Carbon Market Insights Americas 2008
Carbon Market Insights Americas 2008
7:00am Registration & Exhibit Hall Open
8:00am Optional Session – Carbon Markets 101- Optional and free introduction to the carbon markets for all conference delegates.
- Per-Otto Wold CEO, Point Carbon
- Eileen Claussen President, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
- Janos Pasztor, Director, Environment Management Group, United Nations
- President-elect’s Environmental Advisor
- Statement of behalf of the Secretary-General
- The new administration’s climate plan
- The impact on ongoing negotiations for a new international agreement
- Timeline and targets for climate policy developments
Description: What will the new administration do about climate change? Will a cap-and-trade bill be passed in the first 100 days of the new presidency? Will the US agree to a new international climate treaty? We’ll hear the latest on this from a key advisor to the president-elect and from a top UN official, who will discuss how the US elections change the landscape of international negotiations on climate change and where the world will head after 2012, when the first compliance period of the Kyoto Protocol ends.
11:00am Plenary – US Climate Policy: What’s Ahead?- Moderator: Eileen Claussen, President, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
- Steps taken and lessons learned on climate change policy in the 110th Congress
- Expectations for a new Congress and Administration on enacting climate policy in 2009
- Major challenges, including cost-containment and allowance value distribution to enacting cap-and-trade in the US, especially in light of the current financial crisis
- Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Larry J. Schweiger, President & CEO, National Wildlife Federation
- Brian Storms, CEO, APX
Description: With a new Administration and a new Congress, what can we expect to see with regard to US climate policy in 2009? What concrete steps, if any, have the Bush Administration and the 110th Congress taken to advance climate policy and what can we learn from this? If cap and trade is the preferred policy approach, what are the major roadblocks (e.g., target-setting, distribution of allowance value) on the path to successfully enacting the policy? Panelists will discuss these and other important questions policymakers will have to address if the US is to successfully address the issue of climate change.
12.00pm Lunch
1:30pm Managing Costs in a Carbon Market- Moderator: Janet Peace, Vice President, Markets and Business Strategy, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
- Concerns about carbon markets leading to unmanageable costs for participants and the economy
- Discussion of proposed options for containing high costs: offsets, safety-valve, allowance allocation, oversight board, etc.
- How would these options affect the efficiency and performance of the market?
- Mort Webster, Visiting Professor, MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
- Jason Patrick, Vice President, Merrill Lynch
- Steve Corneli, Vice President, Market and Climate Policy, NRG Energy
- Ben Feldman, Executive Director, Environmental Markets Strategy, JP Morgan
- Moderator: Denny Ellerman, Executive Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Sloan School of Management, MIT
- Panel of experts will discuss emissions trading systems around the world
- Comparing carbon market approaches
- Exploring possible linkages
- Margret Kim, Senior Advisor, International Climate Change and China Program Director, California Air Resources Board
- Jill Duggan, Head of International Emissions Trading, United Kingdom
- Peter Zapfel, Directorate General for Environment, European Commission
- Tim Denne, Director, Covec Limited & New Zealand ICAP Representative
- Moderator: Veronique Bugnion, Managing Director, Point Carbon
- The role played by financial institutions in managing carbon risks
- RGGI auctions: who participated and who stayed on the sidelines?
- Canadian carbon intensity based financial instruments: how does it work?
- Annmarie Reynolds, Director, Carbon Exchange, AES
- Patrick Birley, CEO, ECX
- Olivia Hartridge, Vice President, Morgan Stanley Commodities
- Jean-Philippe Brisson, Vice President, Goldman Sachs
3:30pm The Changing Roles of States
- Moderator: Judi Greenwald, Vice President, Innovative Solutions, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
- What are the appropriate respective roles for state and federal government in climate policy?
- Are some complementary policies more effectively implemented at the state level?
- How can federal policy best support and complement these state efforts?
- Michael Murray, Regional Vice President, Sempra Energy
- Janice Adair, Chair, Western Climate Initiative
- Michael Sole, Secretary, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- Ray Hammarlund, Director, Energy Programs Division, Kansas Corporation Commission
- Peter Iwanowicz, Director, Climate Change Office, New York State DEC
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington D.C.
Day of Action Against Coal Finance
Join Rainforest Action Network, Coal River Mountain Watch, Appalachian Voices , Rising Tide, Mountain Justice Summer, SEAC and a cast of thousands as we mobilize to stop Bank of America and Citi’s investments in the dirty coal industry for the Day of Action Against Coal Finance.
On November 16th and 17th we are asking anyone and everyone concerned with stopping the US coal rush to join us in taking the message to Wall Street. From flyering and leafletting at your local bank branch or ATM, to creative street theater or non-violent direct action at bank offices – help our climate and communities by demanding clean energy.
Get training and support. We have several conference calls for our network before the event. If you need training, ideas, support, or want to find others in your area – contact us at [email protected]
Download flyers, signs, banners and more. Check out our Action Resources Page.
It’s time to take to the streets and send Bank of America and Citi a strong message that grassroots movements against coal extraction, processing and combustion demand an end to coal financing.
RSVP.
Finance Companies Gear Up for Coal Finance Direct Action
Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is organizing what it calls a National Day of Action Against Coal Finance on Nov. 16 and 17. They have distributed flyers and are planning a rally at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17, at Kiener Plaza. Another rally is being planned at Washington University on Friday, Nov. 16. They are targeting Peabody as well as Bank of America and Citigroup, Inc. At a recent rally in Charlotte, N.C., four protesters were arrested for trespassing while hanging a giant banner from a crane at a nearby construction project.
Please exercise caution when entering and leaving the office on Friday and Saturday.
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