The management of natural resources presents societies and economies with an enormous long-term challenge. The 9th International Sustainability Leadership Symposium will address this challenge by specifically exploring the contribution of the financial services industry to both protecting and facilitating the provision of natural resources. Opportunities and risks of new and innovative financial products will be discussed.
Objectives of the workshop are: to provide information on carbon storage and substitution effects of Harvested Wood Products (HWP); to present the core principles of HWP accounting and national experiences; to discuss opportunities and impacts of HWP accounting for different stakeholders.
Outcomes and conclusions of the workshop will be presented at several subsequent events (European Forestry Week, International Conference on the Role of Forests in Climate Management, and UNFCCC COP 14 in Poznan – Poland).
Date: 28 August 2008
Time: 14:30 UK time/ 9:30am EST / 15:30 CET
Location: Online, delivered through your browser
Duration: 90 minutes
By attending this event you will:
1. Get incisive analysis of global trends in carbon prices
2. Learn from 3 expert speakers about carbon price forecasts and consequences for your business
3. Have an opportunity to pose questions to an unbeatable panel on this subject
4. Access a live interactive poll – to find out what your peers are thinking
Discounts are available for group bookings. Please email Joanna Krassowska at [email protected] for more information.
Please note only one discount per webinar participant may be claimed.
The meeting will bring together experts in tropical woodland ecology, carbon sequestration projects, policy makers and investors, to discuss current issues and share knowledge.
The primary outcome of this working meeting will be the production of a report. This report will be submitted to major international funders and organisations as a guidance document for setting up and managing sequestration projects in tropical woodlands. The report will be discussed and developed in detail during the meeting, and all delegates are invited to contribute to the report.
Based on the success of last year’s workshop, Green Power Conferences is pleased to present an intensive, interactive seminar focusing on the development and progress of Emissions Trading in Central & Eastern Europe (CEE). Our workshop will assess the current progress and development of JI and GIS within the EU ETS from the perspective of CEE countries and examine the future challenges moving forward into the next phase of trading. The program will provide a unique insight on what being in the scheme really implies for companies and will enable delegates to successfully access this expanding market. New areas of analysis will include an overview of developments across the Balkan area focusing specifically on Bulgaria, Romania, Latvia and the Ukraine.
Targeted at new entrants to the market seeking to further their knowledge alongside more seasoned carbon market professionals, our focus led sessions will provide an excellent insight into the state and play of the current market in the CEE. Places are limited for this high-level workshop so please book early to avoid disappointment.
Two-day international workshopon private and public policies affecting tropical forests with a particular emphasis on avoided deforestation as a financing mechanism. The convergence of public policies and the rise of private initiatives will serve as the basic institutional context within which sources of change will be explored.
The European Commission has presented one of the most ambitious energy packages in history with enormous challenges for the renewable energy sector. The heating sector which accounts for almost 50% of energy supplied has the greatest potential to help achieve these targets – yet, to date, the sector has received little legislative support resulting in slow growth over the last decade.
There is growing interest from property owners, architects and construction companies for the inclusion of RESHC into the building envelope. This combined with the rapid developments in technologies, and heightened public awareness on climate change provides the heating & cooling sector with a perfect opportunity to reach its potential.
The Inaugural Renewable Heating & Cooling Congress (RESHC 2007), will bring together leading experts, decision and policy makers from around the world to address key trends from policy decisions to the built environment adoption and will provide a solid base for informed decisions and developing future strategies.
The market for biogas is seeing an explosive growth worldwide in municipalities, industry and agriculture. Biogas is part of a rapidly growing renewable energy sector, growing at a rate of on average 20-30% globally, with electricity from biogas playing an integral part of the global energy market. Investments leapt to around $100bn in 2006.
Green Power’s 4th International Biogas Markets event will bring together market leaders from across the biogas value chain to address ways to increase the uptake and usage of biogas systems.
The following leading experts have already confirmed their participation:
Clay Walton, CTO, Environmental Power Corp
Kirt Montague, CEO, Prometheus
Kevin Best, CEO, RealEnergy
Alan Lovell, CEO, Infinis
Ludwig Dinkloh, Head of International Business, Schmack Biogas
Jonathan Wilkinson, President and CEO, Questair
Plus representatives from:
Goteborg Energi, ENGVA, EnviTec, Biogen UK, Dalkia Energie, IBBK, Greenfinch, PZERO Ltd, Nordic Environment Finance Corp, EEA Fund Management Ltd, BioProcess Control Sweden AB, Waste Solutions (New Zealand), ECN, Metan, Swedish Biogas International, Scandinavian GtS
The workshop will be hosted by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and supported by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The Special Workshop will be an integral part of the "8th Annual Global Conference on Environmental Taxation", organised by the NGO Green Budget Germany. The conference will take place from Thursday, October 18, 2007 to Saturday, October 20, 2007. Naturally, we would be pleased if you can attend the workshop as well as the whole conference.
