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From 19-28 March 2012, the International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP) will convene a Training Course on Emissions Trading for Emerging Economies and Developing Countries in Alajuela, Costa Rica.

Following the successful ICAP Summer Schools held in previous years in Berlin, the Hague, Beijing, and Madrid, the course is designed for 25 to 30 carefully selected policy makers and other stakeholders from the nongovernmental, academic, and the private sector. It will convey an in-depth understanding of emissions trading as an instrument to mitigate greenhouse gases, and build capacity on the technical design and implementation of carbon trading systems.

Over the span of one and a half weeks, participants will have ample networking opportunities with each other and with the teaching faculty, composed of representatives from ICAP members and other recognized experts in the field. Alumni work will help promote active virtual discussions among participants beyond the duration of the course.

Participation in the Alajuela training course is open to applicants from Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. For further details, please download the ICAP Training Course Flyer.

A similar course, the ICAP Summer School 2012, will take place in July 2012 in Ireland. It will be open to applicants from around the world. More information will be posted on the ICAP website in due course.

For more information on further course details and the application process please click here.

Application deadline is 15 December 2011.

 Description: California’s cap-and-trade program will launch in 2013. What is the role of carbon offsets? What project types are eligible to generate early action and compliance offsets? What new offset types will be approved? What is the role of forest carbon and REDD?

Join Winrock International’s American Carbon Registry (ACR) as we host speaker Rajinder Sahota from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) to provide an overview of the state’s greenhouse gas (GHG) cap-and-trade regulation as well as updates on the development of key elements of the carbon offset market.  
 
Ms. Sahota will feature the status and timeline for significant milestones including ARB approval of Offset Project Registries and Verifiers, ARB review and adoption of new compliance offset protocols, and California harmonization & linkages with WCI jurisdictions. Click here to register for the webinar now.

California is the first U.S. state to approve an economy-wide cap-and-trade program, which will create the second largest carbon market in the world behind the European Union. Cap-and-trade is the cornerstone of AB32, California’s historic climate change law that mandates a reduction in carbon emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Beginning in 2013, the state’s largest sources of GHG emissions will be required to meet the regulatory  caps or purchase allowances or offsets.  
 
The regulation includes requirements for entities to be approved by ARB as Offset Project Registries (OPRs) for the California compliance program. OPRs will oversee the registration and issuance of California-eligible offsets, developed in uncapped sectors using ARB-approved compliance offset protocols or early action protocols. The projection for the use of offsets in the three compliance periods 2013- 2020 is 200 million tons at an estimated value over $5 billion.
 
ACR will provide an update on its preparations to apply to serve as an ARB approved Offset Project Registry as well as other recent relevant developments.

Click here to RSVP for the webinar or go to http://bit.ly/CAAB32.

Who Should Attend: Anyone new to carbon offsets, students, job-seekers, or anyone who wants to learn more about this complex and fast-moving industry.

Key objectives of the event are:
• to provide an effective communication platform,
• to update the audience on trends regarding flexible and new mechanisms, and
• to inform the participants of new project opportunities.

Schedule
• Workshop:                                               2-3 February 2012
• Optional Site visit:                     1 February 2012 (afternoon)

Venue
Kommunalkredit Public Consulting, Tuerkenstrasse 9, 1092 Vienna, Austria

Contact and further information
[email protected]

This event is designed as a carbon neutral event. Carbon emissions arising from air travel of our speakers will be compensated through Climate Austria. Participants are kindly invited to follow this initiative: www.climateaustria.at

Key topics 2012:

• Results and implications of COP 17 in Durban
• Roadmap 2050 and the role of offsetting in Europe post-2012
• Tracking progress on low-carbon initiatives
• Carbon markets: developments and trends

Carbon market survey
Participants will be invited to a quick survey (2 minutes) on topics related to the future of carbon markets. Results of this survey will be presented at the event.

1. Workshop Programme

Wednesday, 1 February 2012
14-18h (optional) Site visit: Reducing emissions through renewable energy:
Hydropower Plant Freudenau | Verbund

Day 1: Thursday, 2 February 2012
Session I: COP 17 Durban: stepping stone towards a comprehensive agreement?
Session II:   Roadmap 2050 and the role of offsetting in Europe post-2012
Session III: Tracking progress on low-carbon initiatives

      * Part 1: Policy development to drive low-carbon initiatives
      * Part 2: Low-carbon initiatives in practice

Day 2: Friday, 3 February 2012
Session IV: Austrian JI/CDM Programme: update & outlook
Session V: Carbon Markets: current developments and future trends

2. Participation and Registration

• Registration and Payment procedure
Places are limited. For registration please remit a completed registration form and pay the workshop fee simultaneously to the following account:

Account name: Kommunalkredit Public Consulting GmbH
Account number: 96.051.049
Bank name: BAWAG PSK
Bank number: 60000

For international remittances:
IBAN: AT036000000096051049
BIC: OPSKATWW

Make sure that you state the name of the participating person on the remittance.
Notice that you are only registered after receipt of our invoice. We will send you the invoice as soon as your amount was credited to our account.

