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Tuesday 3 June | 10.30am-12.30pm

Join RenewableNI and A&L Goodbody for the latest in our free renewable energy seminar series.

The theme for this session is the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and issue that is emerging in the renewable sector.

The session will feature a presentation by Robert Birch from Energy UK, Micaela Diver from A&L Goodbody and RenewableNI’s Shane Corcoran.  An audience Q&A session will follow the presentations.

Meet the CBAM speakers

head and shoulder of Micaela Diver

Micaela Diver, Partner, A&L Goodbody

Micaela Diver is a partner in A&L Goodbody’s Litigation department in Belfast. Micaela specialises in Public & Regulatory law and is experienced in complex, high profile cases in the Northern Irish Commercial Court.

Micaela advises clients in both the public and private sector on contentious and non-contentious public procurement law matters, including large scale outsourcing and infrastructure projects. She also advises clients on competition law matters including compliance, merger control and private damages actions.

Micaela acts for clients in judicial reviews, statutory appeals, investigations (bribery and anti-corruption) and other inquiries across a variety of sectors including energy, utilities, health, transport, construction and the public sector.

Robert Birch, Policy Manager, Energy UK

Policy Manager at Energy UK, Robert is leading policy work on carbon pricing and UK-EU cooperation in climate and energy. This includes a particular focus on emissions trading and carbon border adjustment mechanisms in the UK and EU. Robert has worked across the policy and membership teams at Energy UK and previously ran the secretariat of the YEP Forum, a network of over 3000 energy professionals with up to 10 years of experience. He also holds a MSc in European Policy and Politics from University College London.