Oil & Gas Law Conference & The Just Transition Initiative ......2 3rd biennial uwi faculty of law oil and gas law conference and the just transition initiative conference 2019 conference

THE RELEVANCEOF RENEWABLE ENERGY

IN THE CARIBBEAN

3rd Biennial UWI Faculty of Law

Oil & Gas Law Conference & The Just Transition Initiative Conference 2019

March 27th - 29th, 2019The Hilton Trinidad Conference Centre

SPONSORS

Johnson, Camacho & Singh

Pollonais, Blanc, de la Bastide & Jacelon

ABOUT THE CONFERENCEConference Secretariat The Conference Secretariat is available for registration to answer questions, print

materials and assist with making your Conference experience more enjoyable. The

Secretariat will be open at the following times:

March 27th: 7:30-12noon March 27th: 2-5pm March 28th: 7:30-12noon

March 28th: 2-5pm March 29th: 8-11am

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attendees at the Secretariat during the scheduled times.

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BACKGROUND Following the success of the two previous biennial Oil and Gas Law conferences

in 2015 and 2017 the St Augustine Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that the

3rd Biennial Oil and Gas Law Conference will be hosted at the Hilton Hotel and

Conference Centre Trinidad, from March 27th- 29th 2019. This year we are pleased to

collaborate with the Just Transition Initiative.

The theme for this year’s conference is ‘The Relevance of Renewable Energy in the

Caribbean’. Topics will include oil and gas law contract re-negotiation, taxation,

environmental justice and energy issues in transitioning to a greener economy.

Several major oil companies, Universities and the MEEI have collaborated with the

UWI to host this conference. Keynote speakers include Vonda Brunsting, Programme

Manager of The Just Transition Project at Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University,

US; Professor Raphael Heffron, Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law & Policy,

University of Dundee, UK and Visiting Professor at Oxford University; and Kevin

Ramnarine, Strategic Energy Adviser, Former Minister of Energy, Trinidad and Tobago.

This conference and workshop is extremely important to the Faculty and one that we

believe will have a regional appeal. It is also in line with the strategic plan and mission

of the UWI to advance education and create knowledge in order to support the

development of the Caribbean region and beyond.

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3RD BIENNIAL UWI FACULTY OF LAW OIL AND GAS LAW CONFERENCE AND THE JUST TRANSITION INITIATIVE CONFERENCE 2019

CONFERENCE PROGAMME

DAY 1Wednesday March 27th 2019

07:45 – 08:15 REGISTRATION

08:15 – 09:15 OPENING CEREMONY National Anthem

Safety Briefing

WELCOME Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine

Dean, Faculty of Law, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus

REMARKS Wendy-Fae Thompson Managing Counsel, BPTT

Professor Raphael J Heffron Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee, UK and Visiting Senior Fellow Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, UK

Chair: Alicia Elias-Roberts, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Law, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus 212.237.7000

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09:15 – 10:15 FEATURE SPEAKER Professor Raphael J Heffron

Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee, UK

The Impact of the Just Transition on International and National Energy Markets

10:15 – 10:30 TEA AND COFFEE

10:30 - 13:00 KEYNOTE SESSION I AND Q&A

Moderator: Professor Raphael Heffron, University of Dundee, UK

Alicia Elias-Roberts University of West Indies (T&T)

The legal and regulatory framework governing decommissioning activities in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana

Dr. Diane Kraal Monash University, Australia

Natural Gas Taxation: Energy Justice, the Dutch Transition to a Gas Market Hub and Lessons for Australia’s Integrated Gas Projects

Dr Eduardo Pereira

University of Eastern Finland and Founder, International Energy Law Advisor Group

Host Governments, Investors & Public Participation: International lessons for oil and gas activities within the Caribbean

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14:00 – 15:30 KEYNOTE SESSION II AND Q&A

Moderator: Professor Raphael Heffron, University of Dundee, UK

Kevin Ramnarine Strategic Energy Adviser, Former Minister of Energy, Trinidad and Tobago

Fiscal systems in Trinidad and Guyana: Getting the Balance Right!

Shane Grimes Coventry University, UK

Government Subsidies and the Just Transition: To give or not to give?


