CO₂ pricing helps governments turn emissions into tangible costs that influence real choices in policy, projects and public procurement. Since there is no single correct CO₂ price, approaches vary by context and purpose.
This first webinar explains how CO₂ pricing is used in practice as a decision-making tool, how policy and projects guide choices together, and how procurement can embed these choices without fixed rules. It is aimed at policy officers, project managers, public buyers and professionals in circular construction and infrastructure.
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- Online only
- Live streaming available
Practical information
- Where
- Online only
- When
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- Who should attend
- Policy officers for sustainability, the environment and public space; Project leaders and program managers; Public buyers and contract managers; Administrators and consultants working on circular construction and infrastructure.
- Livestream
- Starts on Thursday 19 March 2026, 14:00 CET
- Website
- https://www.acrplus.org/en/agenda/co2-pricing-public-procurement-786?langue=en
- Submitted by
- European commission
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Description
CO₂ is playing an increasingly important role in the work of governments. However, in practice, CO₂ is often only given a place at a later stage: as a retrospective measurement or as a separate sustainability indicator. CO₂ pricing is changing that. By translating emissions into euros, it becomes clear that CO₂ is not an abstract environmental theme, but a social cost item related to health, infrastructure, water safety and quality of life.
Many governments have now started calculating CO₂. The next step is that this information actually influences choices. In policy, in projects and ultimately in public procurement. There is no single correct CO₂ price or approach. In practice, governments work with different approaches, depending on the central question and the moment in the work process.
By creating a series of webinars, we offer information for you to explore how CO₂ pricing is applied in practice as a management tool. Not as a norm or obligation, but as a way to make considerations explicit and to make choices easier to explain.
This first webinar focuses on understanding and organising the topic. You will gain insight into:
- Why CO₂ pricing looks so different in practice;
- Which questions governments answer with CO₂ prices;
- How policy and projects together give direction to choices;
- How public procurement can safeguard and repeat these choices, without prescribing a single solution.