From: Ms. Elsa Lee

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: 511-Letter From Organizing Committee of Greentech-2012

Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 12:44:57 AM

Importance: High

Low Carbon Earth Summit 2012

(Four Concurrent Events—Greentech)

Time: Oct.19-21, 2012 Venue: Guangzhou, China

Website: http://www.bitcongress.com/Greentech2012

Dear Katie Berg,

How are you doing now?

I am Elsa Lee, the Program Coordinator of BIT’s 1st Annual World Congress of Greentech (Greentech2012), I am not sure if you have received my letter previously about the conference: Greentech-2012.

I’m writing to inform that the conference will be held during Oct. 19-21 at Guangzhou Baiyun

International Convention Center, Guangzhou, China instead of Hefei Binhu International Conference &

Exhibition Center.

Would you like to attend this conference as a speaker at Track 3-4:Carbon Control Issues for Forestry

Operations and Wood Economy of Forum 3:Implementation ? You may find more session details at:

http://www.bitcongress.com/Greentech2012/fullprogram.asp

We expect your precious comments or suggestions on the structure of our program, also your reference

to other speakers will be highly appreciated.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,

Ms. Elsa Lee

Organizing Committee of LCES 2012

East Wing, 11F, Dalian Ascendas IT Park

No. 1 Hui Xian Yuan, Dalian Hi-tech Industrial Zone

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LN 116025, P.R.China

Tel: 

Fax: 

Email: 

Please find the details about the program as below

Forum 1: Clean Development Mechanisms

Track 1-1: Global CDM Policy Overview-from Kyoto Protocol to COP-15

Track 1-2: Research and Methodologies and Legal Issues

Track 1-3: CDM Afforestation and Reforestation Project Activities

Track 1-4: Small-scale CDM Project Activities and Presentations

Track 1-5: CERs and the CDM Registry, and the Registration of CDM Project Activities

Track 1-6: Management Plan and Resources for the CDM Projects

Track 1-7: Renewable Energy Project Development under CDM

Track 1-8: Building and Construction Sector under CDM

Track 1-9: Energy Neutral Design for the World

Track 1-10: Regional Capacity Report on CDM Status

Forum 2: Emission Trade based Green Economy

Track 2-1: Legislative Issues in Global Warming and the World Trading System

Track 2-2: Economics of International Emissions Trading and Carbon Neutrality

Track 2-3: Carbon Disclosure Reporting

Track 2-4: Roles of Brokers, Exchanges, Aggregators, and Financiers in Emission Trade

Track 2-5: Validation and Verification of Emission Trade

Track 2-6: Information and Analysis of Emission Trade

Track 2-7: How to Gain Win-Win Situation by Partnerships?

Track 2-8: How to Identify Business Opportunities and Use Carbon Credits

Track 2-9: Carbon Exchanges and Trading Platforms under Emission Standard

Track 2-10: Trend of Market Sizing and Segmentation

Track 2-11: Case Studies on Adaptation and Carbon Emission Reduction

Track 2-12: Case Studies from Project Developers

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Track 2-13: Country Report from Pacific Rim Asia Region

Track 2-14: Country Report from European Union Emission Trading Scheme

Track 2-15: Country Report from America Countries

Track 2-16: Country Report from Africa Countries

Track 2-17: Country Report from Oceania Region

Forum 3: Implementation of Low Carbon Industries- Primary Sector

Track 3-1: Impact of Agriculture Rural Electrification on Carbon Emission

Track 3-2: Is Improve Livestock Operations Possible on CO2 Emission?

Track 3-3: Carbon Control Issues for Hunting and Fishing

Track 3-4: Carbon Control Issues for Forestry Operations and Wood Economy

Track 3-5: Challenges and Opportunities for Other Mine Ventilation and Fire Prevention

Track 3-6: Technology and Equipment Saving Energy

Forum 4: Implementation of Low Carbon Industries- Secondary Sector

Track 4-1: Improve Efficiency of Basic metals Processing

Track 4-2: Strategies and Technologies in Nonmetallic Product Processing

Track 4-3: Emission Control in Wood Processing

Track 4-4: Cut the Emission Sources in Paper and Pulp Making

Track 4-5: Emission Reduction in Food Processing

Track 4-6: Emission Reduction in Chemical Industries

Track 4-7: Low Carbon IT Industries

Track 4-8: Low Carbon Strategies for Electronic Industries

Track 4-9: Low Carbon Process for Ship Industries

Track 4-10: Low Carbon Process for Building Materials

Track 4-11: Low Carbon Process for Waste Treatment

Track 4-12: Low Carbon Process for Defense and Aerospace

Track 4-13: Low Carbon Process for Industrial Machinery

Track 4-14: Low Carbon Strategies for Road Construction

Track 4-15: Low Carbon Process for Consumer Goods

Forum 5: Implementation of Low Carbon Industries- Tertiary Sector

Track 5-1: Reform Retail Stores with high efficiency lighting

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Track 5-2: Impact of Fuel Efficiency of Transportation on Carbon Emission

Track 5-3: Emission Reduction from Road Transportation

Track 5-4: Emission Reduction from Ocean Transportation

Track 5-5: Emission Reduction from Tuck Transportation

Track 5-6: Emission Reduction from Rail Transportation

Track 5-7: Emission Reduction from Air Transportation

Forum 6:Clean Sciences and Technology for Traditional Energy & Sustainable Industries

Track 6-1: Decarbonizing Traditional Energy and Carbon Process Management (CPM)

Track 6-2: Cleantech for Oil & Gas CleantechTrack 6-3: Clean Coal Technologies

Track 6-4: Cleantech for Removing Radioactive waste

Track 6-5: Green Chemical Industry

Track 6-6: Low Carbon Electronics and Consumer Products

Track 6-7: Waste Bioremediation with Low Emissions

Forum 7: Low Carbon Green Architecture

Track 7-1: Green Buildings and Low Energy Architecture (LEA)

Track 7-2: Green Residential Design & Building

Track 7-3: New & Innovative Technologies for Green Building

Track 7-4: Interior Environments & Systems for Green Build and LEA

Track 7-5: GreenBuilding Practices and Renewable Energy

Track 7-6: Green Building Rating Systems

Track 7-7: Energy-saving Green Building

Track 7-8: Novel Low Energy Construction Materials

Track 7-9: Low Energy Appliances for Green Homes

Track 7-10: Low Carbon Green Architecture Case Studies

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From: Ms.Elsa Lee

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: 511-Resend: Call for Speakers at Annual World Congress of Greentech (Greentech-2012)

Date: Monday, June 04, 2012 2:11:36 AM

Importance: High

Low Carbon Earth Summit 2012

(Five Concurrent Events—Greentech)

Time: Oct.19-21, 2012 Venue: Guangzhou, China

Website: http://www.bitcongress.com/Greentech2012

Dear Katie Berg,

BIT Congress is proud to launch BIT’s 1st Annual World Congress of Greentech (Greentech-2012),

which will be held from October 19 to October 26, 2012 in Guangzhou, China. This is an invitation for

you to join us this congress, please consider presenting as a speaker in Track 3-4:Carbon Control Issues

for Forestry Operations and Wood Economy under the Forum 3:Implementation of Low Carbon

Industries- Primary Sector, sharing your expertise in practical knowledge and latest technology, and/or

being an active participant.

As you know, we have got overwhelming replies from all over the world. Followings are parts of the

famous experts who would like to share experiences in this event:

Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator, U.S Agency for International Development (USAID), USA

Mr. Barry Gardiner, Vice President, GLOBE International, UK

Mr. Brice Lalonde, Former Minister, Minister for the Environment, France

Dr. Botaro Hirosaki, Senior Executive Vice President, NEC, Japan

Ms. Connie Hedegaard, first ever Commissioner for Climate Action, European Commission, Danmark

Dr. Mohamed Shareef, State Minister, Housing and Environment, Maldives

Mr. Franzjosef Schafhausen, Deputy Director General, Federal Ministry of the Environment, Germany

Dr. Andrew Brown, Executive Director & Chief Technologist, Delphi Diesel Systems, United Kingdom

Mr. Georg Kell, Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact, Germany

Ms. Hanna Trojanowska, Government Commissioner for Nuclear Power; Undersecretary of State, Ministry

of Economy, Poland

Mr. Hon Tom Koutsantonis, MP, Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy, Government of South

Australia, Australia

Dr. Wolfgang Gerhardt, Senior Vice President, BASF AG, Germany

Dr. Jim Weinbauer, Vice President Sustainability Environment, AECOM, USA

Dr. John Leazer, Director, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA

Dr. Karen Leibovici, Vice President, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Canada

Ms. Kati Ihamaki, Vice President, Finnair, Finland

Ms. Lisa Hopkins, CTO, IBM Global Business Services, USA

Mr. Scott McGregor, CEO, Camco, UK

Mr. Tony McGuirk, Chairman, BDP, UK

Ms. Vesile Kulacoglu, Director, the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Switzerland

Dr. Andrew Scott, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Dr. Manijeh Razeghi, Professor, Northwestern University, USA

Dr. Marilyn A. Brown, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Dr. Terry L. Root, Professor, Stanford University, USA

Please seize this wonderful opportunity and feel free to participate actively in all areas of the

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conference, I feel confident that you will enjoy both of the scientific program and the fine, traditional

city of Guangzhou.

To facilitate us to know your further interest, we appreciate your advices on:

1. Focused session and speech titles.

2. What’s your opinion to be the session chair/moderator?

Further info about the program, please visit is available at

http://www.bitcongress.com/Greentech2012/fullprogram.asp

If it is not of interest to you, please disregard and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have

caused. To prevent further emails, please go to http://www.bitcongress.com/Unsubscribe.asp

Sincerely,

Ms. Elsa Lee

Organizing Committee of LCES 2012

East Wing, 11F, Dalian Ascendas IT Park

No. 1 Hui Xian Yuan, Dalian Hi-tech Industrial Zone

LN 116025, P.R.China

Tel: 

Fax: 

Email: 

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From: Dragisic, Christine D

To: Notman, Evan (EGAT/ESP/GCC); Zerbock, Olaf (EGAT/NRM/F); Yoffe, Shira -FS; Melissa Weitz; Berg, Katie;

Lawrence_Sperling; Emily_Kilcrease; David_Downes; Eric Wilson; Kolker, Anne K; Artusio, Christo F; Barber,

Charles V; Karr-Colque, Catherine J (OES); Shaw, Ellen M; Milton, Kathleen M

Cc: Verdieck, John D

Subject: Capacity building for IPs/ NGOs

Date: Friday, April 06, 2012 11:03:43 AM

Hello everyone,

At the recent Forest Carbon Partnership Facility it was agreed all

Participants would send in information on any capacity building programs

for indigenous peoples and Southern NGOs they may be aware of that might

be relevant to REDD+. This information will be made available on the

website as a resource for these groups, and may also help guide how the

FCPF allocates its own capacity building resources for these groups.

Could you sound out your networks and send me any information you might

have on programs the USG, or other groups, might be implementing? It can

be very quick:

* Name of program

* Funding/ Implementing group

* One sentence description

* Link to webpage, if any

Thanks much!

Chris

Christine Dragisic

Department of State

Office of Global Change (OES/EGC)

Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

2201 C St NW, Room 2480

Washington, DC 20520

DragisicCD@state.gov <mailto:RichterJE@state.gov>

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This email is UNCLASSIFIED.

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From: Berg, Katie

To: "VerdieckJD@state.gov"; "dragisiccd@state.gov"

Subject: Clearance for today"s EDF meeting

Date: Friday, April 20, 2012 8:34:09 AM

Guys, I forgot to send you my clearance info earlier. Hope it's not too late. Sorry!

Katie

Catherine Berg

From: Verdieck, John D [mailto:VerdieckJD@state.gov] 

Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 02:54 PM

To: Shira Yoffe < .fed.us>; Berg, Katie; Kelly, Alexia C <KellyAC@state.gov>; Dragisic,

Christine D <DragisicCD@state.gov>; Notman, Evan (EGAT/ESP/GCC) <enotman@usaid.gov> 

Subject: FW: Revised Agenda and Draft Report for Consultation on Approaches to Address NonPermanence (World Bank, April 24): 

In case any of you did not receive this.

This email is UNCLASSIFIED.

From: @worldbank.org [mailto: @worldbank.org] 

Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 6:39 PM

Cc: @worldbank.org; @worldbank.org; @worldbank.org

Subject: Revised Agenda and Draft Report for Consultation on Approaches to Address Non-Permanence

(World Bank, April 24):

Dear Participants,

We look forward to your participation in the follow-up consultation on approaches to address nonpermanence in land use, land-use change and forestry activities, which will take place on April 24th

(8:00 am - 4:00 pm).

Please find attached a revised agenda, noting the location and time change. The meeting will be held

at the World Bank J Building, which is located at 701 18th Street (see attached map).

Also attached for your review is the draft report of the options analysis undertaken by the Nicholas

Institute.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch with any questions in advance of the consultation.

Best regards,

(See attached file: Agenda_Non-Permanence_04-16-2012.pdf)(See attached file:

Bankmap_J-Building.pdf)(See attached file: NI_PermanenceRevisedFinal_Apr3_distrib.docx)

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David Burns

BioCarbon Fund

Carbon Finance Unit - The World Bank

@worldbank.org

www.biocarbonfund.org

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From: @worldbank.org

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: Forest bonds

Date: Friday, January 27, 2012 2:41:57 PM

Hi Katie,

it was very nice talking with you over lunch. I attach the material WWF gave me for reading on forest

bonds. Still have to read it and understand it myself. Once I have some first idea write-up of the

various ideas, i will share.

Have a nice weekend and keep in touch!

Best,

Andrea

http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/footprint/climate_carbon_energy/forest_climate/publications/?

201251/Unlocking-forest-bonds

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From: Berg, Katie

To: "VerdieckJD@state.gov"

Subject: Re: Visa for travel to Colombia June 23-July 3

Date: Thursday, June 14, 2012 3:53:28 PM

Thanks John!

From: Verdieck, John D [mailto:VerdieckJD@state.gov] 

Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 03:51 PM

To: Berg, Katie 

Subject: FW: Visa for travel to Colombia June 23-July 3 

Hey Katie, here is the instructions on how to get your visa letter from our Colombia Desk Officer

Zachary Bedard. Just email him the following info and he can have a letter drafted up for you to

take to the embassy.

BedardZL@state.gov

This email is UNCLASSIFIED. < /span>

From: Bedard, Zachary L 

Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 9:22 AM

To: Verdieck, John D

Subject: RE: Visa for travel to Colombia June 23-July 3

Good morning,

I can assist with your visas. To generate a visa request letter for you, the only other information

that I need is the date of birth and diplomatic passport date of expiration for both of you. Also, p

lease find attached the visa application form that you will each need to complete and submit with

the visa request letter.

Please note that the letter should be delivered to the Colombian Embassy with your diplomatic

passports, the completed visa applications (attached), and two passport photos (one pasted to

the visa application, one paper clipped to the passport, and both cut to the appropriate size).

The Embassy is open for visa processing between 9:30 and 11:30 AM, Monday through Thursday,

and is located at 2118 Leroy Place, NW (north of Dupont Circle, just off Connecticut Ave). Visas

usually take 2-3 days to process.

Please let me know if you have any other questions in the mean time.

Thank you,

Zachary

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Zachary L. Bedard

Human Rights Vetting Officer

U.S. Department of State

Office of Andean Affairs (WHA/AND)

PRO-telligent, Inc.

BedardZL@state.gov

This email is UNCLASSIFIED.

From: Verdieck, John D 

Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 9:09 AM

To: WHA-Colombia Desk Officers

Subject: Visa for travel to Colombia June 23-July 3

Hello all, per Ann’s out of office email.

Chris Dragisic and I will be traveling to Santa Marta, Colombia for two back to back meetings

coordinated by the World Bank: the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (June 24-30) and the REDD

Plus Partnership (July 1-2). We will arrive in Colombia on June 23 and depart on July 3. Could you

please help us with a letter for a visa?

Thanks,

John

< /o:p>

John Verdieck

U.S. Department of State

Office of Global Change (OES/EGC)

VerdieckJD@state.gov

Privacy/PII

This email is UNCLASSIFIED.

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From: Berg, Katie

To: "Bedard, Zachary L"

Subject: RE: Visa for travel to Colombia June 30-July 3

Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 11:06:00 AM

Thanks Zachary!

From: Bedard, Zachary L [mailto:BedardZL@state.gov] 

Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 11:05 AM

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: RE: Visa for travel to Colombia June 30-July 3

Good morning Katie,

Attached, please find your official visa request letter for your upcoming trip to Colombia.  Please

note that the visa request letter, the visa application form (also attached), your official passport,

and two passport photos (one pasted to the application form, one clipped to the passport, and

both cut to the appropriate size as indicated on the application form) should be delivered to the

Colombian Embassy which is located at 2118 Leroy Place, NW (near Dupont Circle).  The Embassy is

open for visa processing between 9:30-11:30 AM Mondays through Thursdays.  Visa processing

typically takes 2-3 days. 

Please let me know if you have any other questions or require any further assistance.  I hope that

your trip goes very well!

Thank you and have a good day,

Zachary

Zachary L. Bedard

Human Rights Vetting Officer

U.S. Department of State

Office of Andean Affairs (WHA/AND)

PRO-telligent, Inc.

BedardZL@state.gov

This email is UNCLASSIFIED.

From: Katie.Berg@treasury.gov [mailto:Katie.Berg@treasury.gov] 

Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 4:36 PM

To: Bedard, Zachary L

Subject: FW: Visa for travel to Colombia June 30-July 3

Hi Zachary,

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Thanks again for your help with this. Here’s my information:

Thanks again!

Katie

From: Verdieck, John D [mailto:VerdieckJD@state.gov] 

Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 3:51 PM

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: FW: Visa for travel to Colombia June 23-July 3

Hey Katie, here is the instructions on how to get your visa letter from our Colombia Desk Officer

Zachary Bedard.  Just email him the following info and he can have a letter drafted up for you to

take to the embassy. 

BedardZL@state.gov

This email is UNCLASSIFIED. < /span>

From: Bedard, Zachary L 

Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 9:22 AM

To: Verdieck, John D

Subject: RE: Visa for travel to Colombia June 23-July 3

Good morning,

I can assist with your visas.  To generate a visa request letter for you, the only other information

that I need is the date of birth and diplomatic passport date of expiration for both of you.  Also, p

lease find attached the visa application form that you will each need to complete and submit with

the visa request letter. 

Please note that the letter should be delivered to the Colombian Embassy with your diplomatic

passports,  the completed visa applications (attached), and two passport photos (one pasted to

the visa application, one paper clipped to the passport, and both cut to the appropriate size). 

