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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

The meeting will identify common approaches to dealing with the interconnected global challenges of responding to the food crisis, forest loss and degradation, the need to drive additional investment into agriculture, and adaptation to climate change.  The meeting will bring more focused attention to the interconnection between forests, agriculture, the rights of producers and affected populations, and the growing global demand for agricultural land and products.  

By bringing together the communities of practice that deal with different but interrelated issues, the Dialogue will consider issues such as agriculture as a driver in forest loss and degradation, the role forests play in providing food for the rural poor, as well as the implications of the global effort to meet the challenge of feeding nine billion people by 2050 without destroying the natural resources on which rural and forest dwellers rely for their livelihoods and food security.  

We anticipate that the meeting will set out an agenda to influence policy dialogues in a variety of fora, including the Committee on Food Security in October, the UNFCCC COP 17 in December, the International Ecoagriculture Conference in 2012, the follow-up conference to the Hague Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change which will take place in Vietnam in 2012, and other forest, food and agriculture related initiatives.

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Terra Global Capital is dedicated to community involvement in REDD project implementation. This presentation will discuss the importance of community participation in REDD measurements and monitoring. It will outline the benefits and challenges, and our experiences in community-based data collection and working with our local partners.

Forest-dependent communities are identified as some of the poorest in the world. The developing REDD market can create new opportunities for rural communities, but only if communities truly understand, monitor and manage their assets. This requires building technical capacity within the local implementing organizations and communities including expertise in GPS use, remote sensing interpretation, biomass sampling and species identification. By effectively involving local partners and communities, REDD projects can be created cost-effectively and empower community members to provide long-term alternative livelihoods.

Please join Terra Global Capital on Wednesday, August 17th at 1:00pm as our lead field forester, Erica Meta Smith, directs this session on Participatory Field Data Collection for REDD: Lessons from the Field.

University of California Building

1608 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036

Refreshments will be served following the presentation.

Please RSVP to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>   by Monday August 15th to reserve a seat.

You are invited to attend an evening public debate on the potential for REDD+ (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) to make international forestry more just. This is the first event in a series of UEA London Debates on Environmental Justice and International Development organised by the Global Environmental Justice Group at the University of East Anglia.

REDD+ (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) has the potential to make international forestry more just. Countries in the Global North are set to pay countries in the Global South for the conservation of forests, something that they have never done before. Yet REDD+ may also perpetuate or deepen forest people?Ts historical dispossession from their forests. As timber logging in the past, carbon forestry may work to the sole advantage of powerful state and industrial interests.

This public debate will bring the idea of global environmental justice to bear upon current debates about REDD+. It will bring together a variety of stakeholders in REDD+ to assess the justice implications of emergent REDD+ initiatives. The emphasis will be on highlighting how REDD+ has the potential to make international forestry more just in certain ways, but also poses serious dangers to make it more unjust in other ways.

Moderator: John Vidal, The Guardian

Panel: Kristy Graham, Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
                        Saskia Ozinga, FERN
                        Dr Charles Palmer, London School of Economics
                        Dr Yvan Biott, DFID (tbc)

The debate will open with an introduction by Dr Thomas Sikor, University of East Anglia   (UEA).

Time/date:   6.00 ?” 8.00pm, Wednesday 20 July 2011 (refreshments will be provided)
Location:   UEA London Study Centre, Middlesex Street, London E1 7EZ ?” view map
Booking:   This event is free – please register by contacting [email protected]

PRESENTATION ONE – Price and volume trends for EU Allowances
Impact of Germany’s nuclear plant closures
Recent problems in the spot market
Middle East tensions and oil prices
Other fundamental price drivers: weather, power prices, utility hedging

PRESENTATION TWO – The UK’s price support mechanism
A tax or a floor price?
Impact on EUA demand
Bullish or bearish for carbon prices?

