Linda Adams, Chair of the Reserve Board of Directors, and Derik Broekhoff, VP Policy, will be speaking at several COP 17 side events in Durban, including two official UN side events and a session in the U.S. Center.
Friday, December 2
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Blyde River Room, Durban ICC
Official UN side event – Effective Trading Systems to Facilitate Linking and Complement Multilateral Actions: A discussion of national and state government trading scheme designs and their potential for linking.
In the absence of a single international market, state and national governments are taking the lead in developing emissions trading schemes around the world with unique design features that create complexity for linkages. In a cross-cutting panel discussion, panelists from NGOs, governments, and the private sector will examine how these various programs have addressed caps and allowance allocation issues, the role of offsets, and REDD as potential areas of both divergence and congruity. Topics will include possible strategies to implement effective trading systems that facilitate linking and complement broader multilateral action.
Hosted by the Climate Action Reserve and Environmental Defense Fund
Tuesday, December 6
3:30 pm – 4:45 pm
Standard Bank, Auditorium
Three Dimensional Chess: Advancing REDD+ in Mexico
California is contemplating the crediting of reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+) in other countries, including Mexico, as part of its recently adopted cap-and-trade program. REDD+ initiatives aim to create value for the effective conservation of forests by addressing the fundamental economic and social drivers of deforestation and degradation. To do so, successful REDD+ initiatives will require coordinated action from multiple actors responsible for the health of forests including national and sub-national governments as well as private land owners and indigenous peoples. The Climate Action Reserve will highlight efforts being undertaken at multiple levels in Mexico to design REDD+ programs linked to the California carbon market and beyond.
Moderator: Derik Broekhoff, Vice President of Policy, Climate Action Reserve
Speakers:
- Christoph Neitzel, PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Economics, UNAM
- Jose Carlos Fernandez, Head of the International Affairs and Financial Development Unit, CONAFOR
- Michelle Passero, Senior Climate Policy Advisor, The Nature Conservancy
Wednesday, December 7
10:15 am – 11:30 am
Standard Bank, Board Room
The World’s Second Largest Carbon Market: California and the North American Regional Program
Amidst stalemate and inaction in Washington, North America’s regional markets are coming into their own. California–the world’s 7th largest economy–is on track to launch the world’s second largest carbon market in 2012, with the first full compliance year in 2013. The potential addition of British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec would not only form North America’s first international carbon market, known as the Western Climate Initiative (WCI), but also provide critical liquidity. The Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States of the Regional Greenhouse Gas
Initiative (RGGI) are currently reviewing the program and considering tightening the cap, which could correct the current over-supply problem. This session will explore the latest developments in North America’s growing regional markets.
Moderator: David Hunter, US Director, IETA
Speakers:
- Mary Nichols, Chair, California Air Resources Board
- Linda Adams, Chairman of the Board, Climate Action Reserve and Founding President, R20-Regions of Climate Action
- Jelena Semjanovic, Senior Analyst, Point Carbon
- Nikki Roy, Vice President for Strategic Outreach, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)
Thursday, December 8
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
U.S. Center
The federal government and state and regional agencies and organizations are continuing to move forward on a sensible path to address greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. The U.S. domestic climate change side event will highlight domestic regulatory, programmatic, and voluntary activities (in place and planned) that are occurring at the federal, regional and state level and by NGOs. We will showcase a set of key actions and activities, including the light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas rule, the medium and heavy greenhouse gas rule, the greenhouse gas mandatory reporting rule, GHG permitting, and the renewable fuel standard. We will also highlight activities coming out of California (the California Air Resources Board and the Climate Action Reserve) and by The Climate Registry.
Thursday, December 8
4:45 pm – 6:15 pm
DEC, Hex River
Official UN side event – Understanding the impact of GHG mitigation activities
Companies and all levels of government want to understand the real impact of GHG reduction actions. Leaders from the public and private sectors share examples of actions they are taking to mitigate GHG emissions, highlight tools needed to quantify these, and provide perspectives on priorities for making the greatest impact.
Moderators:
- David Rosenheim, Executive Director, The Climate Registry
- Misti Duvall, National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA)
Speakers:
- Linda Adams, President, R20
- Dr. Thomas Becker, Vice President for Government Affairs, BMW
- Larry Greene, National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA)
- Minister Terry Lake, Minister of Environment, Government of British Columbia
- Mary Nichols, Chairman, California Air Resources Board