The Embassy  is open for visa processing between 9:30 and 11:30 AM, Monday through Thursday,

and is located at 2118 Leroy Place, NW (north of Dupont Circle, just off Connecticut Ave).  Visas

usually take 2-3 days to process.

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Please let me know if you have any other questions in the mean time.

Thank you,

Zachary

Zachary L. Bedard

Human Rights Vetting Officer

U.S. Department of State

Office of Andean Affairs (WHA/AND)

PRO-telligent, Inc.

BedardZL@state.gov

This email is UNCLASSIFIED.

From: Verdieck, John D 

Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 9:09 AM

To: WHA-Colombia Desk Officers

Subject: Visa for travel to Colombia June 23-July 3

Hello all, per Ann’s out of office email.

Chris Dragisic and I will be traveling to Santa Marta, Colombia for two back to back meetings

coordinated by the World Bank: the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (June 24-30) and the REDD

Plus Partnership (July 1-2).  We will arrive in Colombia on June 23 and depart on July 3.  Could you

please help us with a letter for a visa?

Thanks,

John

< /o:p>

John Verdieck

U.S. Department of State

Office of Global Change (OES/EGC)

VerdieckJD@state.gov

Privacy/PII

This email is UNCLASSIFIED.

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From: Barber, Charles V

To: Grimes, Alicia (EGAT/NRM/F); Melnyk, Mary (ME/TS); Oliver, David; Yang, Leslie; Spelman, Brooke; Chun, Sara

LM; Berg, Katie

Cc: Shaw, Ellen M; Caton, Margaret S; Mackie, Cynthia -FS; j .fed.us; fed.us

Subject: SAVE THE DATE: Meeting with TNC Asia Team Friday March 2nd, 9-12 @ USFS-IP (Franklin Court 14th and K

Streets)

Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 11:52:31 AM

Colleagues:

A good team from The Nature Conservancy's Asia bench will be in town the

week of February 27 - March 2. These include:

* Lex Hovani - senior forest specialist, based in Jakarta and

working primarily on Berau Forest Carbon Partnership

* Wahjudi Wardojo - senior Indonesia forest policy specialist,

based in Jakarta

* Francis Hurahura - PNG forest program director, based in Pt.

Moresby

* Andrew Ingles - Regional forest program director, Asia

Pacific, based in Brisbane

* Jack Hurd - Deputy Director, Asia Pacific Region, based in

Washington State

* Emily Tibbott - Director of US Relations for Asia Pacific,

based in DC

We are organizing a meeting on Friday March 2nd with the team. It will

cover general Asia-Pacific forest issues, and more specifics on China,

Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. We will try to organize it so that

those who might be interested in only one segment can come for part of

the time. A detailed agenda will follow in a bit.

Please share with colleagues (State/EAP and USAID/Asia, please pass on

to relevant desk officers for Papua New Guinea and, in USAID's case,

Indonesia).

Thanks,

Chip

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Charles V. Barber

Forest Division Chief

Ecology and Conservation Office (OES/ENC)

Oceans, Environment and Science Bureau

U.S. Department of State

Email: barbercv@state.gov

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From: @worldbank.org

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: AUTO: Duangrat Laohapakakul is out of the office (returning 08/27/2012 09:00 AM)

Date: Monday, August 20, 2012 3:57:32 PM

I am out of the office from 08/10/2012 06:00 PM until 08/27/2012 09:00 AM.

I will respond to your email upon my return. Should you need urgent assistance, please contact my

colleague, Jayne Dzowela (ext. ), to help direct your inquiry.

Note: This is an automated response to your message RE: Approval by Mail: Mexico: Financing Low

Carbon Strategies in Forest Landscapes (IDB) - Project ID XFIPMX008A sent on 08/20/2012 03:57:13

PM.

This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away.

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From: @worldbank.org

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: AUTO: Patricia A. Bliss-Guest is out of the office (returning 09/05/2012)

Date: Monday, August 20, 2012 3:58:22 PM

I am out of the office until 09/05/2012.

I will be out of the office on leave starting August 20 and returning on September 5. You may call the

office and someone will assist you. Many thanks.

Note: This is an automated response to your message RE: Approval by Mail: Mexico: Financing Low

Carbon Strategies in Forest Landscapes (IDB) - Project ID XFIPMX008A sent on 08/20/2012 03:57:13

PM.

This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away.

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From: @worldbank.org

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: AUTO: Taru Bhargava/Person/World Bank is out of the office. (returning 08/22/2012)

Date: Monday, August 20, 2012 3:58:22 PM

I am out of the office until 08/22/2012.

Note: This is an automated response to your message RE: Approval by Mail: Mexico: Financing Low

Carbon Strategies in Forest Landscapes (IDB) - Project ID XFIPMX008A sent on 08/20/2012 03:57:13

PM.

This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away.

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From: @worldbank.org

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: AUTO: Ximena Talero is out of the office (returning 08/27/2012)

Date: Monday, August 20, 2012 3:58:23 PM

I am out of the office until 08/27/2012.

During this time, the following colleagues will be acting on my behalf as LEGCF chief counsel:

July 27 to August 3: Susan Maslen

August 6 to August 10: Maria Lourdes Pardo

August 13 to August 16: Susan Maslen

August 17 to August 21: Pilar Gonzalez

August 22 to August 25: Rocio Malpic

Note: This is an automated response to your message RE: Approval by Mail: Mexico: Financing Low

Carbon Strategies in Forest Landscapes (IDB) - Project ID XFIPMX008A sent on 08/20/2012 03:57:13

PM.

This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away.

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From: MWANGI, ALBERT

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: Automatic reply: Approval by Mail: Mexico: Financing Low Carbon Strategies in Forest Landscapes (IDB) -

Project ID XFIPMX008A

Date: Monday, August 20, 2012 3:57:45 PM

I am away on mission and I will revert to you as soon as I can. For urgent matters, please contact Ms.

Josiane Gnali (e-mail: @afdb.org), OSAN.4 Secretariat,Tel. 

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From: Diane Barclay

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: Automatic reply: Approval by Mail: Mexico: Financing Low Carbon Strategies in Forest Landscapes (IDB) -

Project ID XFIPMX008A

Date: Monday, August 20, 2012 3:58:19 PM

Thank you for your email. I will be out of the office on 20 August 2012. Please contact

@ausaid.gov.au if you need a response. Otherwise I will respond to your email when I am

back in the office.

Kind regards

Diane

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From: DUARTE, MAFALDA

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: Automatic reply: Approval by Mail: Mexico: Financing Low Carbon Strategies in Forest Landscapes (IDB) -

Project ID XFIPMX008A

Date: Thursday, August 23, 2012 11:24:05 AM

I am out of office from 22nd to 24th of August and will only be responding to urgent e-mails.

Please contact Amel Abed at @afdb.org for any immediate assistance.

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From: Diane Barclay

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: Automatic reply: Approval by Mail: Mexico: Financing Low Carbon Strategies in Forest Landscapes (IDB) -

Project ID XFIPMX008A

Date: Thursday, August 23, 2012 11:24:06 AM

Thank you for your email. I will be out of the office until 24 August 2012. Please contact

@ausaid.gov.au if you need a response. Otherwise I will respond to your email when I am

back in the office.

Kind regards

Diane

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From: Bodnar, Paul

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: Automatic reply: FW: carbon markets question

Date: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 12:36:40 PM

I am on official travel and will not respond to emails regularly. I return to the office on October 8th.

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From: Berg, Katie

To: Urbanas, Elizabeth (Beth)Disabled

Subject: FIP approval Mexico/comment

Date: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 2:43:00 PM

Look ok?

From: Berg, Katie 

Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 10:20 AM

To: Berg, Katie

Subject:

Dear Patricia,

We would like to thank the IDB and the Government of Mexico for their responses to our

questions about the Financing Low Carbon Strategies in Forest Landscapes project. The US

approves the proposed decision allocating FIP funding to the project. Going forward, we would

appreciate updates on how the project is being implemented to demonstrate a replicable, scalable

approach that will be viable in the absence of FIP funds.

In addition, for projects coming forward in the future, we would like to reiterate the need to

address clearly the rationale for FIP funding and adherence to FIP investment criteria. 

Thank you,

Katie Berg

2012-08-054_000000000000800
From: Berg, Katie

To: "Rebholz, T Katharine"

Subject: FW:

Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012 3:28:00 PM

Hi Kate,

FYI. I’ve asked WWF for some background. Is this the same problem you talked to Telepak

about back in the spring?

From: Berg, Katie 

Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 3:03 PM

To: Ng, Ginny; 'Brenes, Esteban'

Subject:

Did you see this EIA story on West Kutai? What’s the deal?

On the front line: Muara Tae’s last stand against big

palm oil

January 24, 2012

Dayak community under assault from invading palm oil companies

MUARA TAE, EAST KALIMANTAN: The fate of a Dayak community deep in the interior of East

Kalimantan demonstrates how Indonesia must safeguard the rights of indigenous people if it is to meet

ambitious targets to reduce emissions from deforestation.

The Dayak Benuaq of Muara Tae, in West Kutai Kabupaten, today face a two-pronged assault from

palm oil companies aggressively expanding into their ancestral forests. Together with Indonesian NGO

Telapak, the community is manning a forest outpost around the clock in a last ditch attempt to save it

from destruction.

The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has witnessed at first-hand the Dayak

Benuaq’s struggle, and how their sustainable use of forests could help Indonesia deliver on its

ambitious targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

EIA Forests Team Leader Faith Doherty said: “There are more than 800 families in Muara Tae relying

on the forests for their food, water, medicine, culture and identity. Put simply, they have to keep this

forest in order to survive.

“The rhetoric from the President of Indonesia on curbing emissions by reducing deforestation is strong

but on the front line, where indigenous communities are putting their lives at risk to protect forests,

action is sorely missing.

“Giving these communities, such as the Dayak Benuaq, the rights they deserve is a vital step to reduce

catastrophic levels of deforestation in Indonesia.”

President Yudhoyono has pledged to reduce carbon emissions across the archipelago by 26 per cent

by 2020 against a business-as-usual baseline, alongside delivering substantial economic growth.

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Plantation expansion will inevitably be a significant element of growth, but it has historically been a

major driver of emissions and it is widely acknowledged that in order avoid them, expansion must now

be directed to ‘degraded’ lands.

As a result of weak spatial planning, however, the forests of Muara Tae are identified as ‘APL’, a

designation meaning they are not part of the national forest area and are open to exploitation. The theft

of indigenous forests also raises serious questions as to what form of ‘development’ these plantations

offer.

In indigenous communities such as the Dayak Benuaq of Muara Tae, Indonesia has perhaps its most

valuable forest resource. It is due to their sustainable methods, honed over generations, that the forest

even remains.

Telapak president Ambrosius Ruwindrijarto said: “Together with the community, we have not only been

protecting the last forests but also planting new Ulin and Meranti saplings to enhance it. These people

are the true guardians of the forest and their fate is entwined with it.”

Muara Tae has lost more than half of its land and forests during the past 20 years to mining

companies. The impact has been tangible; the villagers’ water source has dried up and they must now

routinely make a 1km journey to collect clean water.

The remaining forest is home to a large number of bird species including hornbills, the emblem of

Borneo. There are about 20 species of reptiles and it is also a habitat for both proboscis monkeys and

honey bears.

The latest land-grabs have taken place since January 2010, when the local Bupati (regional

government official), Ismail Thomas, issued plantation permits to two palm oil companies: Malaysianowned PT Munte Waniq Jaya Perkasa (PT MWJP) and PT Borneo Surya Mining Jaya, a subsidiary of

Sumatran logging, mining and plantation conglomerate Surya Dumai.

While the Norwegian Government has been instrumental in financially backing efforts to reduce

deforestation in Indonesia through the REDD+ initiative, it has also invested in the parent company of

PT MWJP through its sovereign wealth fund.

Pak Singko, a leader of the Dayak Benuaq of Muara Tae, said: “We are calling for help from people

everywhere in protecting our forests and ancestral land. We are being squeezed from all sides by

mining and plantation companies.

“This is the last remaining forests that we have and the only land we have to survive. If my forests are

gone, our lives will end.”

2012-08-054_000000000000802
From: Berg, Katie

To: @gmail.com"

Subject: FW: Climate Change Job Vacancies Update - 22 March 2012 - Climate Change Policy & Practice

Date: Thursday, March 22, 2012 4:15:00 PM

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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:47 PM

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: Fw: Climate Change Job Vacancies Update - 22 March 2012 - Climate Change Policy & Practice

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2012-08-054_000000000000810
From: Bayly, Rachel

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: FW: IDB WB FCPF Transfer Agreement

Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 2:24:50 PM

Fyi.

-----Original Message-----

From: Vince McElhinny [mailto: @bicusa.org]

Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 12:09 PM

To: Senich, Sara

Cc: Bayly, Rachel; Landers, Clemence; Veltri, Joanna; Joshua Lichtenstein

Subject: IDB WB FCPF Transfer Agreement

Hi Sara,

In several recent conversations, we’ve flagged the imminent arrival to the IDB Board of a Transfer

Agreement between the World Bank and the IDB regarding the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility and

the IDB’s role as a delivery partner in Peru. The negotiations over this agreement have dragged on

longer than expected over issues of costs of accountability and other things. We would like to know if

you have seen this document and/or if a Board Policy Subcommittee or full Board agenda discussion of

it has been scheduled.

As you might recall, the Transfer Agreement outlines obligations for the IDB in the context of the

Common Approach to Safeguards Application under FCPF for multiple delivery partners. Simply put, as a

delivery partner in Peru for the FCPF, the IDB has to ensure its own safeguards are substantially

equivalent to those of the WB.

It is our understanding that the public will not see this document until it is approved by the IDB Board,

hence we have some concerns.

We understand that the transfer agreement has some detailed gap-filling measures that IDB needs to

undertake, will these be in addition to achieving substantial equivalence with all relevant WB policies as

stipulated by the Common Approach? Our concern is that, in the conclusion to the Common Approach

negotiations about this time last year, the whole gap-filling approach was rejected by the IDB (and the

UNDP) during the Task Force discussions, so at this point we don’t want the substantial equivalence

commitment to be reduced to 2 or 3 gap filling measures. If that general commitment is still in there,

we would welcome any further specifics about steps the IDB needs to take from the get-go to deal with

already identified gaps. If it is not, we would be quite concerned.

This is why disclosure of the transfer agreement before Board Approval is important. We would be

happy to provide more information about areas where gap filling is required for the IDB. Thanks in

advance for any update that you can provide on the status of the Board discussion. Best, Vince

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From: Deborah Lawrence

To: Jennifer Jenkins; Berg, Katie; Wirth.Tom@epamail.epa.gov; Desai.Mausami@epamail.epa.gov;

Todd.Kimberly@epamail.epa.gov

Subject: FW: new job at CD-REDD

Date: Thursday, March 08, 2012 12:22:25 PM

Just in case you are tired of working for the government!

Please pass this along to people you know working on REDD.

Deborah

--

Deborah Lawrence, PhD

Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia

Jefferson Science Fellow, US Department of State

216 Clark Hall, McCormick Road

University of Virginia

PO Box 400123

Charlottesville, VA 22904-4123

From: Ethan Heil < @gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:28:13 -0500

To: Deborah Lawrence <dl3c@cms.mail.virginia.edu>

Subject: Fwd: new job at CD-REDD

Prof. Lawrence,

Sorry if this is spam, but I figured it was topical and you might know

someone who would be interested.

Best,

Ethan

>

> Dear colleague,

>

> There is a new position at the CfRN's CD-REDD project. The CD-REDD project

> supports forest countries in putting together their AFOLU GHG inventories. The

> new person would take responsibility for CD-REDD's work in 3-4 countries in

> Africa and LAC.

>

>

> We are looking for a senior expert that would have a couple of years of

> experience in working with GHG inventories and REDD+. This position is based

> at CfRN's Rome office at FAO premises. Candidates should have background in

> carbon accounting, REDD+-MRV and be familiar with IPCC 2006. Spanish language

> skills would be a great plus.

>

>

> Details about this position are at

> http://cdredd.org/content/vacancy-announcement-senior-ghg-inventory-officer.

>

> I would appreciate you forwarding this to your networks.

>

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> Best regards,

> Till

>

>

> @neeff.com / @rainforestcoalition.org / 

> <tel:%2B39%20333% >

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2012-08-054_000000000000814
From: Lampman, Scott (EGAT/NRM)

To: Berg, Katie; Dennis, Charity F (OES)

Cc: Barber, Charles V

Subject: FW: News Update: Ignoring forests won"t bring Rio+20"s "future we want"

Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:45:54 AM

Katie and Charity,

Take a look at the interesting article on Indonesia Palm oil and a new EPA ruling on biofuels at the base of this screen.

For your information only. No action required.

Scott

From: Center for International Forestry Research [mailto:cifor-mediainfo@cgiar.org]

Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 3:31 AM

To: Lampman, Scott (EGAT/NRM)

Subject: News Update: Ignoring forests won't bring Rio+20's 'future we want'

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Ignoring forests won't bring Rio+20's 'future we want'<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg--CjL2yGttuJbd09t8NaMcCaGrEbAihDzeGHww4gzIKPdowJHHTj_Fx_WERJBPOZE5zeUhfDZqEYWtVmZBNZN_isi7bzwHW8Nt3F93Fe3HnEUuH0AJrXiEHhPPf_cGNUHSdEWlID96xLFD1cP3A_z3W7vwgZ8S8UPNR_lrWEEG5pQx2TvM6Am8>

<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg--CjL2yGttuJbd09t8NaMcCaGrEbAihDzeGHww4gzIKPdowJHHTj_Fx_WERJBPOZE5zeUhfDZqEYWtVmZBNZN_isi7bzwHW8Nt3F93Fe3HnEUuH0AJrXiEHhPPf_cGNUHSdEWlID96xLFD1cP3A_z3W7vwgZ8S8UPNR_lrWEEG5pQx2TvM6Am8>[http://www.cifor.org/images/newsletter/cifor/2012/february/ignoringforest.jpg]<

http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg--CjL2yGttuJbd09t8NaMcCaGrEbAihDzeGHww4gzIKPdowJHHTj_Fx_WERJBPOZE5zeUhfDZqEYWtVmZBNZN_isi7bzwHW8Nt3F93Fe3HnEUuH0AJrXiEHhPPf_cGNUHSdEWlID96xLFD1cP3A_z3W7vwgZ8S8UPNR_lrWEEG5pQx2TvM6Am8><http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg--

CjL2yGttuJbd09t8NaM-cCaGrEbAihDzeGHww4gzIKPdowJHHTj_Fx_WERJBPOZE5zeUhfDZqEYWtVmZBNZN_isi7bzwHW8Nt3F93Fe3HnEUuH0AJrXiEHhPPf_cGNUHSdEWlID96xLFD1cP3A_z3W7vwgZ8S8UPNR_lrWEEG5pQx2TvM6Am8>In June 2012 around 40,000 participants are expected to

attend one of the most important environmental gatherings in a generation - Rio+20. A draft agenda has been released, bearing the slogan "The Future We Want" but with forests only mentioned briefly in the text and in isolation to other key issues, CIFOR Principal Scientist Louis Verchot

asks: will the summit really help develop a future we want?