15:45 - 17:45 PANEL DISCUSSION I: Taxation and related legal issues in Oil and Gas operations

Moderator: Dr Eduardo Pereira, University of Eastern Finland and Founder, International Energy Law Advisor Group

Indira Rampaul-Cheddie Senior State Counsel, Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (T&T)

The effective use of Renewable Energy Auction Schemes in Trinidad and Tobago - salient considerations.

Justice Anthony DJ Gafoor Ph. D Candidate, UWI, St. Augustine (T&T)

“The resolution of tax disputes in the energy sector: the impact of domestic law and double tax treaties

Deborah Ragoonath-Rajkumar

National Tax Manager, BP (T&T)

Tax audit issues and reporting issues for multinational companies operating in the Oil and Gas sector

17.45 - 18.00 CLOSING REMARKS OF DAY 1 Shane Grimes

University of Coventry, UK

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DAY 2Thursday March 28th 2019


08:30 - 09:00 INTRODUCTION & WELCOME TO DAY 2 Chair: Raphael Heffron, University of Dundee, UK

09:00 - 10:45 KEYNOTE SESSION III AND Q&A

Moderator: Shane Grimes, Coventry University

Vonda Brunsting The Just Transition Project, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, USA

The Role of Investors in the Just Transition

Jimmy Greer Head, Sustainability Research and Policy in the Professional Insights directorate, ACCA

The new frontier for climate risk reporting: greater precision, more decision-useful information and The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations


11:15 – 13:00 PANEL DISCUSSIONS II: Legal Issues surrounding Renewable Energy

Moderator: Dr Darren McCauley, University of St. Andrews

Joshua L. Belcher Counsel, Eversheds Sutherland, USA

“Renewable Energy Contracting in the Caribbean: Risk Mitigation in Power Purchase Agreements.”

Dr Judith Gobin

Head, Dept. of Life Sciences, The UWI and Member, Advisory Board of the Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI)

“Environmental Impacts of the Deep-Water Oil and Gas Industry in Trinidad and Tobago: Considerations for Environmental Management.”

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Jason Robert Rameshwar (PhD student) Industrial Engineering, Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, UWI (T&T)

Industry 4.0 can have a positive socio-economic and environmental influence on the Oil & Gas Industry

Susan-Leigh Christopher University of Aberdeen, UK

Renegotiation Clauses in Petroleum Contracts: Contractual Flexibility as a Vehicle for Stability in Long-Term Contractual Relationships

Cathal Healy-Singh Environmental Engineer and Public Interest Advocate (T&T)

“Fatal Fossils: Environmental Regulatory Failures and the Loss of Public Goods”

13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH

Screening of Documentary Film ‘Sun Sea and Science: Trinidad after Oil’

14:00 – 15:30 PANEL DISCUSSIONS III: Environmental Justice and Renewable Energy Issues

Moderator: John Knechtle, University of West Indies

Gary Aboud Programme Co-ordinator, Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (T&T)

“The Road to Environmental Justice – Where do we stand?”

Denzil Rajack-Prayag (LL.B) HWLS (T&T)

“To what extent are International trade and the protection of the environment related, with respect to Trinidad and Tobago?”

Vindra Ananda Dass Attorney-at-law (T&T)

“Renewable energy, the just transition and small-island developing states.”

Neisha Ramdass, BSc. MBA (Candidate), UWI (T&T)

“A Case Study: Fossil Fuels and Energy Transition in Trinidad And Tobago”


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16:00 – 17:15 PANEL DISCUSSION IV: A Law and Policy Analysis of the Just Energy Transition

Moderator: Professor Raphael Heffron

Professor Patrick Baker University of Tennessee, US (e-presentation)

Coal shines a light on the Need for a Just Energy Transition in the US. A Report on Asia, Europe & Africa – A Legal Analysis

Theresia Sumarno, Asimenia Karydaki, and Elias Zigah (All Speakersl from the CEPMLP, University of Dundee Project)

17:15 – 18:00 SPECIAL SESSION: Education, Energy Self-Sufficiency & Universities

Moderator: Alicia Elias-Roberts, University of West Indies


Net Zero Initiative project

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DAY 3Friday 29th March 2019


08:30 - 08:35 INTRODUCTION & WELCOME TO DAY 3

Chair: Shane Grimes, Coventry University, UK

8.35-10.30 KEYNOTE SESSION IV Q&A

Moderator: Alana Malinde S.N. Lancaster, The University of the West Indies (Barbados)

