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Issue 4 NOVEMBER 08
 
 
 
 
Governor Schwarzenegger's Global Climate Summit - 18th/19th November
 
 
 
A declaration pledging to work together to combat global warming has been signed by the Governor Schwarzenegger, his counterparts in 12 states and regional leaders in 4 countries on the last day of the Global Climate Summit. The conference was organised by the Governor Schwarzenegger, to bring together US and international leaders to develop cooperative partnerships and promote collaborative actions needed to combat climate change. President-Elect Barack Obama also used the opportunity to make a speech regarding a US commitment to a federal cap and trade system. The aim is for the US to reduce emissions by 80% by 2050. The emissions created by the event were neutralised by voluntary offsets donated by EcoSecurities.
 
Please click here to see the opening speech from Governor Schwarzenegger and the statement made by President-Elect Barack Obama.
 
A new industry voice in the carbon market
November saw the launch of the Project Developer Forum (PDF), the collective industry voice to represent the interests of companies developing greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction projects in international carbon markets.
The PDF aims to interact with regulators such as the CDM EB to improve efficiencies and influence policy developments and standards, as well as address reoccurring issues such as methodology problems, process delays and registration and issuance issues.
 
The PDF was founded by nine members, including: AES Climate Solutions, Camco, Climate Change Capital, EcoSecurities, First Climate, ICECAP, Natsource, Sindicatum Carbon Capital and Tricorona. It is open to all organisations focused on the identification, sourcing and implementation of GHG emission reduction projects as their core business activity.
 
For further information or to read the full press release click here.
 
How can ProjectNet help with employee / stakeholder engagement?
EcoSecurities has launched ProjectNet, an extranet tool aimed at helping voluntary buyers who are in the process of developing carbon management strategies. Implementing a carbon management strategy can be a daunting experience; this site is aimed at helping buyers by offering practical advice or informative articles on the issues involved as well as showcasing the company’s global portfolio of over 40 verfied emission reduction projects. These projects provide voluntary buyers with a compelling array of up-to-date information to help engage and obtain buy in from internal stakeholders.
  
If you'd like to download an example of the articles available on ProjectNet please click here.
Alternatively you can register for access to ProjectNet by simply clicking here. 
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Green Monday Events
Green Monday is a networking event held in London every first Monday of the month. It has been set up to share best practice between organisations in regards to corporate environmental sustainability, climate change response and related green business.
 
EcoSecurities chairs the carbon neutral table at these events on a monthly basis. The topic discussed at the November event was forestry, it covered discussions on the success of carbon forestry in voluntary markets, the emerging markets, the risk of forestry credits and how to capitalise on the biodiversity and social benefits of forestry projects. To read more about the topic and discussion please click here.
 
If you’d like the option to join in this hot debate, please click here and register with us to join our carbon neutral network.
 
  
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