cap and trade

GHG management is most often still the domain of environmental professionals, but because GHG emissions may be viewed as potential liabilities, and present financial opportunities for some, in the near future, company executives are increasingly looking for greater visibility into the data.

As the public debate continues on whether greenhouse gases contribute to global warming or whether we are going through a natural cycle, enormous political pressure and investment dollars are streaming into the solutions aspect of the debate. Discussions in North America on environmental policy and economic benefits are steaming ahead at all levels of government and in the corporate board room.Putting the debate aside, creating a carbon market that stimulates activity to address climate change provides everyone an opportunity to participate.

As the need for climate change solutions continues to grow, so does the need for properly educated greenhouse gas management and measurement professionals. Universities and colleges are typically the first place one thinks of when they hear “advanced education”; unfortunately, these institutions alone do not currently provide education for the full spectrum of the climate change industry.

Washington, DC - Margo Thorning, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, American Council on Capital Formation, is interviewed about a study assessing the potential national and state economic impacts resulting from proposed climate change legislation.

The hearing examines the role of auction or allocation systems for global warming emissions credits in a cap-and-trade climate bill. Along with several prominent witnesses from the United States, Zapfel covers these new developments in the E.U.

Sen. Coleman speaks in favor of America's Climate Security Act (ACSA), which is projected to reduce total U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions,particularly the provisions of which that help shield low-income Americans from the costs of climate change solutions.

In this roundtable discussion, panelists discuss the latest developments in climate change negotiation and greenhouse gas reductions while alsolooking at the economic and political forces that will affect the issue now and in the future.