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Carbon TradeEx America is ready to help you reach new customers and network with your friends in 2010. The largest U.S. Carbon Industry Event has combined with the Environmental Markets Association's annual fall meeting. Now you get two events for one marketing budget.

Carbon TradeEx America, Where the U.S. environmental markets comes together!  This event will now cover the complete needs of the environmental markets by bringing together industry, end users, professional services, financial institutions, non-profits, government and associations for 2 days that will become the central platform for the complete industry. Conference topics will include Market Structure, Agriculture, Cleantech, Sustainable Energy, Legislation and Regulation, Corporate Social Responsibility, Voluntary Markets, Forestry, Offset Projects, Compliance as well as the Political Framework in the domestic and international context.

Our 2010 Sales Brochure  is available to be downloaded as we have created new packages with increased value for companies supporting the event at all levels.  Also check out our sponsorship and exhibit contracts . 2010 is shaping up to be the year in which the U.S. will engage and start the real transition to a low carbon economy. Let’s work together to make Carbon TradeEx America the center point of the industry.

Business Development, Networking, Education, Sales…………..build your business and exhibit at or sponsor Carbon TradeEx America today!

Please contact Darrin Stern 773-326-9925 (d.stern@koelnmessenafta.com) with your questions; we will look forward to working with you directly to ensure Climate Corporation success at Carbon TradeEx America 2010.

DAVOS: Business leaders warn Copenhagen Accord must spur a “race to the top” to guarantee future climate, jobs and economy

DAVOS, 27 January 2010: Business leaders groups have written to world leaders to warn them that the Copenhagen Accord will only be a success if it spurs a “race to the top” for more ambitious action at all levels of national, state and municipal government.

The caution comes in a statement sent to government leaders from six business leaders groups as the global political elite and captains of industry gather for the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, and only days ahead of a UN deadline for countries to register national emission reduction targets on 31 January 2010. The groups work with over 200 multi-national businesses from every continent.

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Best Practice Principles for Market-Based Solutions

The Environmental Markets Association (EMA) strongly supports cap-and-trade legislation as the most environmentally-protective, cost-effective, and technologically-innovative policy approach to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. EMA members have decades of extensive, first-hand experience with cap-and-trade initiatives, including the Clean Air Act’s groundbreaking 1990 acid rain program that has decreased sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions by 52% from 1990 levels and abatement costs reduced to an estimated 43%- 55% due to the flexibility inherent in trading.The price signals created by that U.S. initiative have spurred technological innovations to optimize both environmental and economic efficiencies. Its overwhelming success makes EMA confident that a GHG cap-and-trade program will similarly ensure that GHG emissions will fall

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Coming soon ghg LIVE.

The GHG LIVE conference series will consist of 1, 2 and 3 day LIVE workshops, providing attendees with in-depth education & practical knowledge via small class room settings & taught by leading experts. The setting provides “face to face” meeting and networking opportunities with fellow GHG professionals through classes, class room exercises, GHG Membership meet-ups & job fairs.

Check it out... www.ghglive.com launching February 1, 2010