Event

First Climate at India Carbon Market Conclave 2008

Location: New Delhi, India

Partha Chaudhuri, Managing Director of First Climate (India) Pvt. Ltd., participated in the panel discussion on Voluntary and Regional Markets held on Thursday, 16 October, 9:30-10:45 a.m.

Voluntary markets have witnessed significant growth and many of the voluntary efforts have been institutionalized through recognized or regional action plans. Companies have begun to participate in more formalized voluntary programs. Variations and absence of standards continues to remain a problem for voluntary markets.

The panel discussion addressed the following issues in particular:

- Voluntary markets: current status and outlook
- Voluntary market movement towards greater standardization and structuring
- GHG inventory standards and certification for voluntary offsets
- US: Regional markets / programs and Federal proposals
- Initiatives in other countries (e.g., Australia, Japan, etc)
- Linkages between voluntary and regulated markets
- Linkages between compliance markets under the Bali Action Plan vis-à-vis the Kyoto mechanisms

For more information visit India Carbon Market Conclave 2008