and for an economics consultancy in Oxford. She holds two Master’s degrees from the University of Cambridge, and another Master’s from the University of Durham.
Ethan Zindler
Head of Americas
BloombergNEF
Ethan Zindler is Head of Americas at BloombergNEF, a provider of insight, data and news on energy, advanced transportation, commodities, and emerging technologies. He manages analyst and commercial teams in New York, Washington, San Francisco, and Sao Paulo while also overseeing Climatescope (www.global-climatescope.org), a project profiling clean energy conditions in developing countries. He joined BNEF (originally known as New Energy Finance) in 2005 as its first U.S. employee and has held several positions with the group. His prior employment includes stints at The Cape Cod Times, the White House, and MTV. Zindler is a Senior Associate (non-resident), at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Energy and National Security Program. Zindler holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA from Georgetown University.
Ali Izadi-Najafabadi
Head of APAC Research
BloombergNEF
Based in Seoul, Ali Izadi manages BloombergNEF's research teams across Asia Pacific, focusing on the transition of the region's economies to a cleaner more competitive future. The teams’ reports and tools help clients identify opportunities and risks associated with this transition. Prior to his current role, Ali managed BloombergNEF’s Intelligent Mobility team as well as Japan and Korea Research team.
Prior to joining BloombergNEF in 2010, Ali had worked at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, as well as fuel cell manufacturer, Ballard Power Systems.
Ali has an undergraduate degree in Engineering Physics and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, and a Doctorate in Materials Science from Meijo University.