Over the past 2 years there has been tremendous well documented growth in the compliance regulatory carbon markets growing from $11bn in 2005 to $24bn+ in 2006, primarily within the EU ETS and the CDM mechanism. There is, however, another large untracked market in CO2 equivalent trading in voluntary markets for carbon offsets that has also grown tremendously ($100m+).
For sellers the markets provide an avenue for carbon projects which are uneconomical via CDM/JI. For buyers the patchwork of different markets can provide risks difficult to determine. Reliable data to the true extent of all voluntary carbon offsets is difficult to find but this event will provide attendees with answers to the following questions:
What, where and how big are the voluntary carbon markets? How do they operate? What are the risks of investing in these markets? What efforts are there to standardise the markets? How will the new standards help improve the liquidity and credibility of the markets? What barriers exist to project developers in generating offsets? What are the major challenges to future growth?
This topical conference, the eighth in a highly successful series, will provide an invaluable update on all the major developments shaping the fast-moving markets in carbon credits and allowances.
Topics that will be covered include:
• Preparing for Phase II of the EU Emissions
Trading Scheme
• Voluntary vs mandatory carbon markets
• What buyers expect; what sellers want
• Where next for carbon prices?
• Improving the Clean Development Mechanism
• What’s happening in the US and Japan
• Outlook for the Kyoto regime beyond 2012
• Carbon finance and forestry
As competition between food and fuel threatens to become a pressing constraint on the current biofuel industry, the biofuels world is starting the transition to next generation biofuels. Emerging powerful market drivers and strong political influences are moving ethanol to the next stage and there is huge interest in the next generation of biofuels from the oil majors. Could this be the beginning of a new branch of industry that could grow bigger than the existing 1st generation fuel ethanol industry? Will cellulosic ethanol take off? How will this nascent industry emerge from the current demo phase to produce commercial-scale quantities of ethanol?
Learn from over 30 senior decision makers who are driving the development of next generation biofuels including: BP Biofuels, DuPoint, Imperium Renewables, Royal Nedalco, Novozymes, NREL, Iogen, Celunol, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Emerald Technology Ventures, Firelake Capital Management, Ernst & Young, Green Biologics, Dyadic Bioscience Business, C3BioEnergy and BioMethanol Chemie Holding
This 2 day information-rich, networking conference will build upon the success of the next generation biofuels seminar held in Brussels this March, which attracted over 250 high level executives.
Join us in building a low carbon society of the future. That is the vision for Copenhagen Climate
Solutions, Scandinavia’s largest business conference, exhibition and networking event on
climate change. In preparation for the UN climate summit, to be held in Copenhagen in 2009,
this event is looking to illustrate those solutions that will be the building blocks in creating the low carbon society of the future.
The groundwork will be laid on September 25, when leading companies, research universities,
trade organisations and policy makers will meet at Copenhagen Climate Solutions 2007 to
show what new and innovative solutions can contribute to a low carbon future.
This conference will have sessions examining institutional frameworks, the use of social capital and the management of knowledge for biodiversity conservation, as well as the economic analysis of policies for managing biodiversity in a context of high uncertainty. Papers are specifically invited on the themes of:
– Different institutional frameworks for conservation (property rights, contracts, markets, trust funds, public institutions, etc.)
– Role of informal rules such as social capital, trust and reputation in biodiversity conservation
– Efficient knowledge management for the sustainable use of biodiversity
– Foundations for providing for global public goods
– Development of international institutions for biodiversity conservation
– Institutions for payments for environmental services (and especially for international payments) and applied methodologies for valuation of ecosystem services (marine and terrestrial)
The objective is to provide an opportunity for hydrologists, water managers and decision makers to exchange research results, ideas and concerns on impacts, adaptation and mitigation in the water sector, facing climate change.
* How have we proceeded since 1998?
* What are major challenges today?
* Where are we going?
* Where should we go?
After an introductory session on offsets, this one day conference will focus on how to create incentives that will encourage developers to pursue biodiversity offsets. The meeting will cover a range of issues pertinent to biodiversity offsets in the United States and around the world and will explore issues related to marine and coastal offsets and the legal, institutional and financial aspects of implementing offsets successfully over the long term. The workshop will bring together experts on biodiversity offsets from around the globe, including innovators and practitioners from private, public, NGO, community, government and financial sectors.
