COP26 in Review: A Breakthrough or Breakdown?
Join BloombergNEF analysts to review the outcomes of COP26. The discussion will assess to what extent the event made progress toward the Paris Agreement goals and implementing new cooperation mechanisms (Article 6) as well as the overall implications for companies and national policy makers.
Discussion Topics
• Climate action
• Climate commitments
• Policy
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.
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.
Justin Wu
Head of Asia-Pacific
BloombergNEF
Justin is head of Asia-Pacific at BloombergNEF (BNEF), a research group within Bloomberg LP covering climate and commodities. He is an expert on clean energy, corporate sustainability and environmental policy in Asia and a regular contributor on climate issues for Bloomberg radio and television. Justin holds a MS in Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London and a BS in International Politics from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service.