What Is GCET & Why It Matters
GCET is the world’s leading platform for interdisciplinary exchange on the design and implementation of green fiscal tools—carbon taxes, emissions trading systems (ETS), pollution levies, and incentive structures that accelerate clean technology. The conference explores how pricing mechanisms can cut emissions, protect ecosystems, and deliver a just transition that supports workers and vulnerable households.
High-Level Participation
GCET25 features senior representatives and experts engaging with evidence and best practice. Delegates interface with voices linked to the United Nations, International Monetary Fund (IMF), OECD, and the World Bank—creating a rare nexus where global institutions, national treasuries, industry, and researchers align on actionable fiscal reform.
Host City & Venue: Stellenbosch and STIAS
Set against vineyards and mountains near Cape Town, Stellenbosch offers exceptional accessibility, accommodation, and cultural experiences. The conference is hosted at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), a purpose-built environment for deep work and cross-disciplinary collaboration, located on the Stellenbosch University campus.
Programme Highlights
- Opening Reception: Meet-and-greet the evening before the conference for early networking.
- Technical Sessions: Carbon pricing design, equity and revenue recycling, ETS linkages, CBAM impacts, green fiscal reform, and sustainable business practices.
- Gala Dinner: A standout networking evening at Gold Restaurant in Cape Town on Day 2.
Why “Just Energy Transition” Is Central
GCET25’s core lens is fairness: how to reduce emissions while expanding opportunity. Panels examine support for coal-dependent regions, skills transitions, revenue use for social protection, and cooperation between the Global North and South so that climate policy is both effective and inclusive.
Who Should Attend
- Policy makers, treasury and revenue officials, municipal leaders
- Researchers, students, legal and tax professionals
- Businesses, financiers, and NGOs scaling clean solutions
Plan Your GCET25 Experience
Secure your place, explore the programme, and find travel tips via the official website. Discover more about the conference, Stellenbosch, and Stellenbosch Business School on the GCET25 site, and get ready to turn climate ambition into implementable, people-centred policy.
