The event will create a networking platform for the Mexican and Central American carbon market industry, policy makers and potential investors to examine growth strategies for the market as well as
The event will create a networking platform for the Mexican and Central American carbon market industry, policy makers and potential investors to examine growth strategies for the market as well as investment options and regional policy movements.
In 2009 Mexico ranked fourth in the world for the number of registered CDM projects and fifth in the world in Certified Emission Reductions (CERs). Mexico has also identified over 100 larger-scale projects in the operating segments of PEMEX and CFE. In Central America Honduras and Guatemala lead the take-up of CDM, followed by Panama, Costa Rica and El Salvador. The region is ideally positioned to benefit from policy developments and to implement more projects.
Delegates will learn from best practice case studies from both mature and emerging markets and gain a clear understanding of the current regulatory framework, investment criteria, project start up requirements, CER credit production optimization and the progress of the region in preparation for COP16.
Key Speakers Include:
Marco Monroy, President and Chief Executive Officer, MGM Innova, USA
Sandra Garavito Rojas, Climate Change Mitigation Group, Ministry of the Environment MAVDT, Colombia
Elias Freig, Coordinator on the Special Task Force on CO2 Emissions, SHCP, Mexico
Ned Helme, President, Centre for Clean Air Policy (CCAP), USA
Senior Representative, Climate Action Reserve, USA
Israel Victor Ballesteros, Executive Director of Program and Product, Financiera Rural
Rodrigo Sánchez Mújica, Director General, FIRA, Mexico
Federico López de Alba, Vice-Director of Emission Evaluation, CFE, Mexico
Leonel Iglesias Gutierrez, Director General, Conafor, Mexico
Teresa Crespo, Vice-President of International Business Development, FOMECAR, Bancomext, Mexico
Ivan Hernandez, Regional Manager, Central America, The Gold Standard Foundation, Switzerland
Elsa Esquivel Bazan, Coordinator for REDD Pilot Project, El Ocote, AMBIO, Mexico
Martin Kruska, Director Carbon Asset Development, First Climate, Germany
Zach Scott, Director, Us Carbon, Gazprom, Russia
Steve Schwartzman, Director, Tropical Forest Policy, Environmental Defense Fund, USA
Carlos de Icaza, Member, CMIA, UK
Lukas Hablützel , Global Industry Manager Renewable Energy, Endress+Hauser, Switzerland
Sanjeev Kumar, Senior Associate, E3G, Belgium
Ubaldo Elizondo, Executive for Environment, CAF, Mexico
Pablo Quiroga Fernández, Presidente, NATURA Proyectos Ambientales, Mexico
Federico López de Alba, Vice-Director of Emission Evaluation, CFE, Mexico
