Carbon TradeEx America Newsletter
November 2008 Edition
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Save the date, NOW!
Carbon TradeEx America
April 7-8, 2009
Convention Center
Washington, D.C.
Early Bird Deadline Ends December 1st
Take advantage of our early bird discount! We are offering a savings of up to 13% on most packages if you sign up early. Based on the Carbon Forum America 2008 trade show, we know that these packages will sell out. So book early to get the best locations.
Seven reasons you should attend Carbon TradeEx America
- According to Carbon Finance the U.S. Carbon Market will grow to $1 trillion by 2020. With its national focus, and international participation, CTA '09 is the most comprehensive resource for helping you make the most of this explosive growth.
- CTA '09 is being held in Washington D.C., where the future of the Carbon Market will be decided.
- CTA '09 is more than just a meeting. It’s a combined conference and trade show where companies can illustrate their market size and uniqueness. That’s why it’s being held at a Convention Center, and not just a hotel ballroom.
- The conference provides the ideal platform for knowledge building. The trade show provides the ideal, interactive environment for networking with exhibitors and other attendees and work towards your business goals.
- Tough economic times demand smart choices. The powerful combination of conference and trade show makes CTA '09 your best choice for making the most of the U.S. Carbon Market.
- Carbon TradeEx America is the natural evolution of Carbon Forum America, the highly successful trade fair and conference on Carbon trading in 2008.
- Koelnmesse, the event organizer of CTA '09 and Carbon Forum America '08, is the world’s #1 organizer of Carbon events with a proven track record (co-organizer of Carbon Expo, Carbon Expo Asia, and Carbon Forum Asia), a worldwide network of resources and valued partners: Carbon Markets and Investors Association and the Climate Group.
Introducing The Climate Group, our new conference partner
Koelnmesse, organizer of Carbon TradeEx America, today announced a new partnership with “The Climate Group“ www.theclimategroup.org, a nonprofit organization working with international governments and business leaders towards solutions on climate change and the transition to a low carbon economy. The group was founded in 2004 and has offices in the U.S., UK, China, India and Australia.
“Partnering with Koelnmesse and the CMIA on this important event plays to our strengths as a facilitator for discussion, strategically positioned at the intersection of business and government,” said Chris Walker, North America Director with the Climate Group in New York. “The fact that Carbon TradeEx America takes place in Washington DC less than 100 days after the new president takes office presents a unique opportunity. This industry event will be the premier Carbon Trade Show and Conference in the U.S. providing a clear road map for the coming years to tackle the pressing issue of global warming. In 2007, we determined the need for developing international carbon markets and attaching a price to emissions, in 2008 we gained valuable practical experience from European trading schemes and the voluntary markets in the US, now we must determine what to do next. Carbon TradeEx America will influence future policy developments and pave the road towards a regulated carbon market in the U.S.”
“We are delighted to team up with the Climate Group on supporting our conference program,“ says Mette Petersen, President of Koelnmesse Inc. “With the strong coalition of our partners CMIA, The Climate Group and Thomson Reuters, Carbon TradeEx America will be the key industry event in 2009, where the entire U.S. Carbon community will come together.“
A Focus on Policy
Govs' Talks Target Clean Coal, Carbon Tax
by Eric Kelderman, Stateline.org Staff Writer
*Stateline.org was a project of the Pew Research Center from 2004 to 2008. As of July 1, 2008, it is a project of the Pew Center on the States. Article published with permission from the Pew Center.
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Photo by Danny Dougherty, Stateline.org
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The nation's governors have few questions about whether global warming is a looming threat, but some major differences about how to address the problem.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R), this year's chairman of the National Governors Association (NGA), is seeking consensus with his peers on actions states should take to encourage more renewable energy and conservation, as well as spur the latest technologies to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions from fossil fuels such as oil and coal.
Nearly all governors are in the nation's capital for the NGA's annual meeting that began Saturday (Feb. 23).
As NGA chairman, Pawlenty has launched a year-long initiative, "Securing a Clean Energy Future," that outlines the need to diversify the nation's energy supply to avoid dire economic and environmental costs.
"By 2030, we will be providing only 65 percent of our own energy needs – 35 percent will come from foreign sources, mostly oil. Our total energy-related carbon-dioxide emissions are projected to increase more than 25 percent by 2030. Continuing down this dangerous pathway risks our economic well-being, energy security, environmental future and quality of life," Pawlenty states in his report.
While there is broad agreement about the need to "green" the country's energy supply with more wind and solar power, the future costs of regulating greenhouse gases are a major concern of governors from oil- and coal-producing states.
"I don't think there's any kind of consensus among the people that were in there; we're almost 50 different opinions," said Alabama Gov. Bob Riley (R) after a closed-door discussion among governors to begin hammering out a joint policy.
Read the full story at
stateline.org.
Opinion: US climate policy under the Obama presidency
by The Climate Group. Article published with permission from the Climate Group.
The Climate Group’s US Policy Director Michael Allegretti and Evan Juska give their thoughts on Obama’s election victory and what it means for climate change
The election of Barack Obama was truly an historic moment for the United States. It represented a marked shift in direction for US policy, as Obama won the election on a message of “change,” with a defiantly progressive slogan of “yes we can.” But as Obama acknowledged during his victory speech on Tuesday night, now is when the real work begins. Citing a “planet in peril,” Obama reminded Americans that one of the most pressing challenges facing the country is how to address the threat of climate change.
“A new start for the US addressing climate change and reengaging with the international community”Obama will bring a fundamental shift in the way the US approaches this issue, both at home and abroad. In Foreign Affairs he wrote, “As president, I intend to enact a cap-and-trade system that will dramatically reduce our carbon emissions… Getting our own house in order is only a first step…We need a global response to climate change that includes binding and enforceable commitments to reducing emissions, especially for those that emit the most: the United States, China, India, the European Union, and Russia.” Obama has also emphasized the importance of “rebuilding partnerships” and “renewing America’s leadership in the world.” His convincing victory has given him a mandate to follow through on these promises.
Thus, we can expect the Obama Administration to bring a more positive and constructive approach to the international climate negotiations at Poznan next month, and at Copenhagen in 2009. But we should not expect the kind of immediate turnaround witnessed when Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that his country would ratify the Kyoto protocol shortly after his election.
Read the full story at The Climate Group
Major development in US climate debate
by The Climate Group. Article published with permission from the Climate Group.
The Climate Group’s Michael Allegretti and Evan Juska consider the impact of a new pro-environment Energy & Commerce committee in the US
On 20 November 2008, the Democratic Caucus of the US House of Representatives voted to replace John Dingell (D-MI) with Henry Waxman (D-CA) as Chairman of the Energy & Commerce Committee - the committee responsible for developing the US response to climate change
Like Barack Obama’s election, this development represents a fundamental shift in the way the US will address global warming. However, unlike Obama’s election, whether or not this will ultimately be a positive development remains to be seen.
Waxman’s decision to challenge Dingell for chairmanship of the powerful committee was largely motivated by fundamental differences between the two men on the design of a US cap-and-trade program. Waxman, a long-time ally of the environmental community, favors stringent short-term emissions reduction targets, auctioning emissions allowances, and very limited cost-containment mechanisms, such as offsets. Dingell, a long-time ally of the automobile industry, favors more lenient short-term targets and a certain amount of emissions allowances given for free to regulated companies to help them adjust to the increased cost of doing business that will result from climate policy in the near term.
Read the full story at The Climate Group