Related blog stories:

* Ethiopia pushes for green economy ahead of Rio+20 - forests a major player<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg--

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* Traditional livelihoods decline in Borneo forests as communities rely on mining, logging jobs<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-9Nek5TMVww1O4JfOtSWtWm0oPeJgLXDron1W5hMi61x_1MLsnynb886IyxvjOh2aVhfHMGHUx1Rb9ONaQNQh73uBFV3Xigd2a0RQVQwZIkCFGOTTHpEBfUdrSR6yeaDCG_p73nZaOqMidq06QLQc8CJ6g5VPuKWuj13VM-6DUqk8R24kn4bYQ1mtXl0mFQqKRhTuQ84LnketvpqzyPWcQOScc9NHYdjh4hWt9xT9prkYLpcbB9fcELLjl94P3g-o=>

* Poor households depend on non-timber forest products in times of crisis<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-_ObdoPjT5dSLTfYUvIXam3kdO2yDiHxIoKKQnjzKh4UFb5fR7qhxSegFdmxOGAcWtAyiEhg9TZwGF0eue8679w0988Y00J9N0w5Xk2f81wE-WyTeLrw5s6AzLLje0wV8Qvb4cUY3u0rhdkup7KJDcsMLASa8FiZuFZAzfw36wR48X56kWzF6QZVbbvpgr3QDZxame8FBMU2R0vxg-5MBA>

* Cooperation between Lao farmers needed to meet market demands for food <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-8lNKdtI9K69yczUe637N6QU8IED0it5hoLeIaxZjAtDNUH8ll2QhSNVtXzcFFEa4ENe9_f_NPW49sqNutn0j9cnT4tof38blJt7-

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POLEX

On the Menu: Forests<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-_i7WujOnBOMmg68qvSOl84mvTMWon6ApNUJG3PuhMEs8lwF42P5jZwSvD0aG3c7sVw_3AHCVNyz1WHhQbAMbJfCnWDyS1zCa9vPU99UORQs5-IJwoIppK7ZYKVRrmAmqOmxPRxpceyvw==>

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IJwoIppK7ZYKVRrmAmqOmxPRxpceyvw==>[http://www.cifor.org/images/newsletter/cifor/2012/february/onthemenu.jpg]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-

_i7WujOnBOMmg68qvSOl84mvTMWon6ApNUJG3PuhMEs8lwF42P5jZwSvD0aG3c7sVw_3AHCVNyz1WHhQbAMbJfCnWDyS1zCa9vPU99UORQs5-IJwoIppK7ZYKVRrmAmqOmxPRxpceyvw==><http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-

_i7WujOnBOMmg68qvSOl84mvTMWon6ApNUJG3PuhMEs8lwF42P5jZwSvD0aG3c7sVw_3AHCVNyz1WHhQbAMbJfCnWDyS1zCa9vPU99UORQs5-IJwoIppK7ZYKVRrmAmqOmxPRxpceyvw==>For almost as long as our species has lived on earth, we have fed ourselves directly from the bounty of

forests, grasslands and other wild places. Now a largely urban species, having multiplied greatly and changed the face of the earth, we often forget or grossly misunderstand the continuing role of forests in feeding what are now the world's billions. In this POLEX<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?

et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-_i7WujOnBOMmg68qvSOl84mvTMWon6ApNUJG3PuhMEs8lwF42P5jZwSvD0aG3c7sVw_3AHCVNyz1WHhQbAMbJfCnWDyS1zCa9vPU99UORQs5-IJwoIppK7ZYKVRrmAmqOmxPRxpceyvw==>, Christine Padoch, the Director of CIFOR's Forests and

Livelihoods Programme, aims to dispel the common myth that forests have ceased to be important to food security, especially as our numbers and needs grow and change.

Related CIFOR publications:

* Food security: why is biodiversity important?<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg--GckG8a9ZyK77t6sUMigNAVuGAl2dbGkHFz4vNl4vlvaxLA5-Deh7Bs5DQrSXJlqYDn2sf00hnLgDBr11AYhXv8IakpSHgZMDambdMzcRZyEiMIEPZdjiHmLAhYMdzgu7xIdwl0DBCUZlqnbhHKOyKGoNEUu8DF4D_I1OHer6BsF3QoXUsclROWyysSdpsCD8Ls-OLGPRyw==>

* From foraging to farming among present-day forest hunter-gatherers: consequences on diet and health <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-_bTxa35NZjVDrJy_c7-_RzoOXJHmus_u3G75uplQ_-9nxe1sNU8j1tewDxZR3kUlanh3pifgQHvjKUfB5vOlrbtr2wUvyxQEg-q8v7h1W9u-Dw9tHLI0nHfGAYaOBwX7C_xwmjCLJDM5_jo89qLLrw7IgKLmls2Xs4SbvHymNwjuuq_u-LZhpphTKjrq0ml6t2hISEs_tFg==>

* When formal and market-based conservation mechanisms disrupt food sovereignty: Impacts of community conservation and payments for environmental services on an indigenous community of Oaxaca, Mexico <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg9MtnSxQ4BOQ7UvBeCQBNKkm1zgHHhtnW5vpeRUNG_uS25QUjzmGArd1vbvIBNfzFU52mwW1ni21aimSn5byvXT_MkDeZZLoKYIcrRiHUcgzNLoJgQVq2X34bDScx8OJGJufDn1nQVkyspenmGSlFsB9F63Y09VIi6PufYbz7tL1pn7zEpqnmlX0WS9J66ym79eBftGazSAgw==>

* Empty forests, empty stomachs? Bushmeat and livelihoods in the Congo and Amazon Basins<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg--

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* Forests, women and health: opportunities and challenges for conservation<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-_WB4fsq-V7hQzVrehUXTFdLfzGBIon357CGSMhbKyN_VOQbr524KfZPLyBeEJNbBt29iq3KPR0kq8jocG2NO84Pyb8fAJrhFRVNeNJVKLimzsfwBEtmt0xEgmKJKrC25x5Iz_3J4XDusQ2I5F8rWZ09ZCHFHPcKKdnkZyzDkBCzyboK32J-YZOMwufLbFwKfkaR6VtZuHkQ==>

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New study highlights need for REDD+ to look beyond carbon<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-8H1QnzUlmGBWAxA-Qeop2Z8AqTuFCmmAMlgIX5W8VUNAbrUlo_aE3WYEghBn8jAFKtMIQNPR62YDeyZYrOu6x0FT1X8nUlSRVTW8s5BRfJMJTY839AFhc2P8ZiMQiC9WTSD6ef82m6TCE6ofhaOFN7fd4qACSck9Ellid9e5KPgWbkk3u_iBY4o9AWc7OYBI=>

<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-8H1QnzUlmGBWAxA-Qeop2Z8AqTuFCmmAMlgIX5W8VUNAbrUlo_aE3WYEghBn8jAFKtMIQNPR62YDeyZYrOu6x0FT1X8nUlSRVTW8s5BRfJMJTY839AFhc2P8ZiMQiC9WTSD6ef82m6TCE6ofhaOFN7fd4qACSck9Ellid9e5KPgWbkk3u_iBY4o9AWc7OYBI=>[http://www.cifor.org/images/newsletter/cifor/2012/february/newstudy.jpg]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?

et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-8H1QnzUlmGBWAxA-Qeop2Z8AqTuFCmmAMlgIX5W8VUNAbrUlo_aE3WYEghBn8jAFKtMIQNPR62YDeyZYrOu6x0FT1X8nUlSRVTW8s5BRfJMJTY839AFhc2P8ZiMQiC9WTSD6ef82m6TCE6ofhaOFN7fd4qACSck9Ellid9e5KPgWbkk3u_iBY4o9AWc7OYBI=><http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-8H1QnzUlmGBWAxAQeop2Z8AqTuFCmmAMlgIX5W8VUNAbrUlo_aE3WYEghBn8jAFKtMIQNPR62Y-DeyZYrOu6x0FT1X8nUlSRVTW8s5BRfJMJTY839AFhc2P8ZiMQiC9WTSD6ef82m6TCE6ofhaOFN7fd4qACSck9Ellid9e5KPgWbkk3u_iBY4o9AWc7OYBI=>Agricultural policies worldwide have traditionally favoured the

conversion of rotating crops to homogenous, permanent rubber plantations because they are often perceived to be more beneficial for local development and better sequesters of carbon. However, this needs to be reconsidered - especially if REDD+ is to be mainstreamed, says a recent

study involving the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).

Related blog stories:

* Push for forest conservation destroying traditional Pakistani yak herding practices<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg9kNh2lb9oHDKd9L8vzFpn80ETm0YOtXXQI_lj7ThbJDNaqw_OEXKvF0nYKLJjEd7bCj4S3ZpONtBCFJUNoGb8Mklw1pmAhqYiCgpHHfa2VNv-ZSdxyPnbntCL2IPiUOgZGej-sqGMbWI29fI1NQLWEboxzux6vBGEtFOG3GcAgyq2zWKyu0dNZgAxTUkHBe6T-k9dTqzWVvYL0RdzCsCAA>

Science Dispatch

Rush to acquire African farmland risks countries bearing costs of global resource scarcity, says study<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-_7gfqw-x4jFnefZ17g8usX6CniojzC4GNcZfqgTWMhWYCHgLHdFc2xOJdqPTh4l18Ibu28k_UdR5vVdALSwGxcE9f6cU060hnAIVFq8uSoJo7XeGF7hzRx4r6_zejocV-VMOaW2MP1JH5pj086l-tzrLW40EXmCYGhtdd7ojgbbl6UMlr-hfePj1fTCPcqEoHlaUOSR9awW2ZlwNIB0CzKEhvcvTmrwvLEBLVwt1Iwm9saZbcNn5->

<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-_7gfqw-x4jFnefZ17g8usX6CniojzC4GNcZfqgTWMhWY-CHgLHdFc2xOJdqPTh4l18Ibu28k_UdR5vVdALSwGxcE9f6cU060hnAIVFq8uSoJo7XeGF7hzRx4r6_zejocV-VMOaW2MP1JH5pj086l-tzrLW40EXmCYGhtdd7ojgbbl6UMlrhfePj1fTCPcqEoHlaUOSR9awW2ZlwNIB0CzKEhvcvTmrwvLEBLVwt1Iwm9saZbcNn5->[http://www.cifor.org/images/newsletter/cifor/2012/february/rush.jpg]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-_7gfqw-x4jFnefZ17g8usX6CniojzC4GNcZfqgTWMhWYCHgLHdFc2xOJdqPTh4l18Ibu28k_UdR5vVdALSwGxcE9f6cU060hnAIVFq8uSoJo7XeGF7hzRx4r6_zejocV-VMOaW2MP1JH5pj086l-tzrLW40EXmCYGhtdd7ojgbbl6UMlr-hfePj1fTCPcqEoHlaUOSR9awW2ZlwNIB0CzKEhvcvTmrwvLEBLVwt1Iwm9saZbcNn5-><http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?

et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-_7gfqw-x4jFnefZ17g8usX6CniojzC4GNcZfqgTWMhWY-CHgLHdFc2xOJdqPTh4l18Ibu28k_UdR5vVdALSwGxcE9f6cU060hnAIVFq8uSoJo7XeGF7hzRx4r6_zejocV-VMOaW2MP1JH5pj086l-tzrLW40EXmCYGhtdd7ojgbbl6UMlrhfePj1fTCPcqEoHlaUOSR9awW2ZlwNIB0CzKEhvcvTmrwvLEBLVwt1Iwm9saZbcNn5->The recent rush to acquire farmland in order to meet rising global demands for food and fuel is putting African countries at risk of bearing the social, economic, and environmental costs of global resource

scarcity, says a new CIFOR study.

Related CIFOR publications:

* Land tenure and international investments in agriculture<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg8NtTzTvi3iMBCbRELdWskeD9mOxx52rwdcLh1kEBQt3eyIs1UoJYodJSuiYZs2oppwRl7WZfnXdkD8_nFMiOKYAhKQEfWY0KzwB50iNOkBsONVMgo42dNn9Y8oWq5mzSDepQe5IGvd78smTebsuXoUsKyX64yR3yRoAuHyFnJb6EHr-J9OHk_okDHGXZJtA1XLMpwtExSEzw==>

* The anatomy of large-scale farmland acquisitions in sub-Saharan Africa<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg8w8nHFHNw1dVKPRVz67D8iRfaDDLqXfuibfbs5pSwTtL2FjLda9_gKy4qyaOTXb3cWeaPYNxMQzCtnXagc8yE4brRLD5L5p5PUE8aExbOYkIrCq4vIk9vJuHE2o6UZTFOpCUuwcwVtQ-bEZPn_WINCeXdzyc06WvdTTrrc7a03pmHLXAjfEp5tK5WBC3ED5bO1wHPUJOqRmQ==>

* Social sustainability of EU-approved voluntary schemes for biofuels: implications for rural livelihoods<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg97DguKO8q1uvVEvjZEEegPblVdJ7qX9bmDgpsaCnaZkltW4AmO_q88I74VKFllJy8HUqi9au4WVbkntpWxU7rmYdbqBxPcpYqS9eQalpPTPqE6ppKXyroIL9kQkB3-hssTXrzQHzcKQP0eqRNdv71Y1m7ubeCy605aPsaYWI4sDn4esqjT7srZM9M1GUz_SvcBnG9W72mqQg==>

* Contemporary processes of large-scale land acquisition by investors: Case studies from sub-Saharan Africa<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-_X-kv1Lp24YiAt-BT0FChItAfjN3eKD3SAzzce_s-mmqY_LsfPy-RgplMvpjSM12lMoheFWfClRkFW0rrHvzhFhetKDnKKD0eKSh5lCyfQgj5SlbqDhchZ4kjbylG_GTIZ_EFbPcPJdGuhu2k4VCb5k8ZpKzwQf2vlk2P2CHY1dZAoaJZPdAw5aF2mPQpteBCSQ2smV4mvg==>

* Potential land use competition from first-generation biofuel expansion in developing countries<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-9jGDhJqkh7_id3nuubNZeQqJX_QnGKLLpUBoFhs6pQVhqpkTX0LNs7oCV1BMt5vEi0VAjA_not6Z_lUn2z8bCZ4xKCelirUunDx3v3XEQFlO7XqvXAfqvhNMF-_EvxUQ5WaF4C0nsrQy_DqZfMif8QREyzHArMynjkU-7UBJ4cOTdbJwpRNVAc0pypgIKwL1vhK3sRaOZtQ==>

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All that glitters is not gold: Precious metal mining in Congo should stay small for the sake of the forest<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-8ancAU_tP9XhnWbHDoK7H5RsF8UIjCQEkMPC1x6pgGS4M3-ZTRes8dCnSUS97BbhZolP-UuEuPr4rEDe0m3SypZYQjwkWeyJgr0zOXgSGAIDFlCk7AX4rrl1t6RY_MM1S_lK4wRFEzm-P9N0REYcxq2z8r57-q7oF6vC7CFKre_-Rb2XfZG7NKRlJYe6mIaoFxice0cpCIQi5UbtfD4pOX6HpPnHjd-WKAUXxl_MDR-VVoi7XCMbdPx6yIUGqYnc=>

<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-8ancAU_tP9XhnWbHDoK7H5RsF8UIjCQEkMPC1x6pgGS4M3-ZTRes8dCnSUS97BbhZolP-UuEuPr4r-EDe0m3SypZYQjwkWeyJgr0zOXgSGAIDFlCk7AX4rrl1t6RY_MM1S_lK4wRFEzm-P9N0REYcxq2z8r57-q7oF6vC7CFKre_-

Rb2XfZG7NKRlJYe6mIaoFxice0cpCIQi5UbtfD4pOX6HpPnHjd-WKAUXxl_MDR-VVoi7XCMbdPx6yIUGqYnc=>[http://www.cifor.org/images/newsletter/cifor/2012/february/gold.jpg]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg8ancAU_tP9XhnWbHDoK7H5RsF8UIjCQEkMPC1x6pgGS4M3-ZTRes8dCnSUS97BbhZolP-UuEuPr4r-EDe0m3SypZYQjwkWeyJgr0zOXgSGAIDFlCk7AX4rrl1t6RY_MM1S_lK4wRFEzm-P9N0REYcxq2z8r57-q7oF6vC7CFKre_-Rb2XfZG7NKRlJYe6mIaoFxice0cpCIQi5UbtfD4pOX6HpPnHjd-WKAUXxl_MDRVVoi7XCMbdPx6yIUGqYnc=><http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-8ancAU_tP9XhnWbHDoK7H5RsF8UIjCQEkMPC1x6pgGS4M3-ZTRes8dCnSUS97BbhZolP-UuEuPr4r-EDe0m3SypZYQjwkWeyJgr0zOXgSGAIDFlCk7AX4rrl1t6RY_MM1S_lK4wRFEzmP9N0REYcxq2z8r57-q7oF6vC7CFKre_-Rb2XfZG7NKRlJYe6mIaoFxice0cpCIQi5UbtfD4pOX6HpPnHjd-WKAUXxl_MDR-VVoi7XCMbdPx6yIUGqYnc=>The harmful impacts of gold and diamond mining on the Congo Basin rainforest can be minimised by ensuring that operations stay small, so locals

employed by the sector continue to be motivated to preserve the forests where they live and work, advises a new CIFOR study.