Ethical Corporation's 2007 Annual Business-NGO partnerships conference will look at aspects of partnership management, including overcoming cultural barriers and tracking partnership progress, as well as putting partnerships in their broader context – featuring more multistakeholder initiatives and getting governments involved in partnerships.
"Ten years on from the signing of Kyoto, Point Carbon is once again hosting the premier event for the world’s carbon markets and we would like you to join us. Former vice president Al Gore has confirmed his attendance as a keynote speaker and over 130 knowledgeable carbon market experts will attend as speakers as well. We expect 1500 participants from 65 countries, representing more than 600 companies, organisations and governments."
Organizer's description:
"Are you fully informed of your compliance obligations and the current and future implications of EU ETS for your business?
Presenting SMi’s One-Day Conference on…
Emissions Trading
This event will be an invaluable update on the progress of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) since its launch. It will look at policy and legislation in the UK and internationally, and will assess the effectiveness and progress of this scheme to date. Hear companies' first-hand experiences of trading in this new market and how the EU ETS is affecting industrial competitiveness and power prices. This conference aims to provide an unparalleled source of information on emissions trading and will create excellent networking opportunities.
Benefits of Attending
• Hear the latest policy and legislative updates relating to emissions trading and climate change in a global context – from Kyoto to the future
• Discover the new opportunities this market is creating for the financial and services sectors and how you can be involved
• Learn about the financial impact of the EU ETS on the business community – issues of prices, risk and competitiveness
• Practical guidance on how to meet the challenge of monitoring, reporting and verifying for phase II
• Meet and network with the key public and private sector professionals in this industry and benefit from their experiences
A unique opportunity to learn from leading industry experts including:
Martin Nesbit, Head of National Climate Change Policy Division, Defra
Peter Zapfel, Head of EU ETS, European Commission
Andrei Marcu, President, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
Dr Nick Campbell, Chairman, UNICE Climate Change Working Group
Matthew Gorman, Corporate Responsibility Manager, BAA
Dr Anne-Marie Warris, Vice Chairman/Global Product Manager, ETG/LRQA
Simon Skillings, Director of UK Strategy & Energy Policy, E.ON UK
Anthony Hobley, Chairman/Director of Legal Policy, London Climate Change Services (LCCS)/Climate Change Capital
Paul Dawson, Director, Barclays Capital
Paul Gardiner, Purchasing Business Manager, British sugar
Ruta Bubniene, Policy Officer, Climate Action Network Europe"
The Conference focuses on strategy and management for sustainable Finance. Key issues will include:
* leading global banking strategies in sustainable finance
* what do we mean by the sustainable bank?
* how far should sustainable finance go?
* corporate governance and the role of directors
* mainstreaming environmental, social and governance factors
* the regulatory landscape
* ngo views and strategies, what's coming up the agenda?
* sustainability and growth
* how to turn stakeholder engagement into business opportunity
INTERCARBON ® 2006, the 2nd International Congress for Emissions Trading and Renewable Climate Protection Projects, unites manufacturers of renewable energy technologies with service providers and project bidders from the emissions trading sector in order to introduce export opportunities as well as the new emissions certificate trading scheme. INTERCARBON 2006 allows participants to interact with experts from the industrial, political, trading, certification and financing sectors concerning topics such as market development, project financing, registration, purchasing, certificate trading and much more.
Commodity markets for emissions and renewables are primed to take off in the next 12 months. New trading models for venture capital and hedge fund managers are forming, and the clean technology market is set to explode. From water to greenhouse gas, 2006 and 2007 will likely prove to be the year of the environmental trading market.
FRA's Environmental Trading Congress is a practical forum facilitating a productive exchange between industry leaders from the financial, agriculture, energy and utility markets. The conference will cover five primary trading instruments:
* Water quality trading
* Emissions trading including carbon, sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxide
* (NOx), and greenhouse gases (GHG)
* Renewable energy credit (REC) trading
* Demand response trading and energy efficiency trading
* Weather derivatives trading
Some of the most influential and informed people in Europe. Hear from law makers at the EU Commission, the DTI, Heads of Energy Strategy across various affected organisations, globally recognised experts working with the world's most poweful organisations and those who have implemented working carbon strategies across multi-million Euro operations in Europe and beyond.