Anthony Paul Energy & Strategy Adviser, Aces, Caribbean Energy Specialists Ltd

Friends with Benefits - Oil and Gas as a Platform for the Transition to Renewables. Opportunities for Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana

Dr. Darren McCauley University of St. Andrews, UK

Just Transition and Neo-Extractivism

Dr. Rebekah Shirley Chief Research Officer, Power for All, Visiting Research Fellow, Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya

Utilities of the Future in Small Island States

10.30 – 11.00 TEA AND COFFEE

11.00-12.30 PANEL DISCUSSION V: Caribbean States transitioning to a cleaner future

Moderator: Anastasia Sanford, Attorney-at-law, Sanford’s Chambers, GUYANA.

Hector Edwards Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Guyana, and

Diana Gobin Assistant Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Guyana (Guyana)

“The Black and Blue Paradox”

Alana Malinde S.N. Lancaster Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies (Barbados)

“Energy’s El Dorado? Could Guyana be an Exemplar for Transition in the CARICOM & OECS Region?”

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Kevin Jones Vermont Law School, US

Puerto Rico’s Road to Resilience: An Island’s Challenging Transition to a Cleaner, More Resilient Future

Tricia Chin LLB, LEC, LLM Attorney-at-law, Principal, PCL Consulting (T&T)

Public Contracts and accessing Environmental Justice

12.30– 13.00 FINAL PANEL DISCUSSION VI: Next Steps for the Oil, Gas & Just Transition

Moderator: Dr. Vicente López-Ibor Mayor, President of the European Federation of Energy Law Associations


Raphael Heffron CEPMLP, University of Dundee

Darren McCauley University of St. Andrews

Alicia Elias-Roberts The University of West Indies (T&T)

13.00 FINAL VOTE OF THANKS & CLOSING REMARKS Alicia Elias-Roberts

The University of West Indies

Indira Rampaul-Cheddie Senior State Counsel, Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (T&T)

13.15 CONFERENCE CLOSES & FREE TIME

18.00 – 20.00 FINAL SOCIAL EVENT

Conference Dinner Tiki Village Restaurant Kapok Hotel Saddle Road, Port of Spain

You are invited to a Special evening dinner

Book your place online at https://www.thejusttransition.com/conference-tickets

19:00 – 19:10 CLOSING REMARKS

Professor Raphael Heffron University of Dundee, UK and

Professor Rose-Marie B Antoine Dean, Faculty of Law, UWI

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THE JUST TRANSITION INITIATIVEwww.thejusttransition.com

In 2017, alongside several other scholars, we formed the Just Transition Initiative. The aim of this initiative was to create a space for interdisciplinary dialogue, collaboration and research output on the Just Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy. The reasoning behind this is the shared belief that whatever topic we focus on in

our research, we all have the same long-term goal of a low-carbon economy.

Our initiative involves already within the first few years, support from several universities and institutions across the world which includes: the Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP), University of Dundee (UK); University of Coventry (UK), University of Michigan (US); the University of Connecticut (US); Monash University (Australia); the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT), Tilburg University (the Netherlands); University of West Indies (TT), Queen Mary University of London (UK); the University of St. Andrews (UK); the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) and the European Commission (via a Jean Monnet Professorship awarded to Professor Raphael Heffron). The inaugural event was held in Edinburgh in March 2018, and it is great to partner with an on-going event and

broaden the network here in Trinidad.

Overall the issue of a just transition to a low-carbon economy is receiving significant attention internationally. There have been two major developments over the past year and these will accelerate a research agenda across the world on the just transition. The first is that the UN have recently established a research group on the just transition, and this growing group will aid in communicating the message internationally. The second development is the recent inclusion of the ‘just transition’ in the text – communiqué- issued after the last G7 talks where these countries confirmed they would “ … ensure (ing) a just transition, including increasing efforts to mobilize climate finance from a wide variety of sources.” Both these developments follow the earlier mention of the ‘just transition’ in the Paris COP21 preamble. It is clear the just transition has reached international and national policy circles and this will only continue, and our Just Transition Initiative aims to be at the forefront of the

societal just transition shift to a low-carbon based economy.

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