Related CIFOR publications:

* Is the god of diamonds alone? The role of institutions in artisanal mining in forest landscapes, Congo Basin<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-8czA0QZrc2w3xFr7g8BAKe9JN4uCkYQ4FpQyHnH27vvM7mbsSSOQ9Vgc8FyEGn045ACx2xI5UubWnUVvcj0Fn5eYEllL1r5JiDKLWXIstfgCsNzkvf4CI0GhA3RmXWawXMOWDh7m4JqlezuKE-0CrVeZ-xiEX8FfY436v31dDinf-RY5c3gappycX_OFeVg2FL9ryQgDq8Q==>

* Where artisanal mines and forest meet: Socio-economic and environmental impacts in the Congo Basin<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-8NVKKS_Ggq6Pfhs6aZZySIurtcuS7boWDRlTUx-FsvmqkYwgbj18eXZM7vqSEwhEimZdwUAsZB1NWHohRIqV3c9GbAqKwUUG8Ohx2svuwHCujLtMMTfAPScyhIv5lO8v7TFwHhPL-YSVd45CJ378Du863hsVnEaGzBRw71wfxXxaGdrPJZPVGfLq2vL4rHrqFyUvbK1qu_g==>

* Institutional aspects of artisanal mining in forest landscapes, western Congo Basin<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-_aXzMpAKlhJihOVJIccPuUXvXDKYUYFPAk4yGCR9K6IczIAbzuQnCrMjt1Q8OBzC1ayXFAfa9ToRvGATAzshmTs0bAcOZnqp2773Q9Fwg1DfJn1wzXAKCVkvmT7FnIaFCNwrH_1eDepWsWefHhsrBkf3htbZNAbqPZ9vT_97MqwJhiL-QVl7_JdhZs-FHO43UZPqFi_5Bxg==>

* Impacts of Artisanal Gold and Diamond Mining on Livelihoods and the Environment in the Sangha Tri-National Park (TNS) Landscape<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg--JNeL_OQPVKIckNdUbCj4LHtiNhFuLoV8rEloso4OBYK6deRQscYQgDjqoYX0IImfSJOHl3c75PL8Rba-Lzojuxt4ptaRj9KAOWWdi18pVvceAw_ZsH6DWO1EY4YeNbgOliZnWGpOwFJ3diOO0aJ0ZWgs3j6k6v7_mUmmA7ti-IXaEhPYhFOnlZ8ph7uoPpPIBDJH-1MaMw==>

Blog

US biofuel policy excludes Indonesian and Malaysian palm oil amid industry protests<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg--EEfSoTp_6KbAXUrVpQEzCXt7aaH2wt9EIhygzfRLb5u0APn3uxbRejk_qagxEgXqrx6nyTL25o1oWv668jrMBbxfPnG8MnlI8SYorKpOzKkwd6hKazw00MA3OCmrUjfB1G--2H_457ux_3XNRtFTOlicgVtwzPl4IAGlUJh2tgWkleFhVldOmWGn4sAUAAaMOVOuZ1tDHDDTPCD8LBOKVXZItVCxNsc=>

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have criticised a recent analysis by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that biodiesel produced by palm oil does not qualify as a renewable fuel under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.

Related CIFOR publications:

2012-08-054_000000000000815
* Biofuels in Malaysia: An analysis of the legal and institutional framework<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg--aQSIxFMQXYlER6CebttDWvonvf45s_Ho4acfDQ-5UtYA1ao30i-QghuFCt2cdhfLDdtOWie8_gk7oyWpDEelnpUdWD2bkiNpTZ9KLDWEYviDdre9kIPUQL-YiHLQK45xYRHyQf2F06su_Zr7tUjzfYP1Npyby90xWnRCyH6LlwmgKSH2zry4LDjv5ne_CDRnV7HFDqahIg==>

* Environmental and social Impacts from palm based biofuel development in Indonesia<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-9NHk1ZQMZH0aLKjRj1EQXTegXCv8YeaNlULhf6eWXTkW1n5WbjSyfwRPyORO3s9yW-nEEZFVNTpzIrJcNslrNvpDWDy0IWJkYtE5R3oB8lM00iOb82qLI0HvOkTkoXSB61vkfRaWv0KOa7X9oI0VG5zhMligQ-D7zCt6ZVHan2FY0HEavNKoDsCbnCvY97MgfCq2GBPE7cQ==>

* Social sustainability of EU-approved voluntary schemes for biofuels: Implications for rural livelihoods<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg97DguKO8q1uvVEvjZEEegPblVdJ7qX9bmDgpsaCnaZkltW4AmO_q88I74VKFllJy8HUqi9au4WVbkntpWxU7rmYdbqBxPcpYqS9eQalpPTPqE6ppKXyroIL9kQkB3-hssTXrzQHzcKQP0eqRNdv71Y1m7ubeCy605aPsaYWI4sDn4esqjT7srZM9M1GUz_SvcBnG9W72mqQg==>

* The Local Social and Environmental Impacts of Biofuels<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-_lTDB4AOBoAir5JUkIbyuZYzYJKFmYkppEtrSjfFAyW1L7YePkY95i0QP3gForjO2LOc_Kx8PKt9q7vyejA7YmjwnL9aUjYAW1bsg_cGTdv7xMe6KCZom2fn907SYfWB-nPEY8nkI7wOrpSdXFR0b>

Upcoming events <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-_ObdoPjT5dSBvFRLvXFh1uA9GH1Gt87ASN6N_7xlAJj6gskmONVQbibKtHoNtlUjECMlR67DhX5pd139Jc0UZ_A-M04KQs_Xdos3xAGCRigTD5cAdfJbmZWUVnR4dCRFnwpg6pggjIzw==>

7th Global Conference: Pluralism, Inclusion and Citizenship

12 - 14 March 2012, Prague, Czech Republic. more<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-91xPujM9ZlWeHzcvIesvExCnWsdZ2Ni9xNN04JqBmb6dhq3AbIuCQmrjZCeh10gQ0gOHEPbu6bm5xBQi_XI9p9L1NXh6F8jtlUKmhLe0IuJeh8LVk11a9XUOJC4nkkwXnOGR3xND6EzD8pzEbTr1PtSfgnPsQnuvNpChK4oK7o185aLnmCuaqA4NRN7yRiKs2mPyx6mFemZ8oKJOYf0XfmDp9TCKGMzk2mipm9TCTa-SzIBPzEm2S>

Global Conference on Women in Agriculture - Empowering Women for Inclusive Growth in Agriculture

13 - 15 March 2012, New Delhi, India. more<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-9w4HyKSVXH0_CTt1X_h9EzdH_mRBiVDn1If8Km3l3QWr5ZYsCgDHQ8uG17KstkjyEB1pAiBFkqhDwFqO4QrMwyDVQuTDdAB3Hc1-dWLWuGYw==>

Planet Under Pressure, New Knowledge Toward Solutions

26 - 29 March 2012, London, England. more<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg--

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Society for Applied Anthropology 72nd Annual Meeting

27 - 31 March 2012, Baltimore, USA. more<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-8niUI-trpymptpb1RbnVD09lQXr02skkoOFycJx_XRBCKpPdgEdFGqM5I-VJ3RMbZBkrOYDyqfGkmMgbvoQqBynDakjnO8Jup6xNmqTUa379KJmY-TVW1P>

Events calendar<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-_ObdoPjT5dSBvFRLvXFh1uA9GH1Gt87ASN6N_7xlAJj6gskmONVQbibKtHoNtlUjECMlR67DhX5pd139Jc0UZ_A-M04KQs_Xdos3xAGCRigTD5cAdfJbmZWUVnR4dCRFnwpg6pggjIzw==>

About CIFOR

CIFOR advances human wellbeing, environmental conservation and equity by conducting research to inform policies and practices that affect forests in developing countries. CIFOR is one of 15 centres within the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).

Go to CIFOR's website<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg--gq8SyOV6KLa1nq-Lv8Wtdc_GI5gGZB1tbkm6wwWJiYwyDz4jMuYI5hv961Y2S7I6u8cf8MBRWRFcmeJAVYdsHTzdxsSuyYls=>

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[http://www.cifor.org/images/newsletter/cifor/2012/february/theanatomy.jpg]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg8w8nHFHNw1dVKPRVz67D8iRfaDDLqXfuibfbs5pSwTtL2FjLda9_gKy4qyaOTXb3cWeaPYNxMQzCtnXagc8yE4brRLD5L5p5PUE8aExbOYkIrCq4vIk9vJuHE2o6UZTFOpCUuwcwVtQ-bEZPn_WINCeXdzyc06WvdTTrrc7a03pmHLXAjfEp5tK5WBC3ED5bO1wHPUJOqRmQ==>

The anatomy of large-scale farmland acquisitions in sub-Saharan Africa<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg8w8nHFHNw1dVKPRVz67D8iRfaDDLqXfuibfbs5pSwTtL2FjLda9_gKy4qyaOTXb3cWeaPYNxMQzCtnXagc8yE4brRLD5L5p5PUE8aExbOYkIrCq4vIk9vJuHE2o6UZTFOpCUuwcwVtQ-bEZPn_WINCeXdzyc06WvdTTrrc7a03pmHLXAjfEp5tK5WBC3ED5bO1wHPUJOqRmQ==>

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CIFOR and Indonesia<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-9XaBpVh2Rjk0t-K8FNOVnO0gh7M77sK02gFqmbNXm0BE2BnoLwyiCtdDAGDuOF-ZsXGv1WNDGEAww0NCFnepcR5S47CXlf9GTbNzV9dXAJc2kJdTy7nT8fAw_k_c_7dLFyqojHKkTTwW19QMnq47jNNPICIK3KafUBj6pqh1NIIm-6rFSKfRxcj_kG6u68C0-UcxynWWLSQ==>

[http://www.cifor.org/images/newsletter/cifor/2012/february/chienese.jpg]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-_mMSN_owmY4eeCeYcfhFqbzDeQPJE_D6kRQaHwkF8b3c6r21A5jrWapDRKTDk6oKIfjOi4nUgrV9GCOW8jQlNQZmSPl0RTHZIL6H72F2XsPkcH6XEW4FTQloAwNv94S8OIBHgrBXLanZ0ddASk32O6c9yX3MEQV0Fiw9aiLJlWORtdCtgiQr57bqPvYs8T3XTHeZIK6KarQ==>

Chinese trade and investment and its impacts on forests<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-_mMSN_owmY4eeCeYcfhFqbzDeQPJE_D6kRQaHwkF8b3c6r21A5jrWapDRKTDk6oKIfjOi4nUgrV9GCOW8jQlNQZmSPl0RTHZIL6H72F2XsPkcH6XEW4FTQloAwNv94S8OIBHgrBXLanZ0ddASk32O6c9yX3MEQV0Fiw9aiLJlWORtdCtgiQr57bqPvYs8T3XTHeZIK6KarQ==>

[http://www.cifor.org/images/newsletter/cifor/2012/february/localsocial.jpg]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-8g-I5AOl883CA8i2B-c2YXxzKSSYcBwaceSVp6AcRRzdIB7AK1RhBiA4OQsKqpmuVR-Rm6bLhGcX3JSUvJ8evYRbQD6u6vRE0vJkVG9eNnv7cjsswBsHC1Ge_xjE_FP1A46s6zuUsZZr_qc0oxjQ0wGIhfWs0B8LBq7TzPomMhGU-JuD0fA6FS9hDlds_0eyTE-wKWXAQNA==>

Logging concessions and local livelihoods in Cameroon<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-8g-I5AOl883CA8i2B-c2YXxzKSSYcBwaceSVp6AcRRzdIB7AK1RhBiA4OQsKqpmuVR-Rm6bLhGcX3JSUvJ8evYRbQD6u6vRE0vJkVG9eNnv7cjsswBsHC1Ge_xjE_FP1A46s6zuUsZZr_qc0oxjQ0wGIhfWs0B8LBq7TzPomMhGU-JuD0fA6FS9hDlds_0eyTE-wKWXAQNA==>

[http://www.cifor.org/images/newsletter/cifor/2012/february/domestic.jpg]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-8laGMTMZfPKKI-ISet70snZDv5bm6QCJCk9zgQBkGpvXgnRlkshhey6wRN47gueVBFveJEcJ-nZaublI4aWTtRqcI_DUgFXdmY1w3yXQbxGr9P9OtDjdiqK9n9CUGDI-sm4KAFHne1f-Ez9rvqifOez4Zv0po328cmnuhAuE6NRvTgiUkCSfLnUNevN_tqrF-MwkjywInCw==>

The domestic market for small-scale chainsaw milling in the Republic of Congo<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-8laGMTMZfPKKI-ISet70snZDv5bm6QCJCk9zgQBkGpvXgnRlkshhey6wRN47gueVBFveJEcJ-nZaublI4aWTtRqcI_DUgFXdmY1w3yXQbxGr9P9OtDjdiqK9n9CUGDI-sm4KAFHne1f-Ez9rvqifOez4Zv0po328cmnuhAuE6NRvTgiUkCSfLnUNevN_tqrF-MwkjywInCw==>

[http://www.cifor.org/images/newsletter/cifor/2012/february/aguide.jpg]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-_FBhy8gaWNfakpu82oh7rf8bkLJ_c5ncF2tB0m81Hy0lqYY5SuQPyftJDA4LW0eiLEJTWWCZPGfPflBvULJQmR_2Iog2ghuw24bimPmV7CYh5kZebLni6aF3I3zPdXsS2v3z63rrbT2tvZzaMj-kHnzD2F7PM2rT_-5nD4gyuY94tI6BuImLKnv5O7slUm0fw2wncwPmCtA==>

Guide pour mieux connaître les impacts des projets de REDD+ sur la subsistance des populations<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg-_FBhy8gaWNfakpu82oh7rf8bkLJ_c5ncF2tB0m81Hy0lqYY5SuQPyftJDA4LW0eiLEJTWWCZPGfPflBvULJQmR_2Iog2ghuw24bimPmV7CYh5kZebLni6aF3I3zPdXsS2v3z63rrbT2tvZzaMj-kHnzD2F7PM2rT_-5nD4gyuY94tI6BuImLKnv5O7slUm0fw2wncwPmCtA==>

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Causes and consequences of shifting cultivation and its alternative in the hill tracts of eastern Bangladesh<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg--bMmJs_2V7Iwe02nuqjSSdypVUsLfuXmL5RCa4-

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[http://www.cifor.org/images/newsletter/cifor/2012/february/smallscale.jpg]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg90Q70E2EdXpFsAagd035KPvBQlmtYRRYe9FNSqZISAeKOSC1X92ujAwvolUlGb5sB2zJEI79V4g3KwfFMuCUHTDIJvyGPdNioZv8iLiQwZ2zA5JEf6D8Rr6_QGQi_XnL7U9rFIuzejE4JGXHI0sNpk_90VRdlqLTB9TVYyVFEG-iONXLXdJrFCqnkq-zuEu6wIv6kkH1VOLg==>

Agroforestry for livelihood security in agrarian landscapes of the Padma floodplain in Bangladesh<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109400353539&s=9438&e=0019nWKGs2vg90Q70E2EdXpFsAagd035KPvBQlmtYRRYe9FNSqZISAeKOSC1X92ujAwvolUlGb5sB2zJEI79V4g3KwfFMuCUHTDIJvyGPdNioZv8iLiQwZ2zA5JEf6D8Rr6_QGQi_XnL7U9rFIuzejE4JGXHI0sNpk_90VRdlqLTB9TVYyVFEG-iONXLXdJrFCqnkq-zuEu6wIv6kkH1VOLg==>

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2012-08-054_000000000000817
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2012-08-054_000000000000819
From: MacLaughlin, Janet

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: RE: meeting with Erik Streed

Date: Monday, June 25, 2012 11:28:53 AM

Alternatively, can you meeting with them this Weds, June 27?

-----Original Message-----

From: Berg, Katie

Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 11:28 AM

To: MacLaughlin, Janet

Subject: RE: meeting with Erik Streed

Yes -- that's my last day in the office for two and a half weeks.

-----Original Message-----

From: MacLaughlin, Janet

Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 11:06 AM

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: FW: meeting with Erik Streed

Can you meet with AID on Weds, July 18?

- janet

-----Original Message-----

From: Scott Hajost @fcmcglobal.org]

Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 11:02 AM

To: MacLaughlin, Janet

Subject: meeting with Erik Streed

Sorry to bother you Janet but I would like to be able to tell Erik something on whether there might be a

meeting on July 18th before I take off on Friday and you to Peru. Many thanks. Have a great trip. scott

Scott A. Hajost, Esq.

Chief of Party

Forest Carbon, Markets and Communities (FCMC) Program A USAID funded project implemented by

Tetra Tech, ARD

1611 North Kent Street

Suite 805

Arlington, VA 22209

fcmcglobal.org

www.fcmcglobal.org

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2012-08-054_000000000000820
From: Berg, Katie

To: MacLaughlin, Janet

Subject: RE: meeting with Erik Streed

Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 10:48:00 AM

I have a mouse in my office. How bout I come up to your office.

-----Original Message-----

From: MacLaughlin, Janet

Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 10:41 AM

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: FW: meeting with Erik Streed

Katie,

Scott Hajost and Erik Streed can do a conference call at 2:00 today. (They declined my suggestion for

coffee over here.) If you are still free, I can come done to your office for the call.

- Janet

-----Original Message-----

From: Scott Hajost fcmcglobal.org]

Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 10:37 AM

To: MacLaughlin, Janet

Subject: RE: meeting with Erik Streed

Thanks Janet was just about to get back to you and agree on conference call. How about that at 2 -

we can use our call in conference bridge

scott

Scott A. Hajost, Esq.

Chief of Party

Forest Carbon, Markets and Communities (FCMC) Program A USAID funded project implemented by

Tetra Tech, ARD

1611 North Kent Street

Suite 805

Arlington, VA 22209

fcmcglobal.org

www.fcmcglobal.org

-----Original Message-----

From: Janet.MacLaughlin@treasury.gov [mailto:Janet.MacLaughlin@treasury.gov]

Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 10:12 AM

To: Janet.MacLaughlin@treasury.gov; Scott Hajost

Subject: RE: meeting with Erik Streed

Hi Scott,

Katie and I are available for a conference call today or we can meet you at Starbucks a block up from

Treasury at 2:00 today. Does this work for you?

- Janet

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2012-08-054_000000000000821
-----Original Message-----

From: MacLaughlin, Janet

Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 10:03 AM

To: cmcglobal.org'

Subject: RE: meeting with Erik Streed

Scott,

How about a conference call Wednesday afternoon at 2:00?

- Janet

-----Original Message-----

From: fcmcglobal.org fcmcglobal.org]

Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 8:29 PM

To: MacLaughlin, Janet

Subject: Re: meeting with Erik Streed

Tx again Janet - Erik and I can meet for an informal chat on Wed over here. Scott ------Original

Message------

From: Janet.MacLaughlin@treasury.gov

To: Scott Hajost

Subject: RE: meeting with Erik Streed

Sent: Jun 25, 2012 3:05 PM

Sorry for not getting back on this. Can you meet sometime this week, perhaps Wednesday, June 27?

-----Original Message-----

From: Scott Hajost cmcglobal.org]

Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 11:02 AM

To: MacLaughlin, Janet

Subject: meeting with Erik Streed

Sorry to bother you Janet but I would like to be able to tell Erik something on whether there might be a

meeting on July 18th before I take off on Friday and you to Peru. Many thanks. Have a great trip. scott

Scott A. Hajost, Esq.