The Ecological Footprint Forum will include keynote speakers: Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director, European Environment Agency, Simon Upton, Chair of the OECD Roundtable on Sustainable Development, and Mick Bourke, Chair of EPA Victoria among others. The Global Footprint Network will launch its standards and offer a free Footprint 101 workshop after the morning speeches.
In addition to the public conference, there will be a training in the application of the Ecological Footprint during an intensive one-day workshop on the underlying science, methodological principles, project design, tools, and communication strategies of the Footprint.
The forum will be preceded by two days of meetings for Global Footprint Network partner organizations on strategies, campaign goals, and future development of standards and certification. These events are only open to Global Footprint Network partner organizations.
The entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol and the start of the European Emissions trading scheme in 2005 will mark the creation of a global carbon market. The second international trade fair and conference for the emerging CO2 market will take place in Cologne. CARBON EXPO is co-organised by the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), the World Bank and Koelnlnmesse. This cooperation will ensure that key exhibitors, speakers and visitors from all over the world will participate and contribute to another successful event. CARBON EXPO will be the ideal place for you to meet companies, service providers and government representatives that are involved in this new market.
Ensure up-to-date awareness of local and global regulations and how to address the resulting risks and opportunities.
Learn about
– Upcoming trends in a rapidly developing market;
– New sources of supply and their effect on price;
– What role German Investment Schemes will play;
– Whether JI is real and a relevant supply factor;
– Using future market and regulatory developments to your advantage.
Meet
– Real market players and liqidity providers;
– Buyers from the private and public sectors;
– Providers of the latest market analyses;
– Representatives of Aid Agencies, Funds, Financial Intermediaries and Service Providers;
– Technology providers and Project Developers in your sector.
Find out
– What trading opportunities are currently available;
– How to grow your business through carbon finance;
– How real deals are closed;
– How to strike a better deal.
High-profile visitors at CARBON EXPO 2005
ABN AMRO • Air Liquide • Alcoa • Alstom • Anglo Americain • Asiana Airlines • Banque européenne d’investissement • Barclays Capital • BASF • Bayer AG • BNP Parisbas • BP • British Sugar • Capgemini • Cargil • Cemex • Chevron Texaco • Chubu Electric Power • Climate Change Capital • Dalkia • DHL • Dupont • E.ON • EDF • Egyptian Electricity Holding • Enel • EnBW • Eskom • Esso • European Investment Bank • Exxon Mobil • Ford Werke • Fortis Bank • Gaz de France • Gerling • Heidelberg Cement Group • Henkel KGaA • Holcim • Kansai Electric Power • Korea Petrochemical Industry Association • Marubeni • McKinsey • Mitsubishi Securities • Petrobras
• Polish Glass • PricewaterhouseCoopers • RAG Trading • RheinEnergie • RWE • Samsung • Senter Novem • Shell • Siemens AG • South
African Breweries • Suez-Tractebel • Thyssen Krupp Stahl AG • Tokyo Electric Power Company • Total Gas + Power • Vattenfall
The main theme of the 4th World Water Congress will be "local actions for global challenge." The activities of the 4th World Water Forum will, therefore, seek to harness the practical, intellectual, financial, and political means to support local action on a global scale. The forum will address the decisive factors in the accomplishment of common goals by diverse actors in diverse places, searching to enable an improved involvement and empowerment of local actors in the social construction of solutions to water issues and a more appropriate channeling of domestic and international support for local actions worldwide.
This conference will include presentations and discussions of up-to-date topics on EU ETS, CDM/JI and Global Markets. Point Carbon will also organise an optional 3rd day with specialised workshops held in cooperation with expert industry partners. Please see the conference programme for more detailed information on sessions, speakers and workshops.
This conference will aim to examine the case for integrated science involving environmental change research and quality control monitoring; help to reconcile issues of water quality, hydrology, biodiversity, with food security, public health, and cultural needs; apply historical information to current human activity and water management issues; consider integrated applications of remote sensing and field data to establish publicly accessible GIS databases; develop hydro-ecological models to facilitate better understanding of ecological systems of this region; and assist in the management of wetland, lake and lagoon,systems and explore aspects of EU Water-Framework Directive to aid water regulation in the Southern Mediterranean.
The presentation will discuss how the biggest investment and fastest development in world water markets come from China and Southeast Asian Countries. Researchers and strategists for companies and ministries in water markets worldwide will give a business briefing. The primary audience includes companies, ministries, and media/press.
Specific meetings and plenary sessions at the XII World Water Congress will address integrated water resources management, water infrastructure development, water governance, urban water management, rural water management, water security and risk management, economics and financing of water, and capacity building for water resources management. There will also be an international water exposition at the venue of the Congress.