Buying Low, Flying High: carbon offsets and partial compliance

Philosophy@LSE| public lecture

Date:  Monday 14 March  2011  
Time: 6-7.30pm
Venue:   Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Dr Kai Spiekermann

Many airlines allow their customers to ‘offset’ the emissions caused by flying. Is it permissible to fly purely for pleasure as long as we buy carbon offsets?

Kai Spiekermann is lecturer in political philosophy at LSE’s Department of Government.

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The event is organised by the International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG), Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) in cooperation with Resources for the Future (RFF) and the Université Paris Dauphine.

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Equip yourself with crucial information on the challenges and opportunities in the global Carbon Market. Carbon Markets have proven to be a fundamental tool to quickly spur economy-wide abatement activities and steer finance towards low carbon technologies. Nevertheless, a combination of market based approaches with additional policies and measures are needed to meet global climate aspirations. CARBON EXPO is the global platform to explore the detailed development of carbon markets worldwide and interrelated policies and measures that will shape the international climate regime of the future.

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The event in 2010 will focus on momentum. Much has been discussed over the last decade about CCS and its viability in terms of carbon mitigation and cost. It is now recognised on an international level that CCS has a role to play in the global battle on climate change.

Platts 4th Annual European Carbon Capture and Storage: From Policy to Practice conference will continue to will provide attendees with an unrivalled update on Europe’s developing CCS market, funding allocation, policy changes, lessons learned from European and international case studies and practical solutions to the challenges of commercialisation — supply chain infrastructure, storage liability, public support and finance.

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The 15th Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol tasked with agreeing on a successor treaty to take affect after the conclusion of the Kyoto Treaty in 2012.

The 5th edition of Voluntary Carbon Markets event series is taking place in London on 12-13 October 2009. At the 2008 event, delegates learnt that 2007 was the year of the standards, 2008 saw the rise of registries and their important role in taking the voluntary market to the next step. As businesses and consumers are grappling with a difficult global economic climate, will environmental and carbon offsetting commitments persist or become a dispensable luxury?

The factors influencing consumer behavior in this market are complicated, but there is a consensus when it comes to corporations. The main driver behind their offsetting activities is PR and corporate social responsibility, which leads to a continued interest and participation in the voluntary market.

The Voluntary Carbon Markets conference will again bring the entire carbon market value chain together to provide a platform for discussion and to encourage new business relationships. Delegates will hear from expert speakers analysing the current market conditions and giving their pricing projections, will start by looking closer to home, where the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change has published offset guidelines and a ‘carbon neutral’ definition.

Since the last edition of Voluntary Carbon Markets London, a lot of progress has been made in consolidating the market. 96% of voluntary emission reduction credits were verified by independent third-party verifiers in 2008. However the voluntary carbon markets have suffered from a strong media backlash in regards to its effectiveness in combating global carbon reductions. The Voluntary Carbon Market increased significantly in 2008 reaching 123.4MtCO2e, almost double its size in 2007. However, a decrease in VER prices and volume at the beginning of 2009, have shown that the VCM is not immune to the global economic climate. (Source: New Carbon Finance)

Participants in the ‘State of the Voluntary Carbon Market 2009’ report predict that despite the global recession the market will grow by 21% and with all eyes turning to the COP15 in Copenhagen this December, it promises to be an exciting year. The Post Kyoto Agreement is as vital as ever in the fight against climate change and will no doubt have a considerable impact on the global voluntary carbon markets. Join us at Voluntary Carbon Markets in London and find out how the voluntary landscape will take shape.
Key Reasons to Attend

* Listen to experts share their predictions on future VCM growth
* Identify investment opportunities and the implications of the economic downturn
* Hear about emerging market trends such as credit stacking and REDD
* Learn how to include carbon offsetting in your corporate social responsibility strategy
* Analyse the factors influencing VER pricing
* Network with voluntary carbon credit buyers and sellers – 700 past attendees
* Participate in a series of interactive panel discussions and help shape this fast moving market
* Benefit from first class networking opportunities though our online networking tool prior to, during and after the event

WCC-3 will establish an international framework to guide the development of climate services which will link science-based climate predictions and information with climate-risk management and adaptation to climate variability and change throughout the world..