Chief of Party

Forest Carbon, Markets and Communities (FCMC) Program A USAID funded project implemented by

Tetra Tech, ARD

1611 North Kent Street

Suite 805

Arlington, VA 22209

fcmcglobal.org

www.fcmcglobal.org

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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2012-08-054_000000000000822
From: Berg, Katie

To: "Lampman, Scott (EGAT/NRM)"; "Dennis, Charity F (OES)"

Cc: "Barber, Charles V"; "Melnyk, Mary (ME/TS)"

Subject: RE: Pensions Consider the Rain Forest

Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 2:14:00 PM

Thanks Scott.

-----Original Message-----

From: Lampman, Scott (EGAT/NRM) [mailto:SLampman@usaid.gov]

Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 7:10 AM

To: Berg, Katie; Dennis, Charity F (OES)

Cc: Barber, Charles V; Melnyk, Mary (ME/TS)

Subject: FW: Pensions Consider the Rain Forest

Katie and Charity,

Merrill Lynch & Co. Invest in REDD in Sumatra.

Scott

From: Streed, Erik J (EGAT/NRM/F)

Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 2:52 PM

To: Lee, Christopher (EGAT/DC); Stoddard, Loren (PERU/AD); Lopez, Daniel (BOGOTA/CLE); Colby,

Michael (EGAT/NRM); EGAT.NRM.F Mail List (USAID); Abt, Wendy (EGAT/AA); Pendzich, Christine

(LAC/RSD/E); Notman, Evan (EGAT/ESP/GCC)

Subject: FW: Pensions Consider the Rain Forest

Just FYI, an easy to read update on forest carbon financing views

From: gabriel thoumi

cmcglobal.org]<m cmcglobal.org]>

Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 3:02 PM

To: Streed, Erik J (EGAT/NRM/F); Scott Hajost

Cc: terraglobalcapital.com< erraglobalcapital.com>

Subject: Pensions Consider the Rain Forest

Hi Erik

Pensions Consider the Rain Forest article is attached and link is here: Pensions Consider the Rain

Forest<http://m.institutionalinvestor.com/Article/3024131/Pensions-Consider-the-Rain-Forest.html>

http://m.institutionalinvestor.com/Article/3024131/Pensions-Consider-the-Rain-Forest.html

May be of interest to your colleagues at USAID. Thanks, Gabriel

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2012-08-054_000000000000823
From: Deborah Lawrence

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: Re: Plantation carbon sequestration question

Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:17:22 AM

Could take a call now...

--

Deborah Lawrence, PhD

Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia

Jefferson Science Fellow, US Department of State

216 Clark Hall, McCormick Road

University of Virginia

PO Box 400123

Charlottesville, VA 22904-4123

From: <Katie.Berg@treasury.gov>

Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:29:25 -0500

To: virginia.edu>, gmail.com>

Subject: Plantation carbon sequestration question

Hi Deborah

I have an emergency carbon sequestration question re plantations! Are you

around by any chance?

Katie

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2012-08-054_000000000000824
From: Deborah Lawrence

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: Re: Plantation carbon sequestration question

Date: Saturday, February 04, 2012 2:43:49 PM

Going back to school could be so fun! Kim is taking a GIS class now and

finds it very engaging. When I was at State it FELT like I was back at

school. Learning so much.

It is always fun to talk with you Katie--I want you feel free to call on

me any time.

PS--would you like your own personal assistant? I'm interviewing the new

Jefferson Science Fellows--do you think Treasury would buy into that? Not

sure there is a cost to you...maybe. Someone gave us money for a 'stipend'

that really just paid our housing costs.

But I could keep my eyes open for someone to help you!

Just a thought.

Deborah

--

Deborah Lawrence, PhD

Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia

Jefferson Science Fellow, US Department of State

216 Clark Hall, McCormick Road

University of Virginia

PO Box 400123

Charlottesville, VA 22904-4123

On 2/3/12 2:16 PM, "Katie.Berg@treasury.gov" <Katie.Berg@treasury.gov>

wrote:

>Deborah, thanks again for your help with this. Maybe I should go back to

>school in forestry....

>

>How is everything going with you?

>

>-----Original Message-----

>From: Deborah Lawrence cms.mail.virginia.edu]

>Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:17 AM

>To: Berg, Katie

>Subject: Re: Plantation carbon sequestration question

>

>Could take a call nowŠ

>--

>Deborah Lawrence, PhD

>Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia

>Jefferson Science Fellow, US Department of State

>

>216 Clark Hall, McCormick Road

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2012-08-054_000000000000825
>University of Virginia

>PO Box 400123

>Charlottesville, VA 22904-4123

>

>

>

>From: <Katie.Berg@treasury.gov>

>Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:29:25 -0500

>To: virginia.edu>, gmail.com>

>Subject: Plantation carbon sequestration question

>

>Hi Deborah

>

>I have an emergency carbon sequestration question re plantations! Are you

>around by any chance?

>

>Katie

>

>

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2012-08-054_000000000000826
From: Berg, Katie

To: "Deborah Lawrence"

Subject: RE: Plantation carbon sequestration question

Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:09:00 AM

Ok, great! Thanks a lot

-----Original Message-----

From: Deborah Lawrence [ cms.mail.virginia.edu]

Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:09 AM

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: Re: Plantation carbon sequestration question

Call me at noon? 

:) always happy to oblige!

From: <Katie.Berg@treasury.gov>

Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:29:25 -0500

To: virginia.edu>, mail.com>

Subject: Plantation carbon sequestration question

Hi Deborah

I have an emergency carbon sequestration question re plantations! Are you

around by any chance?

Katie

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From: Berg, Katie

To: "Deborah Lawrence"

Subject: RE: Plantation carbon sequestration question

Date: Friday, February 03, 2012 2:16:00 PM

Deborah, thanks again for your help with this. Maybe I should go back to school in forestry....

How is everything going with you?

-----Original Message-----

From: Deborah Lawrence ms.mail.virginia.edu]

Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:17 AM

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: Re: Plantation carbon sequestration question

Could take a call now...

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Deborah Lawrence, PhD

Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia

Jefferson Science Fellow, US Department of State

216 Clark Hall, McCormick Road

University of Virginia

PO Box 400123

Charlottesville, VA 22904-4123

From: <Katie.Berg@treasury.gov>

Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:29:25 -0500

To: virginia.edu>, gmail.com>

Subject: Plantation carbon sequestration question

Hi Deborah

I have an emergency carbon sequestration question re plantations! Are you

around by any chance?

Katie

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From: Deborah Lawrence

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: Re: Plantation carbon sequestration question

Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:09:39 AM

Call me at noon? 

:) always happy to oblige!

From: <Katie.Berg@treasury.gov>

Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:29:25 -0500

To: virginia.edu>, gmail.com>

Subject: Plantation carbon sequestration question

Hi Deborah

I have an emergency carbon sequestration question re plantations! Are you

around by any chance?

Katie

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From: Ng, Ginny

To: Berg, Katie; Brenes, Esteban

Subject: RE:

Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012 3:09:38 PM

I read it yesterday. I cannot find the site on the map, but I will check with Adam on this.

GN

From: Katie.Berg@treasury.gov [mailto:Katie.Berg@treasury.gov]

Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 3:03 PM

To: Ng, Ginny; Brenes, Esteban

Subject:

Did you see this EIA story on West Kutai? What's the deal?

On the front line: Muara Tae's last stand against big palm oil

January 24, 2012

Dayak community under assault from invading palm oil companies

MUARA TAE, EAST KALIMANTAN: The fate of a Dayak community deep in the interior of East

Kalimantan demonstrates how Indonesia must safeguard the rights of indigenous people if it is to meet

ambitious targets to reduce emissions from deforestation.

The Dayak Benuaq of Muara Tae, in West Kutai Kabupaten, today face a two-pronged assault from

palm oil companies aggressively expanding into their ancestral forests. Together with Indonesian NGO

Telapak, the community is manning a forest outpost around the clock in a last ditch attempt to save it

from destruction.

The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has witnessed at first-hand the Dayak

Benuaq's struggle, and how their sustainable use of forests could help Indonesia deliver on its ambitious

targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

EIA Forests Team Leader Faith Doherty said: "There are more than 800 families in Muara Tae relying on

the forests for their food, water, medicine, culture and identity. Put simply, they have to keep this forest

in order to survive.

"The rhetoric from the President of Indonesia on curbing emissions by reducing deforestation is strong

but on the front line, where indigenous communities are putting their lives at risk to protect forests,

action is sorely missing.

"Giving these communities, such as the Dayak Benuaq, the rights they deserve is a vital step to reduce

catastrophic levels of deforestation in Indonesia."

President Yudhoyono has pledged to reduce carbon emissions across the archipelago by 26 per cent by

2020 against a business-as-usual baseline, alongside delivering substantial economic growth.

Plantation expansion will inevitably be a significant element of growth, but it has historically been a

major driver of emissions and it is widely acknowledged that in order avoid them, expansion must now

be directed to 'degraded' lands.

As a result of weak spatial planning, however, the forests of Muara Tae are identified as 'APL', a

designation meaning they are not part of the national forest area and are open to exploitation. The

theft of indigenous forests also raises serious questions as to what form of 'development' these

plantations offer.

In indigenous communities such as the Dayak Benuaq of Muara Tae, Indonesia has perhaps its most

valuable forest resource. It is due to their sustainable methods, honed over generations, that the forest

even remains.

Telapak president Ambrosius Ruwindrijarto said: "Together with the community, we have not only been

protecting the last forests but also planting new Ulin and Meranti saplings to enhance it. These people

are the true guardians of the forest and their fate is entwined with it."

Muara Tae has lost more than half of its land and forests during the past 20 years to mining companies.

The impact has been tangible; the villagers' water source has dried up and they must now routinely

make a 1km journey to collect clean water.

The remaining forest is home to a large number of bird species including hornbills, the emblem of

Borneo. There are about 20 species of reptiles and it is also a habitat for both proboscis monkeys and

honey bears.

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The latest land-grabs have taken place since January 2010, when the local Bupati (regional government

official), Ismail Thomas, issued plantation permits to two palm oil companies: Malaysian-owned PT

Munte Waniq Jaya Perkasa (PT MWJP) and PT Borneo Surya Mining Jaya, a subsidiary of Sumatran

logging, mining and plantation conglomerate Surya Dumai.

While the Norwegian Government has been instrumental in financially backing efforts to reduce

deforestation in Indonesia through the REDD+ initiative, it has also invested in the parent company of

PT MWJP through its sovereign wealth fund.

Pak Singko, a leader of the Dayak Benuaq of Muara Tae, said: "We are calling for help from people

everywhere in protecting our forests and ancestral land. We are being squeezed from all sides by mining

and plantation companies.

"This is the last remaining forests that we have and the only land we have to survive. If my forests are

gone, our lives will end."

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From: Kozloff, Keith

To: Berg, Katie

Subject: REDD and FPIC

Date: Monday, July 16, 2012 11:00:46 AM

Hi Katie:

I trust you and your family are well. I just heard that Billy has

another baby.

Wondering if we could talk a bit about applying FPIC to REDD and other

carbon projects. I am doing a bit of background digging for a colleague

here at OPIC. If so, perhaps you could suggest some dates and times

when I could give you a call.

Cheers,

Keith

Dr. Keith Kozloff

Director, Office of Accountability

Overseas Private Investment Corporation

keith.kozloff@opic.gov

http://www.opic.gov/doing-business/accountability

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From: Berg, Katie

To: "Ng, Ginny"

Subject: Schedule 7 "market mechanism" language

Date: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 2:10:00 PM

Ginny, we are ok with the GOI addition but need to put it into proper English. Therefore, please change

to the following:

 i. Development of

district-level carbon Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV)

systems and REVIEW OF POTENTIAL FOR MARKET MECHANISMS;

Thanks much

Katie

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From: Christoffer Bertelsen

To: Ben Green; Berg, Katie; eh.es; md.dep.no;

usaid.gov.au; mof.go.jp; Jane Higgins

Cc: Neil Scotland; Jane Higgins

Subject: SV: FIP Donor Call?

Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012 8:36:48 AM

Dear Kattie and all

Good idea. I would suggest a catch up meeting in Washington the night before the FIP meeting. I hope

to be in Washington the whole week.

Christoffer

-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----

Fra: Ben Green fid.gov.uk]

Sendt: 19. april 2012 09:37

Til: Katie.Berg@treasury.gov; Christoffer Bertelsen; meh.es; 

md.dep.no; ausaid.gov.au; mof.go.jp; Jane Higgins

Cc: Neil Scotland; Jane Higgins

Emne: RE: FIP Donor Call?

Hi Katie,

I agree it would be good to have a quick catch-up call/meeting ahead of the FIP sub-committee. Either

works for me as I'll be in Washington for the whole week at the other committee meetings. This also

means a catch-up meeting would need to be in the evening.

Rgds,

Ben

Ben Green | Deputy Team Leader - Low Carbon Development Team|Climate and Environment

Department |Department for International Development, Abercrombie House G75 8EA * email: 

dfid.gov.uk url:

www.dfid.gov.uk

P Help save paper - do you need to print this email?

Please note: I do not reply (if at all) to messages where I am cc'd into the message as quickly as

messages sent 'to' me.

-----Original Message-----

From: Katie.Berg@treasury.gov [mailto:Katie.Berg@treasury.gov]

Sent: 18 April 2012 21:56

To: m.dk; meh.es; md.dep.no;

ausaid.gov.au; mof.go.jp; Ben Green; Jane Higgins

Subject: FIP Donor Call?

Hello all,

Is there any interest in trying to have a FIP donor call before the May 4 meeting? If people are going

to be in town for the other CIF meetings, we could also consider having a short in-person meeting

earlier in the week.

Just let me know.

Thanks

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Katie

See how UK aid is changing the lives of the world's poorest people at www.dfid.gov.uk/changinglives.

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From: Deborah Lawrence

To: Anderson, Christa M -FS; Andy Jacobson; Lister, Andrew -FS; Ashutosh Limaye; Bradley Doorn; Brandeis,

Thomas J -FS; Cassandra Nunez; Scott, Charles -FS; Chris Dragisic; Craig Wayson; Moore, Dana M -FS; Daniel

Irwin; Diane Wickland; Douglas Morton; Andersen, Hans -FS; Linda Heath; Esther Zeledon; Francis Dallmeier;

Geoffrey Parker; hfairbank@usaid.gov; Helene Muller; J Deichmann; J Smith; j giar.org; Jennifer

Jenkins; John Poulsen; John Verdieck; Berg, Katie; Kimberly Todd; Kurt Johnson; Leonard Hirsch; Mausami

Desai; Michelle Hertzfeld; Norm Bourg; Olaf Zerbock; James J Halperin; pasmith@usaid.gov; Peter Colohan;

Peter Leimgruber; R Hanson; McRoberts, Ronald -FS; Sean McMahon; Yoffe, Shira -FS; Sue Hazlett; Sylvia

Wilson; Tom Wirth; Jeffrey.G.Masek@nasa.gov; cstokes@usaid.gov; Ross.F.Nelson@nasa.gov;

chris.potter@nasa.gov; i.edu; rbutterfield@usaid.gov; Patel-Weynand, Toral -FS;

.edu; Michael Keller; Sasan.S.Saatchi@jpl.nasa.gov; Wade Price; Wayson, Craig

.fed.us); Whitney Watriss; si.edu; .fed.us; vogel@usgs.gov

Cc: Notman, Evan (E3/GCC); Reams, Greg -FS; Moad, Alex -FS; Douglas Muchoney; Verdieck, John D; Dragisic,

Christine D

Subject: Tech Team input BY AUGUST 7 please: SilvaCarbon Research Priorities

Date: Friday, July 27, 2012 11:46:29 AM

Dear SilvaCarbon Technical Team,

As mentioned in a previous email, SilvaCarbon is planning to add research

activities to our on-going program of technical assistance in select

countries, enhancing the community of forest carbon experts in the US, and

establishing a web-based platform for information sharing at home and

abroad.

At the planning meeting in Washington this month, the steering committee

came up with a list of five priority areas for research related to forest

and terrestrial carbon measurement and monitoring:

* Optimal field sampling for linking ground-based and remote sensing

* Carbon accounting/MRV across all land uses (including non-forest lands)

* Nested MRV (this could include social science, economics, or policy

research)

* LIDAR

* Defining and measuring degradation

In reviewing past work under SilvaCarbon, and in responding to feedback from

partner countries, the steering committee felt that further knowledge in

these areas was needed to advance on-going technical assistance on forest

and terrestrial carbon. Some of these topics are quite broad, and some have

years of research already in place.

We seek input from you with advanced technical knowledge to refine the

potential areas of research listed above.

* What are the pressing issues?

* What are the biggest outstanding questions?

* What are some recent advances on which we might build (please the send

authors' names or a pdf)?

And finally, what other areas of research might SilvaCarbon prioritize to

advance rigorous measurement and monitoring of carbon?

Note that I will be reaching out to non-USG experts in our network with a

similar set of questions, along with some caveats about this not being a

call for proposals. If you would like to seek out the opinions of your

non-USG colleagues, I urge you to do so‹but please exercise caution. Be sure

they understand that we are not making any promises about new funding for

research.

Please send your comments by August 7. I will compile responses for the

steering committee meeting on August 20.

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Thank you for your help in defining future research directions for

SilvaCarbon.

Sincerely,

Deborah

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Deborah Lawrence, PhD

Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia

Jefferson Science Fellow

Working with

The International Programs Office at the United States Forest Service

The Climate Change Office at the United States Agency for International

Development

on SilvaCarbon

216 Clark Hall, McCormick Road

University of Virginia

PO Box 400123

Charlottesville, VA 22904-4123

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From: Dragisic, Christine D

To: eddpluspartnership.org; f orldbank.org

Cc: Verdieck, John D; Kelly, Alexia C; Berg, Katie; Notman, Evan (EGAT/ESP/GCC)

Subject: US Confirmations FCPF and REDD+ Partnership

Date: Thursday, June 14, 2012 4:16:49 PM

Hi everyone,

As I’m sure we’ve thoroughly confused you with our RESPs, I wanted to send a final confirmation of

what US representatives will attend what sessions:

- John Verdieck (23 Junio – 3 Julio) Carbon Fund, Readiness Fund, Field Visit, REDD+

Partnership

- Chris Dragisic (23 Junio – 3 Julio) Carbon Fund, Readiness Fund, Field Visit, REDD+

Partnership

- Alexia Kelly (23 Junio – 27 Junio) Carbon Fund

- Katie Berg (30 Junio – 3 Julio) REDD+ Partnership

- Evan Notman (25 Junio – 3 Julio) Readiness Fund, Field Visit, REDD+ Partnership

Hope this helps!

Chris

Christine Dragisic

Department of State

Office of Global Change (OES/EGC)

Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

2201 C St NW, Room 2480

Washington, DC 20520

DragisicCD@state.gov

This email is UNCLASSIFIED.

