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This Working Group is designed to help businesses prepare and comply with evolving carbon emissions regulation in ...

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Carbon Compliance Strategies

This Working Group is designed to help businesses prepare and comply with evolving carbon emissions regulation in the US.

Participants explore in detail the current and future obligations to both Federal and Regional initiatives. Network activities focus on understanding compliance requirements, developing carbon management strategies and using compliance for market advantage and leadership.

The goal is to draw lessons from the experience of other businesses and geographies. Further, we look at how to engage with moving targets in the new policy environment.

The Working Group is most valuable for heavy emitters, organizations with carbon-intensive supply chains and large importers.


       
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Group Members Include:

  • Sabrina Howell

    Consultant
    Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE)

  • Heidi Bishop

    Policy and Marketing Coordinator
    The Brattle Group

  • Sujeesh Krishnan

    US Business Development Manager
    The Carbon Trust

  • Rob Rolfsen

    Director - Sustainable Development
    Cisco Systems Inc.


       
       

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9 Nov. 2009
US SEC increases environmental power of shareholders: Practical Law Company

An update on a bulletin issued by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), on 27 October 2009, on shareholder proposals relating to environmental and climate change matters.

29 Oct. 2009
Slides from webinar: EPA Regulations in 2010 - Dimitri Shanin, Carbonetworks

Copy of Dimitri Shanin's presentation slides from the 10/28 webinar EPA Regulations in 2010: What matters, what doesn't, and how to prepare

29 Oct. 2009
Slides from webinar: EPA Regulations in 2010 - William Sloan, Morrison & Foerster LLP

Copy of William Sloan's presentation slides from the 10/28 webinar EPA Regulations in 2010: What matters, what doesn't, and how to prepare

29 Oct. 2009
EPA Regulations in 2010: What matters, what doesn't, and how to prepare

William Sloan, co-chair, Environmental Group Carbon Team, Morrison Foerster and Dimitri Shanin, Director, Advisory Services, Carbonetworks

EPA recently issued the final rules of a mandatory reporting of greenhouse gases program, and this webinar will discuss what this means for businesses, how to comply with the reporting mechanism and how to effectively manage the carbon position of your business.

1 Oct. 2009
Presentation on Global Climate Change Impacts

Read a copy of the presentation on Global Climate Change Impacts given on Wednesday September 30 by the authors of the report.

1 Oct. 2009
WebEx recording - Climate Impacts: The Cost of Inaction on Climate Change

Playback the recording of the WebEx we hosted on Wednesday September 30, which presents findings from the report, Global Climate Change Impacts in the U.S., recently released by the U.S. Global Change Research Program. You will hear from the authors of the report, who include, Thomas Karl, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), at the National Climatic Data Center, Brad Udall, from Western Water Assessment & Michael Savonis, from U.S. Department of Transportation as they explain climactic changes already underway and those which could occur in the future given various policy options.  The session was moderated by Peter Frumhoff, Director of Science and Policy at the Union of Concerned Scientists.

21 Sept. 2009
Global Climate Change Impacts in the US

 The U.S. Global Change Research Program recently released a report entitled Global Climate Change Impacts in the U.S., which addresses climactic changes already underway and those which could occur in the future given various policy options.  Hailed as the “most up-to-date, comprehensive and authoritative assessment of climate change impacts on the United States” the findings highlight the importance of acting quickly to mitigate the impacts of climate change.  Written in a manner that is accessible to all persons, the report presents compelling, cutting-edge evidence that the future of climate change depends on actions taken today.  Download a summary paper of the report here.

11 Aug. 2009
Energy Market and Economic Impacts of H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009

August 2009 report from the EIA.

This report responds to a request to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) from Chairman Henry Waxman and Chairman Edward Markey for an analysis of H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACESA).1 ACESA, as passed by the House of Representatives on June 26, 2009, is a complex bill that regulates emissions of greenhouse gases through market-based mechanisms, efficiency programs, and economic incentives.

11 Aug. 2009
The Use of Offsets to Reduce Greenhouse Gases

An August 2009 report from the Congressional budget Office.

2 July 2009
Carbon Compliance in Action: RGGI as a case study

Wednesday 1st July, 4:30-5:30pm GMT+1 / 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

- Summary of the mechanics of RGGI with auctions and state allowance budgets- Compliance experience to-date- How carbon compliance affects a company' strategy for resource allocation- How companies can position themselves to benefit from the RGGI cap

Moderator: Sonia Hamel, Climate Consultant, Hamel Consulting Panelists: Lois New, Deputy Director, New York State Office of Climate Change, New York State Department of Environmental ConservationFranz Litz, Senior Fellow, World Resources InstituteJoseph Fontaine, Emission Reduction Trading Programs Manager, State of New Hampshire