Carbon Markets
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Introduction
Course objectives
This concise, 1-day course provides an excellent introduction to carbon markets, explaining the key elements of both theory and practice in emissions trading; as well as in related schemes both complementary and competitive, regulated and voluntary.
For those new to the subject, or simply in need of a basic level revision, the course delivers a clear route through a minefield of terminology. Importantly, in a world where regulations, governmental agreements and practices can evolve rapidly, the aim is to give users a solid, hypefree grasp of the fundamentals; thus remaining relevant however their future applications may vary.
Level & Style
The course will explain key concepts and terminology in carbon science, economics and finance, but assumes no prior specialist knowledge.
The course will be of particular value to those working in nontechnical functions – those who need to understand the fundamentals and grasp how their business or policy environment will change as a result, even if they then employ or work with specialists to deliver the day-to-day details. Alternatively, it provides an excellent foundation course for those seeking to pursue the subject in more depth.
All Green Power Academy courses run in a friendly, open and informal manner. We encourage discussions and questions to ensure that participants get the most out of their time. In order to better understand and illustrate the various topics, some simple calculations and other explanatory exercises may be incorporated.
About your trainer
Gediz
is a carbon finance expert with a background on infrastructure finance and environmental economics. She is currently the managing partner of
Gaia Carbon Finance which is the first domestic carbon consulting and trade company of Turkey. She has significant experience in project finance, impact assessment and due diligence. She has worked for HSBC Turkey where she was responsible for framing up the project finance unit. She managed the financial appraisal of more than four hundred projects in various sectors from manufacturing to infrastructure.
Gediz had also worked with the World Bank in Washington D.C in the area of infrastructure and environmental finance. She designed the concept and implementation of various environmental management projects and formulated sustainable financing options. She managed the economic and financial analysis of various infrastructure projects that also included carbon finance components. Prior to World Bank, Gediz had worked for private sector development projects of Istanbul Chamber of Industry &German Technical Aid Agency (GTZ).
Gediz holds a BSc degree in Civil Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, a MSc degree from Bosphorus University in Civil Engineering and a MSc degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Environmental Management and Policy.
About Green Power Academy
Green Power Academy exists to provide the quality, impartial, informative and enjoyable training needed to increase and distribute knowledge and skills to green energy industry professionals. Whether you are new to the industry, have recently changed jobs or simply wish to refresh your knowledge, our training should become a key part of your personal or company professional development programme.
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Agenda Details
1. Carbon Policy
- Understanding the motivations and context of carbon-reduction schemes
- Climate change science and other policy drivers
- Political, social and economic pressures: Governments, institutions, industries, individuals and economies
- Global, regional and/or nationally regulated approaches (e.g. Kyoto, Europe’s ETS and other markets)
- Other proposed solutions to emissions reduction; including voluntary markets, carbon taxes, portfolio standards, rules & regulations, incentives and technology
2. Cap-and-trade
- The economic principles and policy alternatives
- Options in designing emissions trading schemes
- Compliance and policing
- Early lessons on effectiveness, plus impacts in areas such as technology and innovation
3. Carbon price
- Setting a price, plus key supply and demand factors
- Impacts of the carbon price on other aspects of the economy
- The interaction of carbon and energy markets
- Markets and exchanges
- The basics of carbon finance strategies and risk management
4. Including also, where relevant, the fundamentals of…
- Voluntary markets (their pros and cons alongside more rigorous systems)
- Carbon offsets and offset projects
- Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI)
- Programmatic CDMs
- National Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs)
- Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)
Approximate Timing
Course begins: 09:00 Course ends: 17:00
(Timings are approximate and include lunch plus morning and afternoon refreshment breaks)