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From: Sherry Ruuskanen

To: Information from UNU-WIDER

Subject: WIDER Angle June-July 2012

Date: Friday, June 29, 2012 4:38:26 AM

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IN MEMORIAM

Our good friend and colleague Elinor Ostrom passed away on 12 June 2012 after a long illness. Elinor was the first, and to

date only, woman to win a Nobel Prize in economics. Ravi Kanbur, who worked closely with Elinor, reflects on her life and

work:<http://www.wider.unu.edu/home/news/en_GB/in-memoriam-ostrom/>

New web site on Research and Communication on Foreign Aid Launched

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POLICY BRIEF

Does foreign aid foster democracy? What is the relationship between foreign aid, democracy assistance and democratic

transitions and consolidation? What are the unintended consequences of different intervention modalities, and how these

can be mitigated? In this ReCom policy brief answers and recommendations from the Foreign Aid and Democracy in

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Announcement from UNCTAD: Virtual Institute online course on trade and poverty

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Development (UNCTAD), invites researchers and university lecturers from developing and transition countries to apply for

participation in its online course on trade and poverty analysis, which will take place 10 September-30 November 2012. More

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JUNE - JULY 2012

From the Editor’s Desk

Tony Addison

I started writing this ‘From the Editor’s Desk’ in Accra, to the sound of an African drum band, preparing for a ceremony to

mark the launch of the joint University of Ghana-UNU-WIDER Research and Post-Graduate Teaching Programme. The launch

took place in the University of Ghana’s magnificent Great Hall. We were in Accra for the 28th session of the UNU-WIDER

Board, held for the second time in Africa. Professor Ernest Aryeetey, UNU-WIDER Board Chairman and Vice-Chancellor of

the University of Ghana, hosted us in Accra.

Full article.<http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/newsletter/articles-2012/en_GB/06-07-2012-Addison-editor/>

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Launch of collaboration for joint University of Ghana – UNU-WIDER Research and post-Graduate Teaching Programme

Youth Unemployment in the Arab World: What Do We know? What is the Way Forward?

Imed Drine

Many observers see youth unemployment as the major reason behind the recent popular uprisings in a number of Arab

countries. Frustration among unemployed youth spilled out into the streets at the beginning of 2011, leading to rebellion

against the existing political regimes in Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen. The unemployment crisis is aggravated by low

capital flows and a sharp decline in exports which result from the slowdown in investment and growth in the economies of

the region’s main trading partners.

Full article.<http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/newsletter/articles-2012/en_GB/06-07-2012-Drine/>

Urbanization and Development in Asia: Linkages with Globalization and Migration

Lorraine Telfer-Taivainen

The Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary, was the venue for the launch on 16 June 2012 of the justpublished UNU-WIDER book Urbanization and Development in Asia: Multidimensional

Perspectives,<http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/books-and-journals/2012/en_GB/Urbanization-development-Asia/>

edited by Jo Beall, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, and Ravi Kanbur, published by Oxford University Press India. The launch took

place within the framework of the Global Development Network’s 13th Annual Conference being held collaboration with CEU;

the session was chaired by Francois Bourguignon (Paris School of Economics, GDN Board of Directors, and a former UNUWIDER board member). Full article.<http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/newsletter/articles-2012/en_GB/06-07-2012-

Telfer-Taivainen/>

After the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Some Lessons on Transition

Lorraine Telfer-Taivainen

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London was the setting on 19 June 2012 for the launch

of the recent UNU-WIDER book Economies in Transition: The Long-Run

View,<http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/books-and-journals/2012/en_GB/economies-transition/> edited by Gerárd

Roland, and published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Full article.<http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/newsletter/articles-2012/en_GB/06-07-2012-Telfer-Taivainen_1/>

2012 UNU-WIDER interview series

Donors, Democracy and Development: Unraveling the Impact of Aid in

Africa<http://www.wider.unu.edu/widerangle/video/en_GB/06-07-2012/>

UNU-WIDER and the University of Ghana hosted a seminar in Accra titled 'Donors, Democracy and Development: Unraveling

the Impact of Aid in Africa' on 8 June 2012. The event was linked to the ReCom projects Governance & Fragility

theme<http://staging.wider.unu.edu/governance-fragility> research on 'Foreign Aid and Democracy in

Africa'.<http://www.wider.unu.edu/research/current-programme/en_GB/Aid-Democracy-Africa/>

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GUESTAngle

Millennium Development Goals in Turbulent Times: Emerging Challenges for Post-2015 MDGs

Rolph van der Hoeven and Peter van Bergeijk

One of the most important trends that emerged since the launch of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is the rapid

growth of some large developing countries such as China, India, and Brazil. Current IMF projections indicate that by 2015

the principal providers of official development assistance (ODA)—Europe, Japan, the US—will be producing less than 50 per

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cent of total world GDP. Already before the financial crisis it was clear that this geo-economic shift would have to have an

impact on the norms and values of the global system (van Bergeijk 2009). In this Angle article we argue that a post-2015

framework for development needs to be based on a global social contract, relevant to people in the South and the North,

rather than being dominated by development aid professionals and merely applicable to the South. Full

article.<http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/newsletter/articles-2012/en_GB/06-07-van-der-hoeven/>

RESEARCHAngle

Green Growth: A Win-Win Approach to Sustainable Development?

Danielle Resnick and James Thurlow

The concept of ‘Green Growth’ is one which has understandable political currency, highlighted by its prominence in this

year’s 'Rio+20' meeting hosted by the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. In promising to reconcile the

goals of low-carbon and sustainable development with other valued outcomes such as job creation, poverty reduction and

economic growth, it appears to offer a win-win solution for confronting the growing threat of climate change. This is the

tenor of many recent reports on the concept, such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s

Towards Green Growth (2011) or the United Nations Environment Programme’s Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to

Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication-A Synthesis for Policymakers (2011). Full

article.<http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/newsletter/articles-2012/en_GB/06-07-2012-green-growth/>

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A donor dilemma: aid effectiveness in fragile states.

Donors are often faced with the dilemma that those countries most in need of aid are often those least likely to spend it

effectively. Attempts to overcome this dilemma by using capacity building and policy conditionality have proved ineffective

and a new approach is required. In the UNU working paper 'How to Spend it: The organization of public spending and aid

effectiveness',<http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/2012/en_GB/wp2012-005/> Paul Collier first

addresses the donor dilemma and then goes on to suggest a menu of new organizational designs for ensuring that recipient

countries use aid efficiently. Full article.<http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/newsletter/articles-2012/en_GB/06-07-

2012-Collier/>

How can food aid be more effective?

If food aid is to be more effective donors need to consider both the goals of the aid, and its economic implications.

The availability and affordability of food in developing countries is a constant concern and malnutrition causes the death of

around 2.6 million children a year. In the wake of the food crisis of 2007-2008 many donors made a renewed commitment

to food security. In his WIDER working paper 'Foreign Assistance and the Food Crisis of 2007-

2008'<http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/2012/en_GB/wp2012-019/>, Phillip Abbott addresses the

issues arounf food aid and highlights a number of key problems that policy makers need to keep in mind when designing

and administering projects aimed at mitigating the effects of the food crisis. . Full

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Presentation: ‘Urbanization and Development in Asia: Multidimensional Perspectives’, research findings from the UNU-WIDER

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UNU-WIDER Seminar: Urban Governance and Service Delivery in Africa. Jointly hosted with the African Centre for Cities at

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On a Distance Function-Based Inequality Measure in the Spirit of the Bonferroni and Gini Indices

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Foreign Aid in Dangerous Places: The donors and Mali’s democracy

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Informed Selection of Future Climates

Channing Arndt, Charles Fant, Sherman Robinson, and Kenneth Strzepek

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The Effects of Group Composition and Fractionalization in a Public Goods Game: An Agent-Based Simulation

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Conflicting Measures of Poverty and Inadequate Saving by the Poor

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On the ‘Inclusiveness’ of India’s Consumption Expenditure Growth

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Aid and Infrastructure Financing: Emerging challenges with a focus on Africa

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Pro-poor Service Delivery and Social Identity: An Experimental Investigation

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Does Aid Availability Affect Effectiveness in Reducing Poverty?

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Variable Populations and the Measurement of Poverty and Inequality: A Selective Overview

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‘Successful’ Development Models in the MENA Region

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Opposition Politics and Urban Service Delivery in Kampala, Uganda

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Can Cities or Towns Drive African Development? Economy-wide Analysis for Ethiopia and Uganda

Paul Dorosh, and James Thurlow WP/050<http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/2012/en_GB/wp2012-

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Donor Assistance and Urban Service Delivery in Africa

Richard Stren WP/049<http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/2012/en_GB/wp2012-049/>

The Development Implications of External Integration in Latin America

José Antonio Ocampo WP/048<http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/2012/en_GB/wp2012-048/>

Aid, Employment and Inclusive Growth in Conflict-Affected Countries: Policy Recommendations for Liberia

Graciana del Castillo WP/047<http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/2012/en_GB/wp2012-047/>

The Economic Implications of Introducing Carbon Taxes in South Africa

Theresa Alton, Channing Arndt, Rob Davies, Faaiqa Hartley, Konstantin Makrelov, James Thurlow, and Dumebi Ubogu

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Does an Educated Mind Take the Broader View? A field experiment on in-group favouritism among microcredit clients Ivar

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Income Inequality, Redistribution and Poverty: Contrasting rational choice and behavioural perspectives

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Trans-border Land Acquisitions: A New Guise of Outsourcing and Host Country Effects

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On the Impact of External Debt and Aid on Public Expenditure Allocation in Sub-Saharan Africa after the Launch of the HIPC

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Maria Quattri, and Augustin Kwasi Fosu WP/042<http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/workingpapers/2012/en_GB/wp2012-042/>

The Effects of Rural Land Right Security on Labour Structural Transformation and Urbanization: Evidence from Thailand

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Ghana: The Limits of External Democracy Assistance

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2012-08-054_000000000000844
From: ACORE

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: A Global Perspective on Renewables Development_Join Us May 16

Date: Thursday, May 10, 2012 10:01:14 AM

Globalization and Renewables: The Future is now

Join us live May 16, 2012 in a city near you or via telephone & webinar.

Globalization is the central fact of our generation. It entails flows of capital, business products and applicable

intellectual property. It has sweeping cross-border environmental impacts. It implies trade-offs in natural resource

utilization.

Renewables must find their place in this changing world-wide economy as a solution to growing energy demands

and as a competitive source of capital attraction.

This webinar focuses on several key ways renewable energy can be more fully integrated into the global energy

markets. The panel features speakers from the Carbon War Room, guiding the deployment of capital worldwide to

deal with the global warming crisis; DNV, having a hand in project due diligence and risk management assessments

for offshore wind power development globally; Australia, a nation exporting adaptable home-grown renewable

technologies to the United States and worldwide; and Westeva an American owned organization applying

sophisticated new renewables analytical techniques developed in the United States to the Latin American markets.

The future of renewables rests on activities such as those our speakers will describe. On the Webinar, you will learn

about:

* Pragmatic business and legal analysis to create wealth arising from strategies for the reduction of global carbon

emissions

* Renewable energy technology transfer issues of renewable energy technologies to different legal and ecological

settings

* Adaptation of U.S. technical renewables analysis to commercial ventures

* Lessons learned from the UK with respect to renewable energy deployment

* The roles which lawyers can play in enabling renewable proponents and companies to cope with and benefit from

globalization

As the program title implies: for renewables, this is not about future shock--the future is now.

Q & A Submission:

Q & A both on the teleconference and live at the host firm sites, will follow the speakers' presentations. Please email

questions to abaquestions@acore.org.

Call Times:

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Eastern

11:00 am - 12:30 pm Central

10:00 am - 11:30 am Mountain

9:00 am - 10:30 am Pacific

8:00 am - 9:30 am Alaskan

Teleconference Co-Chairs:

Robert F. Riley, Partner, Williams Mullen PC (Washington, D.C.)

Michael W. Wise, McDonald Hopkins, LLC

Legislative Update:

Todd Foley, SVP, Policy & Government Relations, ACORE

Moderators:

Kimberly E. Diamond, Counsel, Lowenstein Sandler PC

Roger D. Feldman, Counsel, Andrews Kurth LLP

Speakers:

Ken Westrick, Founder and CEO, Westeva LLC and Westeva SAS

Jigar Shah, Member of the Board, Carbon War Room

Kelly Ralston, Senior Trade Commissioner, Australian Trade Commission

Karen Conover, Vice President, DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability

 

Additional Q&A Panelists:

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Paul Adler, Investment Director, Australian Trade Commission

Nigel Warren, Senior Trade Commissioner, Australian Trade Commission

How to Join

To participate in this call, please register online at: www.renewableenergyinfo.org http://links.mkt3350.com/ctt?

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2012-08-054_000000000000847
From: Hall, Daniel

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Accepted: Social Cost of Carbon Meeting

Start: Thursday, February 09, 2012 2:45:00 PM

End: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:45:00 PM

Location: @EPA: Meet inside South Entrance of MT to walk over to EPA together

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Jaffe, Judson

From: Metcalf, Gilbert

Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:20 AM

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Accepted: Social Cost of Carbon Meeting

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Jaffe, Judson

From: Heil, Mark

Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 5:34 PM

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Accepted: Social Cost of Carbon Meeting

2012-08-054_000000000000850
From: Hall, Daniel

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Accepted: Social Cost of Carbon Meeting

Start: Thursday, February 09, 2012 2:45:00 PM

End: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:45:00 PM

Location: @EPA: Meet inside South Entrance of MT to walk over to EPA together

2012-08-054_000000000000851
1

Jaffe, Judson

From: Metcalf, Gilbert

Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 4:00 PM

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Accepted: Social Cost of Carbon Meeting

2012-08-054_000000000000852
From: Heil, Mark

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Accepted: Social Cost of Carbon Meeting

Start: Thursday, February 09, 2012 2:45:00 PM

End: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:45:00 PM

Location: @EPA: Meet inside South Entrance of MT to walk over to EPA together

2012-08-054_000000000000853
From: Carbon Trust

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: All-Energy event May 23rd & 24th

Date: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 6:45:57 AM

The Carbon Trust are pleased to be invited to talk at the All-Energy event on May 23rd and 24th in

Aberdeen. We are also exhibiting there and look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at the

event.

Below are further details about the programme from the All Energy event team.

Alex Salmond to deliver keynote at All-Energy 201223-24 May, AECC, Aberdeen, UKAll-Energy 2012, the

UK’s largest renewable energy exhibition & conference, is just three weeks away and we are delighted

to announce that the First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond MSP will be speaking, as will Charles

Hendry MP, Minister of State for Energy, DECC.

Register to attend now >> (Free of charge)

http://e-crmdata.ecircle-ag.com/re?l=6mqu15I1wa6qofI0

With over 580 exhibitors and a world-class conference , All-Energy is a great place for companies

interested, or active in, the renewables sector to source the latest technologies, services, suppliers and

advice in this flourishing sector.

Attractions at this year's event include:</td>

- Comprehensive Exhibition - meet leading players across all renewables sectors: AMEC, Buccleuch

BioEnergy, Cairngorm Solar, Co-operative Bank, EMEC, ENERCON, FarmEnergy Consulting, Honda,

Kingspan, Kongsberg Maritime, GE, MG Renewables, Petrofac, Ports of Scotland, REpower, RES, Savills

Energy, Siemens, Sky-Futures, SSE, Statkraft, Tata Steel,  Vattenfall, Wood Group, Worcestor

Bosch Group, UKTI, VYNCKE and hundreds more.

http://e-crmdata.ecircle-ag.com/re?l=6mqu15I1wa6qofI1

- World-class Conference - covering the key challenges & opportunities facing the industry across the

entire spectrum of renewables - it's unmissable! The Carbon Trust is speaking in two Offshore Wind

Sessions (http://e-crmdata.ecircle-ag.com/re?l=6mqu15I1wa6qofI2#OW1) and a Wave & Tidal Session

(http://e-crmdata.ecircle-ag.com/re?l=6mqu15I1wa6qofI3#WT5).

http://e-crmdata.ecircle-ag.com/re?l=6mqu15I1wa6qofI4

- Three new zones - Smart Energy (energy efficiency, energy management, micro/ onsite generation),

Low Carbon Vehicles, Ride & Drive

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- UKTI one-to-to meetings - speak with market experts and buyers from across the globe about

opportunities for your business

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- Giant Networking Evening - Make essential new contacts to help further your business and enjoy a

relaxed and fun evening.

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PLUS: The Crown Estate's Offshore Wind Supply Chain Event - discover how you can become a supplier

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to exciting offshore wind projects. Case-study speakers/ panelists: Areva, Gamesa, Mitsubishi Power

Systems, Siemens, The Crown Estate and more.

Register to attend now >> (Free of charge)

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With the UK undergoing a renewable energy 'revolution', there has never been a better time to exploit

market opportunities in this sector.

We look forward to welcoming you to All-Energy 2012.

Kind regards,

The All-Energy Team

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2012-08-054_000000000000855
From: Carbon Trust

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Attend the ARC Show with the Carbon Trust

Date: Monday, February 13, 2012 10:13:11 AM

Dear Judson,

The latest developments in energy efficient lighting - such as LEDs and smart controls - can help you

slash your organisation's energy costs and improve your lighting environment.

We would like to bring your attention to the ARC 2012 show, where we will be exhibiting our new

energy efficiency service at stand GG44. If you need to source and implement new lighting equipment,

Carbon Trust Implementation Services helps you obtain high quality proposals and competitive quotes

for projects from accredited suppliers. Alternatively, if you are a lighting equipment supplier, you may be

interested in joining the new service's accreditation scheme. http://e-crmdata.ecircle-ag.com/re?

l=6mph6eI1wa6qofI0

In partnership with Siemens, we also provide easy, affordable financing for customers that need to

finance their projects.

Please visit us at stand GG44.

Please see more information from the event organisers below.

Regards,

The Carbon Trust

The ARC Show London

Business Design Centre London

29 February - 1 March 2012

Attend Britain's leading lighting-design trade event and meet exhibitors who will provide the latest

sustainable and forward thinking products and be inspired by industry focused features.

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From: Hall, Daniel

To: Bonaiuto, Matthew

Cc: Metcalf, Gilbert; Jaffe, Judson

Subject: BA calls for ETS to apply only to EU airspace

Date: Friday, June 01, 2012 3:05:50 PM

Ran across this and thought it was interesting:

http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Articles/2012/06/01/40658/ba-demands-eu-reduce-scopeof-emissions-trading.html

BA demands EU 'reduce scope' of

emissions trading

Jun 01, 2012 08:00AM GMT

British Airways has demanded the European Union restrict the emissions trading

scheme (ETS) for airlines to European airspace to head off growing opposition from

non EU-governments and carriers.

