CARBON MARKETS WORKSHOP - For Mexican Business Leaders and Key Government Officials

Carbon Markets

Conference Goals | Program and Presentations | Registration | Presenters | Supporting Organizations

Conference Goals:

CARBON MARKETS WORKSHOP
For Mexican Business Leaders and Key Government Officials
Sheraton Centro Histórico, Hotel & Convention Center
Mexico City
August 20-21, 2009

Workshop Objectives

Our primary objective is to inform leaders from the Mexican private sector about the potential benefits of participating in the international carbon market.
Other objectives include:
Raising awareness of the strategic importance for Mexico to sustain a constructive and responsible path toward a fast-growth low-carbon economy, despite the global financial crisis.
Presenting successful foreign policies and implementation experiences from a comparative public policy perspective.
Providing a forum for learning, exchange and networking for public and private executives that will allow for those implementing successful climate change programs to share their experiences and insights with their peers. For instance, the program will allow Mexican private sector leaders and senior government officials to connect with representatives of international agencies, executives in the environmental finance sector, project developers, and brokers actively participating in the international carbon market.
Facilitating a dialogue between Mexican decision makers and representatives from the international community about proposed international cooperation and development policies related to climate change.

Workshop Content

Researchers, experts and senior policy officials will present a sample of best practices, policy lessons and success stories in the design and implementation of climate-related policies and programs from around the world via panel discussions and keynote speeches. In particular, participants will learn about the use of market-based mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as cap-and-trade and carbon markets, e.g., the European Union’s Emission Trading System (EU ETS), sub-national programs in Canada, regional efforts such as the Western Climate Initiative and the Waxman-Markey Bill in the United States. Also, participants will be exposed to “lessons learned” from institutional support programs for the private sector, e.g., the United Kingdom’s Carbon Trust. Finally, participants will learn about policy initiatives that foster smart and clean energy conservation strategies.

Workshop Structure

The workshop will start with a full day of activities and then finish with a half-day. (See the projected schedule below.)

Participants

This workshop is aimed at private sector leaders, as well as key senior government officials from the federal government and states in Mexico who are interested in sharing their perspectives and learning about current developments in the international carbon market.

The workshop will accommodate up to fifty participants. Speakers will include:

Leading academics and researchers from UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, the Grantham Research Institute on Climate and the Environment at the London School of Economics, Mario Molina Center on Energy and Environment, and other such institutions.
Business executives, executives of international agencies, and public servants currently involved in implementing successful environmental finance projects in both the compliance and voluntary carbon markets.
Policy practitioners and analysts working to strengthen institutions and develop innovation policies, such as the California Environmental Protection Agency, Quebec’s Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks Department and the Mexican Carbon Trust.

Program and Presentations

DAY ONE – Thursday, August 20
9:00 – 9:30 AM	SESSION 1:INTRODUCTION TO CARBON MARKETS Welcome Remarks - Carbon Markets Workshop Overview Blas Pérez Henríquez, Director, Center for Environmental Public Policy, UC Berkeley – United States; Senior Visiting Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics – United Kingdom; and Visiting Professor, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas – Mexico (CIDE) Challenges and Opportunities for Mexico’s Transition toward a Low-Carbon Economy Adrián Fernández, President, National Institute of Ecology (INE) – Mexico
9:30– 10:45 AM	SESSION 2: THE CARBON MARKET Introduction to Cap-and-Trade Justin Felt, Product Manager and Senior Analyst, Carbon Offsets, PointCarbon, Washington, D.C. Office – Norway
10:45 – 11:00 PM	COFFEE BREAK
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM	Introduction to Cap-and-Trade (Continued) Justin Felt, Product Manager and Senior Analyst, Carbon Offsets, PointCarbon, Washington, D.C. Office – Norway
12:30 – 2:00 PM	SESSION 3: A LOW CARBON ECONOMY AND COMPETITIVINESS Low Carbon Growth - A Potential Path for Mexico Francisco Barnes Jr., McKinsey & Co., – Mexico Office – United States Economics of Climate Change: Policy Action and Competitiveness Dimitri Zenghelis, Chief Climate Economist, Cisco Systems – London Office; and Senior Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and Environment, LSE – United Kingdom
ROOM: Doña Sol 2:00 – 3:30 PM	LUNCH
ROOM: Don Julian 3:30 – 5:00PM	SESSION 4: INSTITUTIONS, PROJECT REQUIREMENTS AND THE CARBON MARKET Developing a Carbon Market Institutional Framework in Mexico Rodolfo Lacy, Centro Mario Molina – Mexico The Mexican Carbon Trust Remigio Alvarez Prieto, Director of internacional Business Development – Bancomext - Fondo Mexicano de Carbono (FOMECAR) Carbon Markets: Integrity, Transparency and Financial Value Joel Levin, Vice President, Climate Action Reserve – United States
5:00 – 5:15 PM	COFFEE BREAK
5:15 – 6:30 PM	SESSION 5: THE CARBON MARKET, OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEXICO Chair: Ambassador Andrés Rozental, Rozental & Asociados Luz Abusaid, BNP Paribas Carbon Team – London Office – France, [presentation] Luis López Martinelli, Det Norske Veritas Certification, Inc. (DNV) – Mexico Office – Norway, [presentation] Gabriela González-Merla L., Goodrich, Riquelme y Asociados – Paris Office – Mexico, [presentation] Roberto Capuano, Ecosecurities – Mexico Office – United States, [presentation]
ROOM: Doña Sol 7:00 – 9:00 PM	COCKTAIL RECEPTION AND NETWORKING EVENT
DAY TWO – Friday, August 21 ROOM: Don Julian
9:00 – 11:00 AM	SESSION 6: CARBON MARKETS IN NORTH AMERICA US Climate Policy and the Western Climate Initiative Mark Wenzel, Air Pollution Specialist, California Environmental Protection Agency, United States – United States Canadian Provinces Leadership in the North American Carbon Market Robert Nöel de Tilly, Senior Policy Advisor, Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks, Quebec – Canada US – Mexico Border Cooperation in Developing Emissions Trading Systems Daniel Chacon-Anaya, General Manager, Border Environment Cooperation Commission
11:00 – 11:30 AM	COFFEE BREAK
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM	SESSION 7: GLOBAL CARBON MARKET: FINANCING THE GREEN ECONOMY International Carbon Trading Markets: Trends and Challenges Steven Gray, Associate of Climate Change Capital and Member of the Board of the Carbon Markets and Investors Association (CMIA) – United Kingdom Mexico and the Carbon Market Juan Mata, Director General of Climate Policy, Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) Business, Climate Change and the Carbon Market Michael Ridley, Senior Investment Analyst, Carbon Trust – United Kingdom
1:30 – 2:00 PM	CLOSING SESSION Mexico’s Special Program for Climate Change (PECC) and the Role of the Private Sector Fernando Tudela, Undersecretary of Policy and Planning, Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT)
2:00 – 3:30 PM	FAREWELL LUNCH

Registration:

On-line registration is available. Registration requests received after the deadline will be considered only on a space-available basis. Registration deadline: August 18, 2009.