Over the decades, WMO has enhanced capacities in meteorology, hydrology and related geosciences to provide services that enable humankind to cope with climate conditions. The enormous amount of data gathered and archived by WMO, together with its global data-processing and telecommunication systems, is a resource that can help significantly to develop climate services and products. These include accurate climate predictions and maps of, and return periods for, potential risks and opportunities concerning renewable energy sources, urban management and disease outbreaks.

Global, regional and national climate prediction centres have the skills to produce useful climate predictions and information. These skills, however, vary from region to region and country to country. The capacities of developing countries and Least Developed Countries need to be strengthened to enable them to produce accurate and useful products and services.

Climate provides societies with opportunities, as well as risks. The needs of different societies have to be well understood and integrated in the generation of products and services. Climate monitoring and prediction must be improved and appropriate policies developed. These requirements cannot be achieved by individual countries alone. The world is served by one climate system that redistributes heat, energy and other atmospheric and oceanic constituents; worldwide cooperation is therefore indispensable.

Adequate monitoring of the climate system enables timely detection of transboundary hazardous climate systems. The world must come together to improve climate prediction and information services that will significantly contribute to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Bali Action Plan and the Hyogo Framework Action on disaster risk reduction.

WCC-3 will build on our resulting improved understanding of the climate system and advances in the science of climate prediction and information that can contribute to enhancing the well-being of society. It will focus on establishing services that enable decision-makers to better manage the climate opportunities and risks associated with extreme climate conditions and allow communities to improve their ability to adapt to long-term climate change.

WCC-3 will establish an international framework to develop climate services which will bridge the gap between the assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the services required to adapt to climate variability and change at regional and sectoral levels.

WCC-3 is also expected to provide direction to address climate-related risks, such as droughts, floods, extreme cold, heatwaves, famine and outbreaks of certain diseases, which, as well as threatening lives and livelihoods, affect health and the availability of essential needs such as food, water and energy.

Key benefits of attending:
• Keynote speaker – Artur Runge-Metzger, Head of International Climate Negotiations, European Commission who will give the European Commission’s view on international negotiations on climate change – outcomes from the UN meeting in Bonn on 1-12 June and expectations for Copenhagen in December.
• Keynote speaker – Henry Derwent, President & CEO, IETA who will review and assess the implementation of Phase II of the EU ETS.
• 25+ top-level speakers from industry & government – see below for the full list
• Highly interactive format – full of panel sessions so you can discuss all the issues important to you and your business.
• Packed agenda – covering topics such as:
• Phase II – review and assessment of its implementation
• Carbon trading in a recession
• EU ETS and global trends in carbon trading
• Implementing the energy and climate package – does the legislative package offer enough certainty for investment decisions within the EU? Will the 2020 targets be achievable?
• Where next for carbon prices?
• Power sector exposure
• Carbon trading in Eastern European states
• Evolution and likely shape of the EU ETS beyond 2012
• Preparations of the aviation sector for entering the EU ETS in 2012 and likely impact on EUA prices
• CDM credits and the EU ETS
• Financial instruments linked to carbon allowances
• Legal and regulatory issues for Phase II and Phase III
• Emissions verification – lessons learnt and the way forward
• Superb networking opportunities – meet and build profitable partnerships with other participants.

Carbon Expo 2008 will act again as the global meeting point for companies operating on the CO ² market. Join the specialist Trade Fair and Conference and use this international platform to inform yourself about the latest CO ² projects and climate development.

Six months before the UN climate conference (COP15) in Copenhagen, the World Business Summit on Climate Change will bring together business with the world's top scientists, economists, civil society, media leaders, government representatives and other leading thinkers to put forward recommendations for the next international framework on climate change.