• Cancellation policy
Cancellations are only possible if made at least 14 days prior to the workshop (15 January 2012).

• Visa invitation letter
Please check with the local Austrian Embassy or High Commission in your country for specific visa requirements. Related costs have to be born by the participant. In order to receive an official invitation letter you have to submit

      * a copy of your passport,
      * a completed form of Participant Details,
      * payment confirmation of workshop fee,
      * your Curriculum Vitae and
      * a 2-page motivation letter in English highlighting your experience in the Carbon Market.

Invitation letters will be sent only on request and after receipt of registration fee and all mentioned documents.
Please notice that the registration fee must have been credited to our account until 30 November 2011 in order to arrange an official invitation letter. No exceptions are made.

Programme:

• Axel Michaelowa (Perspectives): Institutions saved, but where is the substance?
• Tuomas Rautanen (First Climate): Durban – European show breaking a China taboo!
• Joelle de Sépibus (University of Berne): Outlook for new mechanisms
• Patrick Hofstetter (WWF Switzerland): NGO perspectives on Durban
• Carsten Schirmeisen (Holcim): Working the global CO2 legislation patchwork – a global operators’ perspective
• Henrique Schneider (Swiss Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises): SME perspectives on Durban

The workshop will be open to non-members of the Zurich Carbon Market Association against a fee of 50 Swiss Franks (students free). Please register with Sven Widdel (sven.widdel(at)zurich-cma.org);   fees are payable to the Zurich Carbon Market Association bank account at Swiss Postfinance, account 85-570886-8 (IBAN CH140900 0000 8557 0886 8, BIC POFICHBEXXX).

For further information on the Zurich Carbon Market Association see www.zurich-cma.org

For exclusive insights into the successes and failures of the Durban negotiations, and to understand the practical implications for your business, participate in our Post-COP webinar which takes place on 10 January, with our panel of international experts: Dirk Forrister, Marcela Main and Andrei Marcu.    

A must for anyone already operating in the carbon market or planning for the low-carbon future! Don’t delay and secure your place now if you haven’t done so yet!

Hear analysis from our panel of experts:

Marcela Main, Senior Liaison Officer; Secretary General’s Climate Change Support Team Executive, UNFCCC

Dirk Forrister, Principal & Founder, Forrister Advisory LLC

Andrei Marcu, Advisor, Centre for European Policy Studies

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING

• Have incisive analysis delivered direct to your desk
• Have an opportunity to pose questions to an unbeatable panel of experts on this subject
• Receive the recording and a copy of presentations which you can refer to at your leisure

All you need to participate is internet connection & landline phone (Skype or mobile phones can’t be used). We’ll email you a number – usually toll free – so you can dial in just before the webinar begins, and a link to the presentations so you can follow on screen while listening to the speakers.

RATES & REGISTRATION
Receive the November webinar and take part live on January 10th for just £187.50 /US$300.00/€217.50

As population level is projected to increase from 6.5 billion to 8.3 billion by 2030, the world’s demand for energy will also increase by 53 % and thereby elevating global carbon emissions by 55%. At present, the largest contributor in percentage term of global greenhouse gas emissions is China-19.5%. It is followed by USA-19.2%, India-5.3%, Russia-5.1%, Japan-3.6% and Germany- 2.6%.

There is a compliance need to 2020 in India and other Nations including EU. The CDM is Undergoing its own upheaval and National or Global targets to limit CO2 could still be upgraded if international negotiations are finally successful this year, or downgraded if not. Intergovernmental trading has grown, but at the same time attracted controversy. Now the Question is, Are these emissions trading mechanisms the right ones? How can they be scaled up? How can we enable lucrative policy for Green Initiatives? Where is the clever money headed? What are the Risks & Returns on Green Investments?

‘The Carbon Congress 2011’ will feature high-level interactive discussions among business leaders, Government Officials, Civil Society Scholars and Influential Leaders. It is designed to maximize interaction, increase understanding of efforts underway and generate a range of commitments to action around the Carbon Market, Renewable and Sustainable Energy and Environmental Impacts for all goals. The high-level meet will focus on the role of the private and Public sector in supporting the Sustainable Growth.

TCC 2011 provides a Hawk-eyed view on challenges, policies, scopes and future of the Carbon Market, starting from Indian carbon market dynamics… to …what happens beyond Kyoto. From CER supply – demand – pricing to Carbon market Investments.

