In July of 2008, Fast Company's Anya Kamenetz wrote an article entitled "Can Carbon Credits Slow Global Warming". This article highlighted Yale's idealistic forestry grads leading the way.
When:
April
29,
2009
| 5:00
–
7:30PM
Where: Kroon Hall - Burke Auditorium (195 Prospect Street)
Cost: Free and open to the public (reception to follow)
Organizer: Center for Business and the Environment
Risk management for forestry investors in carbon and other ecosystem services from forests is the business of ForestRe. Join Phil Cottle of ForestRe in this Carbon Finance Speaker Series presentation.
When:
April
22,
2009
| 5:30
–
7:30PM
Where: Kroon Hall - Burke Auditorium (195 Prospect Street)
Cost: Free and open to the public (reception to follow)
Organizer: Center for Business and the Environment at Yale
Sustainable Investing, highlights how an approach to investing driven by long-term environmental, economic and social factors could help finance a resurgent and more resilient global economy.
When:
April
7,
2009
| 6:00
–
8:00PM
Where: Steinbach Lounge at 52 Hillhouse Avenue
Cost: Free and open to the public (reception to follow)
Organizer: Center for Business and the Environment at Yale
Laurie Wayburn, president of the Pacific Forest Trust, will discuss state and federal policy on forest carbon.
When:
March
30,
2009
| 4:00
–
5:30PM
Where: Kroon Hall - Burke Auditorium (195 Prospect Street)
Cost: Free and open to the public (reception to follow)
Organizer: Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry and the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale
Join Edwin Aalders, Director of the International Emissions Trading Association, and Kate Hamilton, Carbon Project Manager at the Ecosystem Marketplace, in a conversation moderated by Brad Gentry.
When:
March
25,
2009
| 4:00
–
5:30PM
Where: Kroon Hall - Burke Auditorium (195 Prospect Street)
Cost: Free and open to the public
Organizer: Center for Business and the Environment
Mark Tercek, president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy will discuss how environmental markets and finance can be used as tools to accelerate the protection of ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.
When:
February
10,
2009
| 5:30
–
7:00PM
Where: Kroon Hall - Burke Auditorium (195 Prospect Street)
Cost: Free and open to the public (reception to follow)
Organizer: Center for Business and the Environment at Yale
Join the Maine Forest Service, Environment Northeast and the Gold Standard in discussing the process and challenges of developing new carbon markets in the U.S.
When:
November
5,
2008
| 5:00
–
7:30PM
Where: Luce Hall at 34 Hillhouse Avenue (reception to follow)
Cost: Free and open to the public
Organizer: Center for Business and the Environment at Yale
Point Carbon is a world-leading provider of independent news, analysis and consulting services for carbon markets.
When:
October
28,
2008
| 5:30
–
7:00PM
Where: School of Management - Room A30 (135 Prospect Street)
Cost: Free and open to the public
Organizer: Center for Business and the Environment at Yale
Through C-Lock Technology and Carbon Credit Corp, farmers and ranchers can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and store carbon in their soil by improving crop management practices, for example, from conventional tillage to reduced or zero-tillage.
When:
October
22,
2008
| 5:00
–
7:30PM
Where: Luce Hall at 34 Hillhouse Avenue (a reception to follow)
Cost: Free and open to the public
Organizer: Center for Business and the Environment at Yale
Deborah Spalding, a Managing Partner of Working Lands Investment Partners, LLC, will provide an overview of what investors look for in deals to acquire forests and lands, from the structure of a transaction to risk-return expectations.
When:
September
24,
2008
| 5:00
–
7:30PM
Where: Luce Hall at 34 Hillhouse Avenue (reception to follow)
Cost: Free and open to the public
Organizer: Center for Business and the Environment at Yale
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