Improving Efficiency, Effectiveness, & International Harmonization of
Compliance Activities in Emissions Trading

8-9 March 2007, Dublin, Ireland

The Improving Efficiency, Effectiveness, & International Harmonization of Compliance Activities in Emissions Trading workshop focused on discussing practical issues needed for different emissions trading systems to cooperate.

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Workshop Agenda, Presentations, & Background Documents

Final Agenda (12 March 2007) Opening Keynote Address Emissions Trading: Ensuring Compliance and Environmental Integrity in Climate Markets Dr. Mary Kelly, Director General, Ireland's Environmental Protection Agency Panel 1: Applying Lessons Learned from the Financial Community to the Carbon Markets Regulators Building Trust in Corporate Reporting: Improving the compliance & enforcement of emissions reporting by drawing parallels Hans Gortemaker, Erasmus University Rotterdam Institutions, Investors, and Consumers Robin Smale, VividEconomics Project Based Carbon Market Lessons Xueman Wang, World Bank Carbon Finance Unit Special Topic Discussion Update on U.S. Climate Legislation Joe Kruger, National Commission on Energy Policy Plenary Panel 2: Critical Issues, Practical Aspects and Minimum Compliance Issues Needed to Allow Different Emission Trading Systems to Cooperate Linking Carbon Offset Markets Derik Broekhoff, World Resources Institute Practical issues for linking – an EU Perspective Jill Duggan, DEFRA Emerging U.S. Mandatory Carbon Markets: Potential for Cooperation Franz Litz, New York, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Linking: Critical Issues & Practical Aspects Michael McMahon, BP Technical Working Groups on Best Practices Emissions Trading and the Compliance Regime under the Kyoto Protocol Xueman Wang, World Bank Carbon Finance Unit The Benefits for Emission Trading of Using Voluntary, Consensus-based Standards Pierre Boileau, Canadian Standards Association Keynote Address: Laying the Foundation for Trading Systems to Cooperate Where Are We Headed? Denny Ellerman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Plenary Panel 3: Integration of Compliance Mechanisms in CDM and JI Projects, and Other Markets Certification of Attributes: Advancing Integration of Carbon Markets Bob Shults, APX Inc. Background Papers Building Trust in Emissions Trading: Global Trends in Emissions Trading Schemes PricewaterhouseCoopers Swedish Experiences with Non-compliance Response Helena Rudin and Ulla Jennische Enforcement Improvement on Transboundary Water Management Using SEEA-W and Tradeable Permit Systems Chiung-Ting Chang and Jan Leentvaar Fundamentals of Successful Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification under a Cap-and-Trade Program John Schakenbach, Robert Vollaro, and Reynaldo Forte The Status Of Implementation Of Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading In Romania Adrian Banea A Comparison of the Requirements and Guidance of the CDM/JI with Those of the ISO 14064 Standard Pierre Boileau Linking Markets for GHG Reductions: Can it be Done? Derik Broekhoff Where Are We Headed? A. Denny Ellerman

The workshop was hosted by INECE, in cooperation with the Ireland Environmental Protection Agency, the Netherlands’ Ministry for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Environment Agency for England and Wales, and Ireland’s Department of Environment, Heritage, and Local Government.

Please contact the INECE Secretariat at inece@inece.org with any questions.