How to Design and Deliver Net-Zero Policy
During this webinar, BNEF will launch the new public NetZero Pathfinders platform, and share analysis from the policy framework. We will discuss what makes good clean energy policies, followed by a Q&A.
Speakers
Brynne Mary Merkley
Energy Transitions Associate
Bloomberg
Brynne leads our content research for NetZero Pathfinders, a public resource of best-practice policies for decarbonizing the major emitting sectors of the energy transition. Her research spans energy, transportation, industry, and agriculture, as she identifies and evaluates effective policies to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy. Brynne also contributes to the wider BNEF policy research on the regional energy transitions team and manages relationships with external stakeholders for Pathfinders research partnerships and collaborations. Her academic background includes a MSc in Climate Change, Management and Finance from Imperial College Business School and a BA in Environmental Science from Cornell University.
Emma Champion
Head of Regional Energy Transitions
BloombergNEF
Emma Champion is Head of Regional Energy Transitions at BloombergNEF, leading analysis of long-term decarbonization scenarios for energy in Europe. Her research focus areas include clean energy policy and investment, power markets, electrification, and industrial decarbonization.ng-term decarbonization scenarios for energy in Europe. Her research focus areas include clean energy policy and investment, power markets, electrification, and industrial decarbonization.
Victoria Cuming
Head of Global Policy
BloombergNEF
As Head of Global Policy at BloombergNEF, Victoria leads analysis of cross-regional and cross-sectoral trends in policy and regulation around the climate transition. Having joined the company in 2009, she leads the ‘G-20 Zero-Carbon Policy Scoreboard’ – BNEF’s annual assessment of the G-20 countries’ decarbonization policies, the ‘Climate Policy Factbook’, and all analysis of international climate and biodiversity negotiations. She also oversees the database of low-carbon policies and regulations known as the ‘Policy Navigator’. In addition, Victoria has written many one-off 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, heat decarbonization and sustainable agriculture. 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.