Molly Peters-Stanley: Archive
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State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2010 report launch: markets shrink, interlink
June 19, 2010 Comment
In a conference room with an inspiring view of Washington DC's, ah, monumental highlights, Ecosystem Marketplace and Bloomberg New Energy Finance officially launched the latest iteration of the State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets series. "Building Bridges: State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2010" was presented by Kate Hamilton of Ecosystem Marketplace and Milo Sjardin of Bloomberg New Energy Finance alongside an expert panel including report sponsors.
The Wall Street Green Trading Summit 9: living la vida loca(l)
March 19, 2010 2 Comments
From the inauguration of the Kyoto Protocol to the explosion of carbon offsets to "climategate" - clearly the, ah, climate for environmental finance has undergone interminable change over the last decade. Nevertheless, carbon professionals continue to convene for spring conference season, starting with the Wall Street Green Trading Summit (WSGTS), March 23 - 24 in New York City and then Point Carbon's Navigating the American Carbon World, April 14 - 16.
Ecosystem Marketplace Surveys the Forest Carbon Frontier
January 16, 2010 Comment
The crowd was standing-room-only in a conference room overlooking the White House and Washington Monument as a panel of speakers presented the findings of Ecosystem Marketplace's new State of the Forest Carbon Markets 2009: Taking Root & Branching Out. Included in the panel were representatives from organizations at the frontier of forest carbon development.
Mapping REDD Risks and Rewards: the Forest Carbon Index
December 6, 2009 Comment
A picture is worth a thousand words, and Resources for the Future's (RFF) new Forest Carbon Index (FCI) uses interactive maps to tell a visual story of forest carbon's global investment potential. Pretty useful stuff, considering that forest carbon's profit potential, stocks and policy hurdles are - like forest resources themselves - entirely place-based.