Join Erwin Jackson, the deputy chief executive of the Climate Institute, Martijn Wilder, head of the global climate change practice at Baker & McKenzie. and Climate Spectator editor Giles Parkinson, as they review the agreement of Durban, and how international climate policy will likely evolve in coming years.

The webinar will cover:
• The details of the Durban agreement
• Implications for Australian policy development and business
• The future of the carbon market
• The impact on clean energy investment

(Please remember to check the time in your state: which is 9am for WA, 10:30am for NT, 11am for QLD, 11:30am for SA, and 12pm for VIC/NSW/ACT)

All companies listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange will have to report their greenhouse gas emissions from April 2013. The UK is the first country to make it compulsory for companies to include emissions data for their entire organisation in their annual financial reports. Reporting GHG emissions is the first vital step towards reductions but, at the same time, provides businesses with great opportunities for cost savings.

Companies:
Attend to find out what you have to report, how to do it and the potential costs and benefits. Identify the key opportunities to save money and avoid financial penalties so that you can give a boost to your bottom line.
 
Investors:
Attend to understand the new opportunities and risks facing companies in your portfolio. Identify the likely winners and losers from mounting pressures to reduce carbon emissions.

Top-level speaking organisations include:

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Microsoft, The Carbon Disclosure Project, Marks & Spencer, British Airways, Herbert Smith, Ecometrica, CCLA, FTSE Group, WHEB Asset Management, AEA, Trucost, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

REGISTER BY 28 SEPTEMBER TO CLAIM UP TO 20% DISCOUNT!

Key benefits of attending:

• Understand policy and business drivers for mandatory carbon accounting

• Discover the business benefits of reporting emissions

• Benefit from insightful case studies from the real leaders in carbon reporting

• Learn how to manage, measure and report corporate emissions

• Hear best practice methodologies for managing emissions throughout your supply chain

• Find out how to disclose the information and what to do with carbon data

• Identify investment opportunities in mandatory reporting

• Superb networking opportunities including the drinks reception at the end of the day – meet, share knowledge and do business with other participants

Who should attend:

• Companies directly affected by the legislation
• Accountants
• Consultants
• Lawyers, legal advisors
• Monitoring / verifying companies
• Private and public investors
• Non UK stock exchanges
• Non UK governments
• SRI investors

To apply and for more information, click here

This exclusive Masterclass will be led by Matthew Tukaki. Matthew is the former Head of one of Australia’s largest and oldest multi layered corporations, Drake. He is currently the CEO of the Sustain Group and the Australian Representative to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). The UNGC is the worlds largest corporate citizenship initiative led by business in partnership with the United Nations.

Matthew has been extensively involved in the climate change narrative in the Southern Hemisphere and will lead you through a comprehensive look at the sector, the challenges and the opportunities. Included on the program are case studies, interactive scenario based workshops and practice driven theory. As a business leader and executive, someone involved in policy development, who better to lead it?

Following the Masterclass will be a private networking forum where participants can spend time with each other and discuss challenges and opportunities alike. This Masterclass is only being run in New York and is strictly limited.

The high level panel we could secure for this event will discuss future hot deals and pitfalls and how they will shape the future carbon markets and investment opportunities therein.

We are delighted to have gained the following experts for our panel:

      * David Bresch, Head Sustainability & Political Risk Management, Swiss Re
      * Stefan Rí¼egg, Manager Sustainability Consulting, PriceWaterhouse Coopers
      * Tuomas Rautanen, Head Regulatory Affairs and Consulting, First Climate
      * Maximilian Horster, Managing Partner, Climate Neutral Investors / South Pole Carbon.

The event is free of charge for all members of the Zurich CMA, and open to other interested persons for the amount of 50 CHF.

We thank Bank Vontobel for hosting the event and sponsoring a light lunch (sandwiches)! The address is Genferstrasse 27, 8002 Zí¼rich. 7th floor. Please see google map above for more guidance.

Please note that the event is restricted to 50 participants.   Hence, if you are interested in joining, please send your subscription to richard.voegeli(at) zurich-cma.org

We look forward to seeing you and discussing this hot topic with you on the 17th of November!

For some the issue is how to reform the CDM by scaling up, reducing costs and improving governance. For others the CDM is flawed by design.
 
This public event will explore these debates, which go to the heart of a 3 year project on The Governance of Clean Development: CDM and Beyond led by Professor Peter Newell, which explores the politics and governance of clean development in the energy sector through the CDM and through other initiatives of a growing range of public and private actors.
 
The event brings together leading actors and specialists in the field to debate these issues based on some of the findings of the research.

