Workshop: Voluntary carbon-offsetting by CIENS research institutes – just do it?
Publisert 20.12.2011
Workshop:
Voluntary carbon-offsetting by CIENS research institutes – just do it?
Room: Via (tentative), CIENS Forskningsparken
Friday January 6th 2012. 09:00-11:30
Target audience:
project managers at environmental research institutes at CIENS, UiO, UMB environmental NGOs, students
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09.00-09.10
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Introduction and welcome David N. Barton(NINA)
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www.nina.no
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09:10-09:40
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Certified emissions reductions(CER) and European Union Allowances(UEA) – KLIFs voluntary carbon-offset certificates. Christoffer Grønstad
Climate and Pollution Agency (Klif).
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http://co2.klif.no/
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09:40-10:10
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Verifiable emissions reductions from retailers – MyClimate’s energy project carbon-offset certificates
Gunnell Sandanger, Future in Our Hands Norway and MittKlima
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http://mittklima.no/
www.framtiden.no
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10:10-10:30
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Coffee break
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10:30-11:00
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Verifiable emissions reductions directly from projects – AMBIO’s afforestation, reforestation and agro-forestry Plan Vivo System . Sandie Fournier, Grupo Estatal de Servicios Ecosistemicos, Chiapas, Mexico
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www.planvivo.org/
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11:00-11:30
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Questions* and answers
Introduction by Asbjorn Torvanger, CICERO
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www.cicero.uio.no
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REGISTRATION: david.barton@nina.no
*Questions for presenters and for discussion:
Why would you recommend environmental research institutes to purchase carbon offsets from you ?
1) How are emissions reductions carried out (offsetting activities included)?
2) How are emissions reductions certified?
3) How are emissions reductions monitored, reported and verified?
4) How much do emissions reductions activities cost on the ground ($/tC)?
5) How much do emissions reductions cost to manage and market (% total costs)?
6) How is leakage risk documented and managed (using buffers or others)? What percentage of the project portfolio represented by emissions reductions credits is lost to leakage?
7) What are the social and conservation co-benefits of the emissions reductions?