BA head of environment Jonathon Counsell said: "There is a high risk of noncompliance and retaliation and we have to find a way through.

“BA supports emissions trading. An appropriately implemented European ETS can be

a first step towards a global approach. But this is inappropriate.

“Twenty countries have signed up to oppose the scheme, led by China, India, Russia

and the US. India stated last week that if any penalties were imposed on its airlines

[for non-compliance] it would ban EU carriers from India."

Counsell told an aviation seminar in London organised by the Westminster Energy,

Environment and Transport Forum: "If we carry on as we are, ETS will collapse.

“The EU began talking about amending the scope of the scheme to flights that take

off and land in the EU six weeks ago."

He said BA favours a different approach out of the three that appear possible: an

intra-Europe scheme, an outbound-only ETS or a scheme restricted to EU airspace.

Counsell said: “We favour 'EU airspace'. This would address the main concern of

non-EU airlines about the right of the EU to levy charges outside European airspace.

"It would keep other airlines in the scheme and we believe it could be applied quite

easily. That is what we are pushing for."

He said restricting the ETS to EU airspace would reduce the scope of the scheme by

40%. “But it would preserve the scheme."

Counsell added: “Anything non-EU airlines do to comply and mitigate emissions in

EU airspace would apply for the whole flight."

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However, BA's head of environment also argued European carriers should be entitled

to compensation for penalties imposed on them outside Europe from opponents of

the scheme and for the costs of emissions trading if rival carriers are excluded.

Counsell said: “We are looking for protection from retaliation and compensation if

we face charges for emissions that others do not.

"Every EU state will earn revenue from the auction of carbon allowances. The UK

government estimates it will raise £130 million in the first year. Why not use that for

compensation?"

He dismissed a suggestion that a localised emissions scheme could contribute

effectively to cutting greenhouse gases. Counsell said: “No manufacturer is going to

produce aircraft just for UK airlines. It has to be a global scheme.”

_____________________________

Daniel Hall

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Phone: (202) 622-7801

Fax: (202) 622-6728

Email: daniel.hall@treasury.gov

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Subject: Boell Brief 1-2012

Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 10:29:10 AM

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Contents

Climate Media Fellowship 2012 (call for applications)

Ecology

Baltic Sea: Regional Cooperation for Renewables (publication)

Gender Equity and Sustainable Development (remarks)

The Future We Want. A Feminist Perspective (publication)

Foreign & Security Policy

Fifth German Conference at Harvard (event)

Climate Change, Migration and Conflict (publication)

Your Ideas, Your NATO (competition)

Democracy

An Assessment of Iran's Upcoming Parliamentary Elections (event)

Migration Through the Transit Country Mexico (publication)

Economic Governance

G20 Update for February 2012 (newsletter)

What is "Country Ownership"? (publication)

How Policymakers Can Help Firms Get Rights Right (publication)

 

Editorial 

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

America is in election-mode: news-channels, print-media and webblogs keep the electorate up-to-date about the latest twist of the

Republican primaries. The public can closely watch their president

switching role from commander-in-chief to campaigner-in-chief and

back. Primaries and the electoral campaigns are an important element

in the democratic process, as the public has the chance to get to know

Böll Brief

1-2012

In this Issue

Ecology

Foreign Policy

Democracy

Economic

Governance

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the candidates and their political positions. The deliberate democracy

at its best?

Looking behind the smoke of the electoral fight presents one with a

different picture. Sixty percent of American voters declare themselves

to be Independents, this is the highest figure since World War II. These

Independents are the biggest group in the US electorate, outnumbering Democrats or Republicans. Yet they have hardly any

chance to make themselves heard in the democratic process. The two

dominant parties claim the system necessary for the political stability of

the country. They dominate the ever more important sources of funding

and in many states, independent parties are pushed aside by

discriminatory legislation.

The struggle of the two parties to defend their party-duopoly, however

comes at an ever-higher price: To defend his presidency, Barack

Obama is expected to raise one billion dollars. The most expensive

seat in Congress in 2010 was won by Tea-Party icon Michelle

Bachman: she invested 11.6 million dollars. Winning a Senate seat

cost 9 million dollars on average in 2010. These funds, a total of 3.7

billion dollars in the 2010 elections, suggest competitive races, but only

10 percent of the seats in the House of Representatives are truly

competitive swing districts. So these enormous funds are used solely

to keep the existing constituency happy. As these funds do not come

without strings attached, this opens up the political process for

abundant special interests. In spite of these enormous resources, more

and more voters feel alienated from the political parties. Even worse:

the approval rates for t 

Who are these independent voters? They are by no means fringe

voters at the edges of the political spectrum. On the contrary: most

Independents are somewhat political centrist who simply differ from the

simplistic options the two parties offer to them. The “passionate center”

of Americans believes in fiscal responsibility and social tolerance; they

favor environmental protection and campaign finance reform.

Independents are as essential as swing voters for both parties to win

the majority. But these common sense voters have no say in most

primaries as the candidates have to win over the ever more polarized

members of their political party to achieve nomination. In their

primaries, the US parties do not move to the embattled center but to

their extreme fringes which make it difficult for them to attract

Independents in the general elections. As a result, the elected

members of Congress are more polarized, more partisan than ever

before.

Even worse: whoever is going to win this presidential election will

represent little more than 25% of the voters. This is a constant ruling of

a minority over a majority of non-represented voters. Many Americans

feel uneasy about these shortcomings of the political system as it has

developed over past decades.

“A government of our own is our natural right” wrote Thomas Paine, a

prominent proponent of the Enlightenment, in January 1776 in his

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pamphlet “Common Sense”, the most important document of the

American democratic revolution. His call for political participation by the

people and a truly representative system is today guiding many

Americans seeking to gain back a system of inclusive and participatory

democracy. It is time that they make their voices is heard.

Sincerely,

Klaus Linsenmeier

Executive Director

Heinrich Böll Foundation

Climate Media Fellowships 2012

Do you want to learn and write about the low carbon energy transition that is currently

underway in Europe and Germany? The Heinrich Böll Foundation is now accepting

applications for its Climate Media Fellowships 2012.

Click here to apply for the Climate Media Fellowships 2012

Ecology

PUBLICATIONS

Baltic Sea: Developing a Regional Cooperation for Renewables in the

Electricity Sector

By Mats Abrahamsson

January 2012

In this paper, Mats Abrahamsson takes a closer look at a region that could

be a pioneer for regional cooperation in the EU: the Baltic Sea Region. As

the first region with an EU regional cooperation initiative, this region could play an essential

role in showing the EU the way forward by sharing their large potential of diverse renewable

energy sources.

Click here to read Developing a Regional Cooperation for Renewables

Gender Equity and Sustainable Development

Remarks by Ambassador Verveer

January 26, 2012

Prospects for sustainable development remain a serious challenge as our

global economy, our natural environment, our social well-being and our

political structures are in crisis. From the economy to climate change to food and agriculture,

systems of governance are in disarray. Particularly women and girls are struggeling more in

today's world.

Click here to read Gender Equity and Sustainable Development

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The Future We Want. A Feminist Perspective

By Christa Wichterich

January 2012

The multiple crises – the financial crash, hunger, climate change and

resource scarcity – demonstrate that neoliberal market globalization

cannot fulfill its promises: namely to bring about the optimal allocation of resources on the

entire planet and thus be a win-win game for all.

Click here to read The Future We Want

Foreign & Security Policy

EVENTS

Fifth German Conference at Harvard

Friday, February 17 - Saturday, February 18, 2012

Harvard University, Boston

Germany led the way towards green energy in response to the Fukushima

nuclear disaster. Weeks later, Berlin effectively isolated itself from its

Western allies by abstaining from the UN Security Council vote on military

intervention in Libya. The upcoming conference will explore the drivers behind Germany's

ambiguous leadership.

Click here for more information and to register for the Fifth German Conference at Harvard

PUBLICATIONS

Climate Change, Migration and Conflict

Addressing Complex Crisis Scenarios in the 21st Century

By Michael Werz and Laura Conley

January 2012

Growing evidence of links between climate change, migration and conflict

raise plenty of reasons for concern and it’s time to start thinking about

new answers to these multifaceted crisis scenarios. This publication is part of the cooperation

project Climate – Migration – Security with the Center for American Progress.

Click here to read Climate Change, Migration and Conflict

Your Ideas, Your NATO: 2012 Policy Workshop Competition

January 2012

Atlantic-community.org is inviting students and young professionals to

contribute their policy ideas on key issues of the upcoming NATO Summit

in Chicago in the policy workshop, "Your Ideas, Your NATO." Participate

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for a chance to discuss your ideas directly with decision makers, including US Ambassador

Philip Murphy and a NATO representative, during the May 21 summit.

Click here to read about the competition Your Ideas, Your NATO

Democracy

EVENTS

An Assessment of Iran's Upcoming Parliamentary Elections

Thursday, February 9th 2012, 12.00pm-1.15pm

Washington, DC

What will the Iranian government do after the upcoming parliamentary

elections in Iran if there is a widespread boycott? What will the outcome

be for Iranian politics and society? Hosein Ghazian, an expert on the electoral process, will

present a preview of the March 2 Iranian parliamentary elections.

Click here to RSVP and for more information on An Assessment of Iran's Upcoming

Parliamentary Elections

PUBLICATIONS

 

Dangerous Journey: Migration Through the Transit Country Mexico 

By Jennifer Dresel

December 2011

The discovery of 72 killed migrants in the northern state of Tamaulipas in

August 2011 was a tragic event that accelerated and enhanced public

awareness for the problem of severe human rights violations toward migrants in Mexico.

Since then, new cases are continually coming out in the open.

Click here to read Dangerous Journey

Economic Governance

PUBLICATIONS

G20 Update February 2012

February 2012

The G20 Update for February highlights plans for the upcoming Mexican

Summit, the trade union movement’s G20 agenda, an analysis of the

G20’s “financial inclusion” initiative, provocative questions about the G20’s

development agenda and questions about the G20’s readiness to tackle the causes of the

global food crisis.

Click here to read the G20 Update for February

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What is "Country Ownership"? Do Social and Environmental

Safeguards Destroy It?

By Nancy Alexander

January 2012

This paper reviews and critiques the ways in which, in the name of country

ownership, standards (e.g., transparency, participation, fiduciary, social, environmental

protection) are being weakened or abandoned.

Click here to read What is “Country Ownership"?

How Policymakers Can Help Firms Get Rights Right

By Susan Ariel Aaronson

In her policy paper, Susan Aaronson underscores how firms often operate in states where

human rights may not be respected. For these firms, the Guiding Principles (GP) on

Business and Human Rights, adopted by the UN in 2011, delineate their human rights

responsibilities. This paper identifies how policy-makers can help firms meet these

responsibilities.

Click here to read How Policymakers Can Help Firms Get Rights Right

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Subject: Boell Brief 2/2012: The Climate Network

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Midwest Clean Energy Tour in June/July 2012 (events)

Rural Clean Energy Tour in September 2012 (events)

Editorial

 

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Today we wish to introduce you to our new program, “ The Climate

Network – Revitalizing Transatlantic Relations for a Green Economy”,

supported by the EU Delegation to the United States.

The Climate Network will – over the next two years – focus on the

question of how rural communities and villages, through engaging in

concepts such as electric cooperatives, can push for a low carbon

economy. Our thematic focus is driven by the urgency to fight climate

change. Despite ever increasing evidence that climate change is real,

our dependence on traditional fossil fuel continues to grow.

At the same time, Europe and the United States are somewhat drifting

apart while trying to tackle these challenges that we so urgently need

to address. The European Union has set itself ambitious climate and

energy targets while the United States has on the federal level decided

to instead increase domestic fossil fuel production. This divide comes

as both Europe and the United States are facing severe budget crises

that set constraints on our transition towards a low carbon economy.

While many people may see ambitious climate and energy policy as a

problem rather than a solution in a staggering economy, there are

many examples of businesses that are discovering the opportunities of

the new markets and sustainable business models and providing jobs

Boell Brief

2-2012

 

Special Issue

 

The Climate

Network

2012-2013

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which are in fact more resilient in times of economic crisis.

Sharing the right stories becomes ever more important. In Germany,

for example, much of the push towards a clean energy transition comes

through a bottom-up approach from the local level. There is literally a

small-town revolution underway where villages and communes are

striving to become so-called “100% self sustained renewable energy

communities”. People are increasingly realizing that the economic

benefits are in fact numerous and speak for themselves: creating wellpaying jobs, generating tax revenue and strengthening community

engagement around a common cause. We are witnessing a growing

interest in the United States to learn more about these European

experiences and to exchange best practices across the Atlantic.

Together with our offices in Brussels and Berlin, we will contribute to

shaping the transatlantic energy and climate policy debate over the

next two years through organizing a variety of policy dialogs, study

trips, public speaking tours and informal roundtables.

We look forward to embarking on an exciting journey with you as part

of our Climate Network. For the moment, however, be sure to take a

note of some of the highlights planned for 2012.

With Best Wishes,

Klaus Linsenmeier & Rebecca Bertram

Heinrich Boell Foundation

 

 

 

Climate Media Fellowships 2012 – Call for Applications 

Deadline: 29 February, 2012

The Heinrich Boell Foundation is now accepting applications for its

Climate Media Fellowship intended to familiarize U.S. energy experts with

the European and German experiences and policy solutions and to

communicate these into the US policy debate on local, regional and

national levels. The fellowship is open to media journalists and students of

any energy/climate related discipline from the U.S. who are eager to learn and report about

the European and/or German energy transition.

For questions, please contact Rebecca Bertram

Click here for more information on the Climate Media Fellowships

Midwest Clean Energy Tour (June/July 2012)

This week-long speaking tour will bring one or two European experts from

an electric cooperative to the Midwest to share practical advice on how the low carbon

energy transition can create local and cooperative business opportunities. The speaking tour

will be tied to International Year of Cooperatives 2012 and consist of bilateral meetings and

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roundtable discussions and workshops with the interested public throughout the Midwest.

Please check back for updates on The Climate Network

Rural Clean Energy Tour (September 2012)

 

We aim to bring 8 to 10 American experts from rural and electric

cooperatives in the Midwest to Germany and Denmark to witness how

rural areas are making the transition towards a low carbon economy. The

program of the tour will consist of meetings with representatives

from "100% renewable energy communities" and electric cooperatives

who can highlight the economic benefits for communities from a low

carbon energy transition. Participants in the trip will partake in the

congress on 100% Renewable Energy Communities organized by the German Renewable

Energy Agency as well as the Husum Wind Energy Fair, one of the world’s leading wind

energy fairs.

Please check back for updates on The Climate Network

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Subject: Boell Brief 4/2012

Date: Thursday, May 03, 2012 1:35:22 PM

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Ecology

The German Switch from Nuclear to Renewables (publication)

Transatlantic Tar Sand Storms (publication)

The Green Economy - The New Magic Bullet? (publication)

Solar Power Spells Doom for Conventional Power Plants (publication)

European Climate Leadership – Durban and Beyond (publication)

Climate Media Fellows 2012 (announcement)

Foreign and Security Policy

Climate Change, Migration and Conflict in Northwest

Africa (publication)

Solidarity and Strength. The Future of the European Union (publication)

International Security Guarantees for a Two-State-Solution

(publication)

Democracy

Syria's Revolution: Society, Power, Ideology (publication)

Economic Governance

G20 Update for April 2012 (newsletter)

Business 20 (B20) Dossier (publications)

Culture

Daniel Libeskind: Architecture for the Angel of History (exhibition)

Editorial

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

“The future of geopolitics will be decided in Asia, not in Afghanistan or

Iraq, and the United States should be right at the center of the action”.

Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, spoke to the heart of many

Böll Brief

4-2012

In this Issue

Ecology

Foreign Policy

Democracy

Economic

Governance

Culture

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Americans when she tried to convince policy makers and the public

that “harnessing Asia’s growth and dynamism is central to American

economic and strategic interest”.

But a superpower with global interests cannot always choose where to

pursue those interests. The repercussion of a burst housing bubble that

spread to Europe to create a banking and sovereign debt crisis in the

European Union, the biggest regional market on the globe, was a hard

reminder how deeply the transatlantic economies are connected to

each other.

Just as the Euro-crisis is affecting the future of the US economy, so are

the regional geopolitical challenges in the “old continent’s”

neighborhood: the Arab Spring will need many more years before

either steering the countries on the path of democracy or – after years

of secular, but authoritarian rule – turn into another rule of religious

fundamentalism. And now Iran, again: The regime is denying its own

people basic human and civil rights and threatens to destroy Israel, its

alleged arch enemy. Europeans and Americans have jointly reacted

condemning the regime’s threats, imposing sanctions and keeping

engaged in joint negotiations.

As in the Libyan case, Americans and Europeans are demonstrating

that they can act together effectively. The same should be true in

relation to Israel: the West cannot tolerate that a UN-member state

and the sole democracy in the region is threatened in its very existence

by the Iranian theocrats. But we also should not buy into all arguments

of a government that fails to accommodate its ever more diverse

constituency nor integrate the country in the environment of a region in

transition towards – hopefully – more democracy. The option of a

surgical military action against assumed nuclear installations seems

tempting, but the effects on Iran’s nuclear program remain doubtful and

the military consequences unpredictable. A new war would be of little

help in promoting democracy in the region and would instead target a

global economy that still runs on oil. It would not further the security

that Israel as a state and a society has a fundamental right to. It would

rather weaken the efforts of its allies to support the country’s security

and economic prosperity.

America and Europe have to continue to cooperate on a new approach

to the conflict-ridden Middle East. Iran’s intolerable threat vis-a-vis

Israel is not the region’s only problem. Another is the peace process

between Israel and Palestine that, as frustrating the topic may be,

remains a cornerstone for regional security and stability.

Secretary Clinton is right that Asia is critical to America’s future. The

same is true for Europe. The globalized world is as closely

economically connected as never before. But the Western paradigm of

liberal democracy, human rights and open markets by no means sells

itself, particularly not in Asia.

At the same time, Europe and America have to prepare for the upcoming new security challenges. Both sides still lack convincing

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strategies for the future of our collective security. Harnessing Asia’s

growth and dynamism is only possible on the basis of a solid

transatlantic partnership, not at the expense of it.

Kind Regards,

Klaus Linsenmeier 

Executive Director

Heinrich Boell Foundation

Ecology

PUBLICATIONS

Myths and Facts. The German Switch from Nuclear to Renewables 

By Craig Morris

March 2012

Germany’s decision to phase out nuclear power after Fukushima has

been criticized as it would lead to rising emissions and a shortage of

power supply. A fact check proves these claims to be wrong. Today,

renewable energies provide for more than a fifth of electricity demand in

Germany. The country is on track to surpass its ambitious climate targets

and even exports electricity to Europe’s nuclear power house, France.