PRESENTATION THREE – End of an era for CERs?
Outlook for prices in 2012?
Rapid increase in issuance
Changes in the CER/EUA spread
Preparing for a two-tier market

BY ATTENDING THIS EVENT YOU WILL:

•  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

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

• Companies facing binding or  voluntary emissions caps
• Power companies and major  emitters
• Banks, investment funds, insurers
• Organisations seeking to offset  their carbon emissions
• Brokers, law firms, environmental  consultants and analysts
• Government & regulatory bodies
• Developers and financiers of  CDM/JI projects
• Environmental groups

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London Business School is consistently ranked as one of the top business schools globally and one of the world’s leading centres of finance research and education. Thomson Reuters Point Carbon is a world leading provider of independent news, analysis and advisory services for European and global carbon, power and gas markets.

A mutual interest in delivering cutting-edge research, innovative analytical tools and insights into carbon and energy markets leads our two institutions on a common mission to establish the most comprehensive professional initiative to provide foundations for carbon finance, trading, analytics and risk management.

The programme draws upon the exciting combination of our institutions’ complementary expertise while utilising our extensive network of experts within business, academia and policymaking institutions. The programme will be delivered by a highly knowledgeable and experienced team from London Business School, Thomson Reuters Point Carbon and selected external speakers.

The programme is comprehensive, rigorous and demanding, with emphasis on mastering a wide range of analytical tools and techniques required to be successful in the carbon markets. The timetable enables participants to minimise their time away from office while maximising learning opportunities by coupling a rigorous academic framework with real-world relevance and practical application through case studies and team work.

KEY BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:

• Optimize your business opportunities – gain a deep understanding of AB 32: Global Warming Solutions Act and its associated carbon market, so you have all the information you need to maximize investment opportunities as they arise

• Understand relevant risk management techniques – learn how to manage portfolios of carbon assets and liabilities in an often uncertain policy environment

• Identify likely winners and losers in this new market and the key supply and demand issues

• Highly interactive format – put your pressing questions to the course leader and discuss the issues that are most important to you and your business

THIS IS A MUST-ATTEND COURSE FOR:

• Executives in emitting companies facing new reporting requirements for carbon emissions

• Executives in non-emitting companies undertaking sustainability initiatives or carbon offset programs

• Traders experienced with other commodities hired to manage carbon positions

• Developers and investors in emission-reducing projects looking to sell offset credits

• Lawyers seeking to expand their practices in carbon

• Investors/analysts evaluating opportunities in the carbon markets

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***Free webinar***

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Sources of value in California’s AB 32 market WEBINAR on 21 April.

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Over the last decade, Navigating the American Carbon World (NACW) has earned the distinction of being the most important carbon event in North America. It is known for convening the largest group of thought leaders, innovators, pioneers and policy makers and providing the most comprehensive analyses of pressing issues. As veterans of the conference will attest, NACW is unrivaled for firsthand information, networking and innovative discussions.

In its ninth consecutive run, NACW 2011 will be the year’s most valuable carbon event. Attendees will have the opportunity to:

      * Listen to California government leaders and regulators discuss the state’s landmark climate change and energy bill, AB 32
      * Discuss the status of WCI and development of its cap-and-trade program
      * Get the most up-to-date information on supply and demand for allowances and offsets
      * Discuss the roles of agriculture and forestry in the offset markets and learn about the nuts and bolts of offset protocols under AB 32
      * Meet up with colleagues and make new contacts at the year’s best networking event

Attendees will hear and discuss fresh perspectives and ideas on these topics and others facing the carbon world. Because NACW is organized by two long-time carbon participants, the Climate Action Reserve and Point Carbon, the conference is guaranteed to present the most relevant topics and speakers.

NACW has a particularly strong reputation for delivering the most in-depth coverage of developments in California and the West. Originally established as the annual conference for the California Climate Action Registry, NACW grew in scope and scale as the Climate Action Reserve established the nation’s premier carbon offset registry and became the parent organization of the California Registry. As interest and excitement intensifies for climate policy and carbon markets, NACW will help charter the course for actions and solutions addressing climate change.