Past 2009 Carbon Finance Events

Formerly a partner and managing director at Goldman Sachs, Mark was head of the Center for Environmental Markets and the Environmental Strategy Group. As an environmental advocate, Mr. Tercek is engaged with various environmental organizations including the Wildlife Conservation Society's Chilean Advisory Council and the Steering Group of the Prince's Rainforest Project. He has also served as a faculty member in the New York Times Institute on the Environment - a seminar intended to inform editors and journalists on major environmental issues.

The Nature Conservancy is the leading global conservation organization. Since its founding in 1951, TNC has protected more than 119 million acres of land, 5,000 miles of rivers, and operate more than 100 marine conservation projects throughout the world. They have over 1 million members and work in all 50 states and more than 30 countries protecting habitats from grasslands to coral reefs. TNC works on issues related to climate change, fire, fresh water, forests, invasive species, and marine ecosystems aided by over 700 staff scientists.

Mark Tercek will focus his remarks on how markets and finance can advance solutions to climate change through the protection of forests and lands.

Recommended Readings

• Annual Report - The Nature Conservancy
• From the President - Mark Tercek
• Conservation by Design
• Climate Change - The Nature Conservancy
• Connecticut Chapter of The Nature Conservancy
• TNC Connecticut Chapter - Invitation

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

• Managing Forests for Carbon Sequestration: Science, Business, Policy
• Agroforestry Systems: Productivity, Environmental Services and Rural Development
• The Economics of Environment and Sustainable Development
• Strategies for Land Conservation
• Institutions and the Environment
• Law of Climate Change
• Economics of Climate Change
• Energy Issues in Developing Countries
• Economics of Natural Resource Management
• Environmental Law and Policy
• Transportation and Urban Land Use Planning: Shaping the 21st Century City
• Transportation, Energy and the Economy
• Microfinance and Economic Development

Event Documents

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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.