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Day One - 13 April

Registration & welcome coffee

Opening Keynote Session

Prof. José Goldemberg
Former Brazilian Secretary of State for Science and Technology, Minister of State for Education and Secretary for the Environment of the State of São Paulo,Brazil

Progress against the Bali roadmap and the carbon markets’ role post COP15
Vicente Barros, Co-Chair, Working Group II, IPCC
Eduardo Jorge Martins Alves Sobrinho, Environment Secretary, City of São Paulo

Networking refreshment break & exhibition visit

Global Emission Markets & Analysis from COP 15

Latin America’s role in the post-Copenhagen marketplace

  • COP15 outcome: What does it all mean for South America?
  • What are the future opportunities for the region?
  • How can regional energy security and emission reductions best be achieved?
  • Review of Mexico’s Green Fund proposal
  • Overview of avoiding deforestation in the Amazon region     

Reflecting on global Emissions Trading Schemes

  • National and unilateral emission reduction efforts around the globe
  • Examining the possibilities for, and challenges created by new mechanisms and instruments
  • Impact of US cap-and-trade legislation on Latin America and beyond
  • Will the global recession be impacting emission reductions in 2010?

Networking lunch break & exhibition visit

Investment Opportunities & Risks

Growing and strengthening the global carbon market in testing times

  • In volatile financial times what is the role of financial institutions and governments?
  • Does the carbon market need to be managed more strictly to ensure more financial stability?
  • What new avenues of finance are available to project developers?
  • What new insurance products are available to the carbon markets?

CDM challenges and the way forward – the investor outlook

  • Analyzing CDM projects from the investor perspective: What are drivers for investors in carbon emissions as an asset class?
  • Considering carbon risk in long term investments strategies
  • Contractual and financial options for managing market risk

Networking refreshment break & exhibition visit

Carbon Pricing and Trading

Carbon Prices and Trading

  • What are the wider implications of the falling carbon credit prices over the past year?
  • How are gas, oil and the power markets related to the price of carbon?
  • The infrastructure of trading in the United States
  • Comparing exchange-based trading with OTC trading
  • Auctioning: Impact on prices, markets and players

Central American Carbon Market – Developing the first Central American carbon market as a Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action

  • Goals of the exchange
  • Differences with other markets
  • “Niche” market and projects targeted
  • Players involved

Close of day one & Networking drinks

 

Day Two - 14 April

Welcome coffee & exhibition visit

Voluntary Carbon Markets

Latin America’s voluntary market: current status and future strategy
Assessing the evolution of the voluntary carbon market over recent years
Which standards have proven most valuable for South American projects?

  • Accurately determining the value of VERs
  • How to establish whether the voluntary market is right for your project
  • Looking ahead: the role of the voluntary market alongside the regulatory market

Voluntary carbon finance in an economic downturn

  • Encouraging investment in the voluntary market in financially difficult conditions
  • Do financiers see the voluntary projects as a good investment?
  • How can standardisation help to minimize financial risks?
  • Overcoming credibility challenges
  • What types of offsets attract the most investment?

Networking refreshment break & exhibition visit

Forestry and Amazon Focus Session

Assessing the potential for ongoing opportunities for REDD projects

  • Analysis of the results of international negotiations on REDD
  • How will the new Brazilian land law affect  deforestation in the Amazon
  • Latin American REDD Forum and bi-national  forestry climate change deal

Case study: Noel Kempff climate action project

Minimising the impact of REDD on indigenous peoples

12.30 Lunch

Stream A:
Advances in Programmatic CDM		 Stream B:
Tax Regulation & Legislation
  • Are PoAs the future of the CDM?
  • Programmatic CDM: The solution to up scaling carbon reduction measures?
  • How can project hosts and DOEs deal with the liability issue?
  • Can structured legal agreements outlining the liability conditions of each party be the solution?

Case Study
  • Definition of the legal nature of carbon credits in Brazil
  • Definition of  taxes over carbon assets in Brazil
  • Legal considerations when structuring CDM agreements

 

Financing the technology transfer in the 2012 regime

  • Creating mechanisms to accelerate the deployment, diffusion and transfer of environmentally sound technologies
  • Identifying and prioritising technology needs
  • Ensuring the technology transfer is measurable, reportable and verifiable
  • Securing adequate and reliable funding

The Way Forward     

The World after Copenhagen and Future Directions for CDM in South America

  • Now the dust has settled…
  • New project trends
  • Implications for the region

Close of conference