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january 2010        
 
 
Last chance to sign up...
 
for our free interactive webinar on Copenhagen COP15 – the outcomes and implications for business in 2010 and beyond
 
If you’d like to know more about how the key issues and implications from the Copenhagen climate change summit will affect businesses moving forward, please
click here to register
for this free interactive webinar. Key topics include; post 2012 targets, forestry, technology transfer, the CDM reform and the sectoral crediting mechanism.

Date: 14th January 2010
Time: 08:30 - 10:00 PST
11:30 - 13:00 EST
16:30 - 18:00 GMT

Moderator:
Miles Austin, Director, Carbon Market Investors Association (CMIA)

Speakers:
Paul M. Kelly, CEO, EcoSecurities
Kenneth Markowitz, Senior Climate Change Consultant, Akin Gump; President Earthpace LLC
Lisa Jacobson, President, BCSE
Ben Vitale, President, The Climate Trust

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Voluntary news

The question of forest carbon?

Forestry has been a topic that has continually increased in terms of importance and relevancy over the past few years. Last year EcoSecurities partnered with Conservation International, Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) Standards and ClimateBiz to conduct a forest carbon research project that gauged the attitudes and opinions of 120 organisations all over the world.
 
This report produced some fascinating results and was such a success that we have decided to run it again, therefore please click on the link below and let us know what you think about forest carbon projects and products.
 
 
If you'd like to remind yourself of last years results please click here.

  
 

The Economist’s Third Annual Sustainability Summit - After Copenhagen, how can business face the climate change challenge?

 
This conference will take place on Feb 25th 2010 at the Radisson Portman Square Hotel in London. It will provide fresh thinking and thought-provoking commentary from top executives and policymakers by bringing together 150 business leaders to discuss the real implications of climate change on business. To find out more about this event and the key speakers please click here.
 
Pre-compliance news

Republican amendment seeks to block Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation of Greenhouse Gases

While the U.S. Senate remains in recess until Tuesday January 19, new details are emerging about the development of a Republican amendment, spearheaded by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). The amendment, whose introduction may come as early as January 20, directly attacks EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
 
Murkowski’s amendment places a one-year suspension on EPA's ability to regulate stationary sources of greenhouse gases, such as power plants, through the Clean Air Act. Read more...

 

Assembly Bill 32 takes shape in California

In front of national and international dignitaries who have been leaders in the fight against global climate change, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed AB 32 into law in 2006. The landmark California legislation establishes regulatory and market mechanisms to achieve real, quantifiable, cost-effective reductions of greenhouse gases.
 
AB 32 requires the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to develop and implement new laws specific to regulating greenhouse gas emissions. Beginning in 2012 the state will enforce a cap-and-trade system to ratchet down its carbon emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Read more...
PR and social media activities
Blogs
Press release, articles & events
 
 
Taking steps to limit liabilities - article written by Claire Davey, published on www.connectingindustry.com and in the Industrial Compliance publication.
 
Webinars
Webcast downloads
 
Climate change solutions via CLIMATE SPARK -  an exclusive business forum set up to discuss key issues during the two week climate change summit in Copenhagen.
Webcasts with key industry figures are available by livestream and Reuters. Click the link above and go to the livestream hyperlink labelled 'see all the interviews again>>' to listen to these fascinating webcasts. Click Thurs 10th Dec to check out Alexander Sarac, amongst others talk about climate change solutions.
 
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