Forest Carbon Finance Summit 2009: Making Forest Carbon Markets Work
The World Wildlife Fund, working with the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University and the Program on International Finance systems at Harvard University, is convening Forest Carbon Finance Summit 2009, March 6-8, in Washington D.C.
The private summit will bring together more than 40 senior executives, policy experts, investors and legal and financial leaders for a frank, “off-the-record” discussion of options for making forest carbon markets work. They will examine issues such as: How can forest carbon become compliance carbon used to meet emission reduction obligations? What infrastructure requirements, carbon registries, exchange platforms, legal and institutional frameworks are critical to make markets work and make the carbon results credible and real? And, how can a market system achieve integrity: permanent real carbon reduction and effective protection of social and environmental values, with due regard for national sovereignty? Participation in the event is by invitation only.
In conjunction with the summit, the Institute has published two new draft policy briefs: “Including Reduced Emissions from International Forest Carbon in Climate Policy: Understanding the Economics,” and “Forests and Carbon: The Crucial Role of Forest Carbon in Combating Climate Change.”
For more information about the draft briefs or the Institute’s participation in the summit, contact Lydia Olander, senior associate director for ecosystem services, at lydia.olander@duke.edu, or Brian Murray, director for economic analysis, at bcmurray@duke.edu.
For more information about the summit, go to http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/pifs/fcfs2009.html
For papers related to the summit, go to http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/pifs/fcfsbb2009.html
Papers included:
- Contractual Arrangements for the Implementation of Forest Carbon Schemes with Emphasis on REDD Schemes in Peru: Legal and Institutional Considerations
José Luis Capella, SPDA - The Interminable Politics of Forest Carbon: an EU Outlook
Alex Bozmoski and Cameron Hepburn, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford - Including Reduced Emissions from International Forest Carbon in Climate Policy: Understanding the Economics
Brian Murray (lead), Nicholas Institute, Duke University; Ruben Lubowski, Environmental Defense Fund; and Brent Sohngen, Ohio State University - Driving Private Capital to Conserve Tropical Forests: Current Frameworks & Policy Ideas
John O. Niles, Director, Tropical Forest Group - Forests and Climate: The Crucial Role of Forest Carbon in Combating Climate Change
Lydia Olander, Nicholas Institute, Duke University (coordinating), and (in alphabetical order) William Boyd, University of Colorado Law School; Kathleen Lawlor, Nicholas Institute; Erin Myers Madeira, Resources for the Future; and John O. Niles, Tropical Forest Group. Erin Myers Madeira is the primary author of the introduction. - Avoided Deforestation as a GHG Mitigation Compliance Activity
Pedro Moura Costa, EcoSecurities Group Plc - Ensuring Integrity in Forest Carbon Markets: A Concept Note
Hosny El-Lakany, University of British Columbia
Including Reduced Emissions from International Forest Carbon in Climate Policy: Understanding the Economics (Draft policy brief) – March 2009
Forests and Carbon: The Crucial Role of Forest Carbon in Combating Climate Change (Draft policy brief) – March 2009