Moderator
Simon Maxwell, Overseas Development Institute
Discussion Panel – Confirmed Speakers
Professor Michael Grubb, University of Cambridge
Craig Bennett, Friends of the Earth
Dr Emily Boyd, University of Reading

The event will begin with an introduction by Professor Peter Newell, University of Sussex.

The event will be of interest to policy practitioners, climate change professionals and those involved in carbon markets as
well as NGOs and academics. Drinks and a buffet will be provided.

To register to attend this free event or for more information, please contact Peter Quinn at [email protected] or tel: +44 (0)1603 592329.

Event proceedings will be made available shortly after the event at www.clean-development.com.

The World Bank Institute e-learning course “CDM Programme of Activities (PoA): Challenges and Opportunities”, 7-18 November 2011 helps project developers, carbon market agents, development practitioners and government agencies to better understand the opportunities and challenges of Programmatic CDM and illustrates how it can be used as a tool for catalyzing low carbon development. The deadline for applications is 31 October 2011.

The course is delivered in 3 modules which take about 8 hours to complete. It uses interactive presentations and provides discussion forums. Specific learning objectives of the e-Learning course on include:

      * Understand the Rationale for Developing PoA (why PoA?)
      * Understand Rules and Structure (what PoA?)
      * Identify Potential Sectors where PoA can be effectively applied (where PoA?)
      * Understand Financial Issues and Contractual Arrangements (how PoA?)
      * Identify possible linkages with other policy instruments.

The course builds on existing PoA guidebooks and assessment reports developed by strategic partners such as the German Development Bank (KfW), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) RISØ Center, and the World Bank.

The fee for the facilitated course is USD 200. Applications have to be submitted online using the following link:   http://info.worldbank.org/etools/wbi_learning/sec/app_form.cfm?sch_id=CLM12-00-205

For further information please visit the course webpage: http://einstitute.worldbank.org/ei/course/cdm-programme-activities-challenges-and-opportunities or contact Mr. Pablo Cesar Benitez ([email protected]).

The Kyoto Protocol requires countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. To help countries achieve their emission reduction targets, the Kyoto protocol introduced two market based mechanisms: The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and the Joint Implementation (JI).
 
CDM allows a country, firm, or individual to implement projects that reduce or remove emissions in developing countries and to earn certified emission reduction credits. The CDM is meant to stimulate sustainable development and emission reductions in developing countries, while giving industrialized countries some economic flexibility in how they meet their emission reduction or limitation targets.
 
JI allows a country, firm, or individual to implement an emission reduction project and earn emission reduction units that can be sold. The main difference between the CDM and JI lies in their application, as JI projects can only be hosted by developed countries.
 
The course provides a comprehensive overview of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and the Joint Implementation (JI). It was developed by WBI’s Carbon Finance Assist program and the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute.
 
The course is delivered in 10 modules which take about 20 hours to complete. It uses interactive presentations, case studies, and discussion forums.  The course will enable participants to:

• Understand all aspects of the Kyoto Protocol’s project based mechanisms
• Understand the governance of these mechanisms
• Start a CDM of JI project
• Understand the CDM and JI Project Cycles and corresponding rules and procedures

Hear our speakers discuss:

Preparing for cap-and-trade in California
Update on the proposals
Offsets–overcoming buyers’ liability and investment opportunities
Holding limits and other obstacles
Price signals from early trading
Auction plans
Adam C. Raphaely, Director, Environmental Markets, Karbone

Australia & New Zealand
Update on Australia’s proposed market
Offsets and the Carbon Farming Initiative
New Zealand’s market – one year on
Outlook for linkage  

Japan / Korea
Korea’s ‘cap and no trade’ proposal
Industry’s emission reduction goals
Japan’s Bilateral Offset Credit Mechanism
Impact of the Fukushima disaster
 

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING
• Have incisive analysis delivered direct to your desk
• Have an opportunity to pose questions to an unbeatable panel of experts on this subject
• Receive the recording and a copy of presentations which you can refer to at your leisure

HOW IT WORKS
All you need to participate is internet connection & landline phone (Skype or mobile phones can’t be used). We’ll email you a number – usually toll free – so you can dial in just before the webinar begins, and a link to the presentations so you can follow on screen while listening to the speakers.

RATES & REGISTRATION
Full rate   £125.00/US$200.00/€145.00 (all prices subject to VAT)
Discounts are available
We accept payment in £ Sterling, US$ or Euro.

HOW TO BOOK      
Order online by clicking the relevant Register here
or contact us by email [email protected] or
telephone +44 (0)20 7251 9151

Different time zone – or due to be in a meeting?
No need to miss out  thanks to  our post-event files package.  If you can’t take part live on the day,  choose this option to receive the complete audio recording and presentation slides after the event.
Price: £69.00/US$110.00/€80.00 (all prices subject to VAT)