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Voluntary carbon market opportunities workshop agenda

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1 August 2008

Oceania Room, Te Papa, Wellington

Venue for those videoconferencing from Auckland: Tower Centre, Level 6, 45 Queen St

Agenda

8:45-9:00

Arrival and coffee

 
9:00-9:15

Introduction

Peter Neilson, NZBCSD
9:15-9:30

The state of the global voluntary carbon market (including a presentation of latest report on the Voluntary Carbon Market: Forging a Frontier)

Joanna Silver, TZ1
9:30-9:45

The state of the Voluntary Carbon Market in New Zealand

Julia Hoare, Price Waterhouse Coopers
9:45-11:00

Panel 1: Trailblazers in the New Zealand voluntary carbon market share their experiences. Moderator: Simon Upton.

(10 minute presentations each, followed by Q&A)

Dave Pearce (Grove Mill)
Anna Broadhurst (Meridian Energy)
Melissa Munroe (Offset the Rest)
Todd Spencer (Airshed)
Peter Calderwood (Trust Power)
11:00-11:15

Coffee break

 
11:15-11:40

Business opportunities in New Zealand

James Stevenson-Wallace, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
11:40-12:00

A VCS for New Zealand? The story so far.

Murray Ward, GTripleC
12:00-1:00

Panel 2: Revving up the NZ VCM. Moderator: Simon Upton.

(10 minute presentations each, followed by Q&A)

Panellists:        

Nigel Brunel (OM Financial)

Harry Maher (Department of Conservation)

Simon Dawes (Det Norske Veritas)

Sara Peary (Beacon Pathways)

Philip Burt (Palmerston North City Council)

Kate Radka and Simon Watt (Bell Gully)
1:00-2:00

Lunch

 
2:00-2:20

Voluntary offset standards

Jacqueline Robertson, Deloitte
2:20-2:40

The role of Carbon Unit Registries

Helen Robinson, TZ1
2:45-4:15

Panel 3: Can the voluntary market really be credible? Moderator: Simon Upton.

Questions for discussion:

  • Will the proposed New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme make us “carbon neutral”?
  • What are the barriers to the development of the New Zealand Voluntary Carbon Market?
  • What should the role of government be in the Voluntary Carbon Market?
  • What are the opportunities for the private sector in the development of a robust and credible Voluntary Carbon Market?

Panellists:

James Moulder (Mighty River Power)

Murray Ward (GTripleC)

Ann Smith (carboNZero)

Julia Hoare (Price Waterhouse Coopers)

Philip Millichamp (Ministry for the Environment)

4:15-4:30

Closing remarks

Peter Neilson