Past 2009 Carbon Finance Events

This presentation will provide an in-depth understanding of U.S. carbon policy at the regional and federal level, insight into the market and players in carbon finance, and a view of the future role of forestry and land use.

Join Justin Felt and Elizabeth Zelljadt of PointCarbon. 

Justin manages the company's carbon offset analysis products for North America, including the Carbon Project Manager North America tool. He has previously worked with Dow Chemical and Weyerhaeuser, performing due diligence on carbon offset projects for their respective business lines. Justin holds an MBA/MS from the University of Michigan. He also co-authored the master's project entitled, "Renewables, Policy, and Cost of Capital."

Elizabeth is an analyst in Point Carbon's research group, where she focuses on regional and federal climate change policy in the US and Canada. She previously worked as a journalist, covering North American climate change policy and market development as well as international climate change negotiations. She has also worked with the European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils and non-governmental organizations in the US.

Point Carbon's comprehensive services provide professionals with market-moving information through monitoring fundamental information, key market players and business and policy developments in carbon markets.

Recommended Readings

• Carbon 2008: Post-2012 is Now - PointCarbon
• Carbon Market Research North America - PointCarbon
• Carbon Market Research - PointCarbon

Course Recommendations - recommended fall coursework for Yale students interested in this field

• Financial Analysis for Land Management
• Management Plans for Protected Areas
• Local Environmental Law and Land Use Practice
• Private Investment and the Environment
• International Environmental Policy and Governance
• Natural Resources Law
• Property, Social Justice and the Environment
• Emerging Markets for Ecosystem Services
• Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Developing Countries

Event Documents

 

Netcast - Coming Soon

 

Transcription - Coming Soon

 

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Event Photos - #1, #2, #3, #4, and #5

 

Event Poster

 

This event is organized in collaboration with the Connecticut chapters of the Trust for Public Land and The Nature Conservancy. CEU Credits will be granted by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (Division of Forestry)- click here for a Certificate of Attendance form.

 

Funding for the Carbon Finance Speaker Series was made possible by a generous grant from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation and the Henry P. Kendall Foundation.