The Summit will focus on exploring how the next global treaty can be shaped to encourage business action on climate change. Issues on the agenda include, how to:

* Promote investment in R&D and rapid deployment of clean technologies
* Leverage private capital in financing clean energy
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* Protect the world's carbon sinks
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* Resolve IPR issues in technology collaboration
* Secure the ability to adapt to the effects of climate change in the most affected regions

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The 4th annual Sustainable Bioenergy 2009 will examine all the new trends in the bioenergy markets and how they are influencing investment decisions in Europe.

KEY BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:

• Hear from 30+ forward-thinking industry experts – benefit from their first-hand experience and discuss with them the new opportunities in biomass, biogas and sustainable biofuels.

• Keynote address from Dr Kyriakos Maniatis, DG Energy and Transport, European Commission

• NEW! Highly interactive format – including many panel discussions and extended Q&A sessions. Panel discussions include:
– sustainability and biofuels
– bioenergy and carbon finance/climate change
– investment opportunities in forestry
– outlook for biomass in power generation
– new opportunities in biogas
– biomass for chemicals
– investment opportunities in biorefineries

• Packed agenda covering all the issues important to you and your business –
in addition to the panel discussions, top-level industry experts will present on:
– EU policy and targets
– Second-generation biofuels
– Case study: biomass projects in the CDM
– Commodity price risk management in bioenergy markets
– Biomass for heat and power
– Infrastructure investment challenges

• Superb networking – meet and do business with the key players and decision makers in the European bioenergy markets

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Taking place a few days prior to the meeting of the UN Conference of Parties at Poznan, this timely event will examine the challenges and opportunities ahead for the carbon market, and the factors that will shape the development of a post-2012 international framework for carbon. This will include an update and analysis of developments in the European Commission's review of the EU ETS, and the implications for key sector businesses in Phase III. Expert speakers will also investigate the drivers and risk factors for carbon prices, and the markets for EUAs, CERs, and ERUs.

The voluntary carbon market experienced further growth in 2007, and experts predict the pattern to be repeated through 2008. Yet this rapid expansion of the market has not been without its difficulties. As the number of consumers grow, so too does their awareness of the opportunities and pitfalls in this exciting and innovative market. 2007 saw the establishment of several standards, registries and other market mechanisms in a bid to bring credibility and transparency to the market. A year on, have these initiatives achieved their purpose, and is the market really providing the consumers with what they want?

Following successful editions in London and New York, the 3rd Voluntary Carbon Markets forum will continue to provide an excellent platform for business to learn about the latest developments in VCM standards and market opportunities. Learn about what businesses and consumers really want from the offsets they buy, and how you can best communicate your carbon neutral activities to reach your target audience who is driving the market forward.

* The only event to focus solely on the voluntary carbon market
* Learn from practical case studies from companies involved in voluntary offsetting
* Find out what consumers really want, and how you can give it to them
* Benefit from a series of interactive panel discussions
* Discover where the investment opportunities are
* Prepare your business for climate regulation
* Fantastic networking opportunities
* Co-located exhibition area

Voluntary Carbon Markets forum will continue to provide an excellent platform for business to learn about the latest developments in VCM standards and market opportunities. Over 300 carbon mitigation experts and business leaders have benefited from attending the VCM series to date.

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Overview
– 3000+ delegates have attended our
conferences so far
– 8th annual Carbon Finance 2008
– 3 days of knowledge sharing
– 30+ forward thinking industry experts speaking
– 25+ topics to choose from
– 4 interactive panel discussions
– 9 idea-exchange roundtables
– 10+ hours of superb networking including a
drinks reception
– 1 post-conference comprehensive Delivering the Carbon Margin Workshop
. . . and much, much more!

Brand new for 2008
– Newly researched and expanded programme
– Global focus
– More focused sessions
– More interaction
– New event format
– Roundtables
– No sales pitches, only a valuable learning experience

Keynote address:

Global carbon update – outlook on the Kyoto process, recent legislation and emissions trading activity on an international level