Click here to read Myths and Facts

Transatlantic Tar Sand Storms. Lobbying and Dirty Oil are Canada’s

New Exports

By Eva Zschirnt and Arne Jungjohann

March 2012

In its tar sands, Canada has the biggest oil reserves worldwide after

Saudi Arabia. While delaying climate action at home, the Canadian

government is undermining international efforts in fighting climate

change. Low carbon fuel standards in the EU and California or the denial

to build the Keystone XL pipeline through the US would be a major

setback for Canada’s export of oil from tar sands.

Click here to read Transatlantic Tar Sand Storms

The Green Economy - The New Magic Bullet?

By Barbara Unmüßig

March 2012

In this essay, the president of the Heinrich Boell Foundation, Barbara

Unmuessig, critically reflects on the opportunities for and the

shortcomings of the concept of a "Green Economy" to influence economic

policy making globally, its relationship to the paradigm of sustainable

development and the need to rethink our understanding and focus on

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growth.

Click here to read The Green Economy

The Final Battle. Why Solar Power Spells Doom for Conventional

Baseload Power Plants

By Volker Quaschning

March 2012

Germany has seen record investments in solar energy. Thus, coal and

nuclear utilities are calling for an end to solar incentives. They might be

able to delay the boom of solar power. But it is too late to stop it

altogether, argues Volker Quaschning in this article.

Click here to read The Final Battle

European Climate Leadership – Durban and Beyond

By Hans J.H. Verolme

March 2012

Can Europe assert leadership on climate change in light of its myriad

problems? The EU was key in shaping the outcome of the last UNFCCC

negotiations, the so-called Durban Platform. This paper analyzes the

prospects for Europe to continue to act as a driving force towards a

greener planet, both at home and abroad.

Click here to read European Climate Leadership

Climate Media Fellows 2012

The Heinrich Boell Foundation is proud to announce this year's Climate

Media Fellows. Anastasia Emelianoff, Kari Lydersen, Daphne Wysham

and Osha Gray Davidson were selected last month and will be traveling to

Europe between now and September to research and report on the

European low carbon transition.

Click here to read about the Climate Media Fellows

Foreign and Security Policy

PUBLICATIONS

Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict in Northwest Africa

Rising Dangers and Policy Options Across the Arc of Tension

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By Michael Werz, Laura Conley

April 2012

Northwest Africa is crisscrossed with climate, migration, and security

challenges. From Nigeria to Niger, Algeria, and Morocco, this region has

long been marked by labor migration, bringing workers from sub-Saharan

Africa north to the Mediterranean coastline and Europe. For the United

States and the international community, this region is critical because of

its potential for future instability. This paper tracks how the overlays and

intersections of climate change, migration, and security create an arc of

tension in Northwest Africa comprising Nigeria, Niger, Algeria, and

Morocco.

Click here to read Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict in Northwest

Africa

Solidarity and Strength. The Future of the European Union

(full publication available)

April 2012

With the ink on the Treaty of Lisbon scarcely dry, the European debt crisis

has once more raised the question as to how the EU should be

constituted. The Union’s ability to hold together and withstand the crisis is

being put to the test. Against this background, the Heinrich Boell

Foundation set up a commission in 2010 to examine the future of the EU

and a summary of its findings can be found in this publication.

Click here to read Solidarity and Strength

International Security Guarantees on the Way to a Permanent

Agreement on a Two-State-Solution Israel/Palestine

By the Core Group

March 2012

From mid-2010 to mid-2011 a working group of Israeli and Palestinian

security experts developed concrete proposals and practical steps for

international security guarantees in the case of a two state solution

between Israel and Palestine. This work was undertaken at the invitation

of the Heinrich Boell Foundation. The group presents their

recommendations at several events in Berlin, Brussels and Washington,

DC.

Click here to read International Security Guarantees

Democracy

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PUBLICATIONS

Syria's Revolution: Society, Power, Ideology. Perspectives Issue 3

By Hassan Abbas, Yassin al-Haj Saleh, Jihad Yazigi and others

February 2012

It is almost a year ago that Syrian citizens, inspired by the revolutions in

Tunisia and Egypt, courageously took to the streets in protest against the

decades-long denial of their basic rights by the Assad regime.

Click here to read Syria's Revolution: Society, Power, Ideology

Economic Governance

PUBLICATIONS

G20 Update for April 2012

April 2012

The April G20 Update describes perspectives on (and plans for)

engagement by civil society organizations (CSOs) in activities related to

the Mexican G20 Summit in June; the Argentine CSO platform on the

G20; how two CSO leaders in Indonesia and India view the G20; and

recommendations to the G20 from business, labor, and citizens' groups.

Click here to read the G20 Update for April (in ENG and ESP)

Business 20 (B20) Dossier

The B20 exerts a strong influence on the decisions of the G20.

Documents by or about the B20 and its associates (e.g. the World

Economic Forum, McKinsey and Company, Chambers of Commerce) are

published here.

Click here to read the B20 Dossier

Culture

EVENTS

Daniel Libeskind: Architecture for the Angel of History

Wednesday, 9 May to Friday, 31 August 2012

Goethe Institute Washington DC

FotoGalerie

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812 7th Street

Washington, DC 20001

Germany has Daniel Libeskind to thank for several museums of great

national significance, including the Jewish Museum in Berlin and the

Military History Museum in Dresden. Even before its opening in

September 2001, the Jewish Museum was overwhelmed with its success.

With over 8 million visitors from 40 countries, it has become the most

visited cultural attraction in Berlin. The exhibition will present photographs

of these and other living expressions of memory designed by Daniel

Libeskind.

Click here for more information on the exhibition Daniel Libeskind:

Architecture for the Angel of History

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From: Metcalf, Gilbert

To: Jaffe, Judson; Hall, Daniel

Subject: Brookings analysis of partial carbon pricing

Date: Thursday, June 14, 2012 12:09:34 PM

Have either of you seen this?

http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2012/4/pricing%20carbon%20morris/04_pricing_carbon_morris.pdf

Gilbert E. Metcalf

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

(202) 622-0173 (office)

(202) 316-8028 (mobile)

(202) 622-0037 (fax)

Email: gilbert.metcalf@treasury.gov

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From: Metcalf, Gilbert

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Brookings carbon tax event

Date: Monday, July 16, 2012 9:46:06 AM

Jud,

Were you planning to attend the Brookings event on July 27? I may have a meeting conflict that

morning but would like someone from our office to attend.

Gib

Gilbert E. Metcalf

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

(202) 622-0173 (office)

(202) 316-8028 (mobile)

(202) 622-0037 (fax)

Email: gilbert.metcalf@treasury.gov

2012-08-054_000000000000881
From: Carbon Forum Asia

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Carbon Forum Asia 2012 - We are moving to Thailand!

Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 1:12:46 AM

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The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) and Koelnmesse, are pleased to announce our

7th Annual Carbon Forum Asia to be staged from 30 - 31October 2012 in Bangkok, at the Centara

Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld.

Located in the center of Southeast Asia, Thailand is at the heart of the region and easily accessible to

key markets. Staging Carbon Forum Asia for the first time in Bangkok will offer the Asian and global

carbon, energy and financial community once again a unique opportunity to network, develop new

business opportunities and stay updated on the most current issues and trends.

The Asia-Pacific region is poised to lead the growth of carbon markets more than anywhere else. This

year's edition will offer attendees the opportunity to find out how investors and policy makers are

spending more time understanding the complexities and prospects for carbon and finance in Asia. With

China's seven voluntary pilots set to launch next year, there is a lot to learn from the market. Australia's

clean energy package will become operational from 1st July 2012, and investors and industry

professionals are ramping up their efforts in the Tasman market. Japan, Korea, and Taiwan are just

some of the countries looking to put in place a national emission trading scheme in the coming years.

This exciting 7th edition will take a closer look at the Asia-Pacific region and the future role it plays for

the global carbon and financial markets.

Focusing on the growing leadership of the Asia Pacific market, Carbon Forum Asia 2012 will continue to

serve as the region's leading business, trading and knowledge platform for Asian carbon market

professionals.

Be part of Carbon Forum Asia 2012, and welcome to the Kingdom of Thailand!Post Show Report 2011

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Carbon Forum Asia 2012

Date

30 - 31 October 2012

Venue

Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre, CentralWorld

Opening times

08:00hrs - 18:00hrs

Website

www.carbonforumasia.com

Koelnmesse Pte Ltd

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Ms Su Ling Khoo

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2012-08-054_000000000000883
From: Carbon Trust

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Carbon Trust April Newsletter

Date: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 5:42:13 AM

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Carbon footprinting

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The Carbon Trust has been busy pioneering the carbon footprinting of products, services and companies

and currently has several initiatives under way, exploring and promoting the benefits of footprinting.

Footprinting Gallery

This week we launched our carbon 'footprinting gallery' - a special event which creatively championed

the good work of a selection of customers, and highlighted the positive impact of footprinting - for

example how it can lead to innovation in product design and the supply chain, as well as generate

financial and carbon savings. Carbon Footprint Gallery

Gary Neville opened the gallery with a brief talk about his interest in sustainability and roles as Founder

of Sustainability in Sport and as the Environmental Ambassador for Manchester United. The popular

exhibition ran over two days and revealed interesting visual representations of footprinted products,

services and organisations, and explored the stories behind these familiar products and companies.

Read the press release

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Times event

On 20th March, 50 guests joined a lively event with the Times at St Martin in the Fields on the future of

global foot-printing. Panellists debated whether foot-printing was limited to business or established in

consumer vernacular, and how brands could do more to help educate and inform consumers about

resources (e.g. carbon, water, rare earth metals)used in every-day goods and services.

Speakers were chaired by Ian King, Business Editor of The Times, and included Hubert Patricot - CocaCola Enterprises; Fiona Ball - BskyB; and Paul Turner - Lloyds Banking Group.

It was a lively event with great contributions from the panel and audience on the issues and

opportunities related to carbon footprinting.

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Why we need carbon footprinting and labelling

Viewpoint from Darran Messem, Managing Director, Carbon Trust Certification

As the world's expert in carbon footprinting, and the first company to create a carbon label for use on

products, we are passionate about why companies and consumers should embrace carbon footprinting

and labelling.

Why? It all comes down to creating change. For the world to move itself off carbon and meet our 2050

carbon targets we need to act, and act very fast, in reducing our global emissions. That means, given

that carbon dioxide is emitted in the production and consumption of all we consume, reducing the

emissions in everything we manufacture, sell and buy. This clearly is not an easy task.

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Food, the Carbon Story

Viewpoint by Dr John Kazer, Carbon Footprint Certification Manager, Carbon Trust Certification

Read John's insights on carbon footprinting food products, in which he talks about the reasons why we

should measure the carbon footprint of the food we eat, how emissions are generated in the food

industry and how we can address the emissions from production and distribution. John also discusses

the benefits to organisations of footprinting their products, which includes lowering costs and carbon,

and enhanced brand reputation.

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Business

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Carbon Trust partners with GE to accelerate European clean tech business growth

In February the Carbon Trust and GE announced a new pan-European partnership to accelerate

European clean tech growth amid growing evidence that the region is struggling to keep up with other

parts of the globe in this critical sector. 

The initial 18 month phase of the partnership includes a $5 million business incubation fund targeted at

new low carbon technologies in the area of infrastructure applications. The Carbon Trust will work with

GE to identify and evaluate early stage companies, then incubate and invest in those with the most

potential.

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The initiative is an extension of GE's Ecomagination Challenge - a $200m global programme to find and

fund the best ideas in clean tech technology

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Empower employee engagement tool

The Carbon Trust EmpowerTM employee engagement tool now has over 1,600 users since its launch in

January 2012. This online tool empowers employees to make changes to reduce energy costs within

their workplace, through small commitments which can lead to large savings. Empower has the

potential to save a typical small business approximately £6k off their energy bill and larger businesses

£150k. 

Check out the tool here

http://e-crmdata.ecircle-ag.com/re?l=6mqdttI1wa6qofI5

Empower can be tailored to meet specific needs, and to engage employees that are not based in an

office environment. Contact mailto:empower@carbontrust.co.uk for further information about this

tailoring service.

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Public sector

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Public sector shows most commitment to carbon reduction

An online poll on the Guardian Sustainable Business website of the public, private and third sectors has

revealed that the public sector is the most committed to reducing carbon emissions.

Over half (58%) of public sector respondents said their organisation planned to make 'tangible

investments' in carbon reduction in 2012 with 77.9% agreeing that it had remained a key facet of the

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organisation's objectives despite the difficult economic climate.

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Energy Efficiency

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UK organisations could save £400m from efficient use of boilers

The Carbon Trust has found that UK organisations could save over £400m a year by taking simple, lowcost actions to improve the efficiency of their hot water boilers.

Analysis by the Carbon Trust reveals that heating and hot water accounts for over one third of UK

organisations' energy consumption and up to 60% of the carbon emissions from some UK industrial

processes, such as food production and laundering - where demand for steam or hot water is high.

However, it's possible to cut heating costs by up to 30% by implementing some simple boiler-related

energy saving measures.

http://e-crmdata.ecircle-ag.com/re?l=6mqdttI1wa6qofI7

Click here for our technology and energy management publications

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Technology

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Carbon Trust forms part of UK wide consortia to set up multi-million Offshore Renewable Energy

'Catapult' Centre

A UK-wide consortium made up of the Carbon Trust, National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec), and

Ocean Energy Innovation will play a pivotal role in setting up the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult -

an initiative by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) to develop offshore renewable energy capability in

the UK.

The offshore wind catapult is part of a network of world-leading technology and innovation centres,

called Catapults, led by the TSB to transform the UK's capability for innovation in specific technology

areas and help drive future economic growth. 

Further information on Catapult centres 

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Further information on the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

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Low Carbon Buildings

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Low Carbon Workplace launches first fully energy-managed low carbon office

160-year-old building in Guildford, Surrey, up to 60% lower carbon than industry standard

In February Low Carbon Workplace (LCW) fund launched its first ever low-carbon refurbished building,

putting into practice a new model of landlord-tenant relationship in which LCW takes an active role in

helping occupiers to manage energy usage down on an ongoing basis. The first occupier, Investec

Wealth and Investment Ltd, is already benefitting from energy efficiency advice...

Read more

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Publications

Carbon Trust Publications

From 2 April 2012 we will be offering publications by download only - the majority of our users now

prefer this method.

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Website

We've changed the look and feel of our website!

www.carbontrust.com

Based on customer feedback and research, we've redesigned and streamlined our site. The site launched

in beta form on 29 March 2012, with additional content and publications being added throughout April.

By the end of April the site will be complete so please bear with us in this time.

Twitter Twitter: We have over 14,000 followers on Twitter. Keep up to date with our low carbon news

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2012-08-054_000000000000887
From: Carbon Trust

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Carbon Trust invitation: The Business Benefits of Carbon Footprinting, 13th June

Date: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 7:15:19 AM

Carbon Trust breakfast briefing: the business

benefits of carbon footprinting.

Dear Judson,

We are delighted to invite you to attend our free carbon footprinting breakfast briefing.

This briefing is designed to share the Carbon Trust's latest thinking and insight into how measuring and

verifying your carbon footprints can help your organisation cut costs and enhance your brand.

Date: Wednesday 13th June 2012

Venue: MWB, 60 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6NP

Agenda: 8:00am breakfast; 8:30am briefing and case studies; 10:15am Q&A

RSVP: Email ctevents@footprinting.co.uk to secure your place today

By attending this briefing you will gain:

 Understanding of the different ways that carbon footprinting can help your business be more

effective

 Knowledge of how to use carbon footprinting as a diagnostic tool to identify near and long term cost

efficiencies

 Information on how validated data can help you respond to supply chain, stakeholder and customer

demands

 Insight into leading companies' own experiences on carbon footprinting

 Networking opportunities with like-minded organisations

 The opportunity to pre-book a 1:1 consultation with a Carbon Trust expert.

Visit http://e-crmdata.ecircle-ag.com/re?l=6mrt8eI1wa6qofI0 to see all available dates, locations and

agenda. RSVP to mailto:CTevents@footprinting.co.uk today to register as places are limited.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes

Darran Messem

Managing Director Certification and Director International

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2012-08-054_000000000000888
From: Carbon Trust

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Carbon Trust Newsletter – cutting carbon & saving costs in 2012

Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:21:12 AM

+++

Latest news from the Carbon Trust, January 2012

++

Section One: Business

+01: Employee engagement: the Carbon Trust's new online tool empowers employees to make changes

to reduce energy costs within their workplace

This month the Carbon Trust launched Carbon Trust Empower, a web-based tool which engages

employees to make practical commitments to save energy in the work place. It provides an interactive

animated tour of a typical workplace, starting by considering how an employee arrives for work, moving

on to their desk and other office areas to complete the journey.

Changing employee behaviour could save UK businesses and public bodies £500m and two million

tonnes of CO2 – equivalent to the annual carbon emissions of all the households in Birmingham.

By engaging employees in cutting energy use, paper waste and travel, Carbon Trust Empower has the

potential to save a typical small business over 15% off their energy bill or more than £6k per year –

equivalent to powering 3.5km of street lights for a year. Larger businesses that base their approach on

this tool could save £150k and over 500 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually.

Read the press release

http://e-crmdata.ecircle-ag.com/re?l=6mosczI1wa6qofI0

Try out the tool and sign up to energy saving at

http://e-crmdata.ecircle-ag.com/re?l=6mosczI1wa6qofI1

Companies interested in tailoring the software for their own business should call the Advice Line on

0800 085 2005.

+02: Supply chain: What is the financial imperative for cutting carbon in the value chain?

Dominic Burbidge, Senior Client Manager Carbon Trust Advisory discusses the financial drivers for

cutting carbon

 

By definition a value chain is the process of adding value to raw materials. Optimising the use of these

raw materials in the creation of products and services is central to business strategy.

A by-product of this value creation process is the generation and release of carbon emissions – lots of

them. Many business leaders, particularly CFOs, have seen the financial benefits of cutting emissions in

their own organisations. However, when it comes to dealing with carbon emissions generated upstream

by suppliers and downstream by customers, there’s a different story to tell: currently, fewer than half of

multi-nationals (40%) are addressing these indirect carbon emissions, so are missing out on reaping

considerable cost savings.

Read more:

http://e-crmdata.ecircle-ag.com/re?l=6mosczI1wa6qofI2

This Viewpoint is part of a series of articles examining indirect carbon emissions in the supply chain.

Read other viewpoints in the series:

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Section Two: International.

+01: Durban: our reflections a month after COP17 - the Durban Platform, future of Kyoto, climate

finance and where it all leaves us

Viewpoint from Simon Retallack, Strategy Manager, Carbon Trust

Immediate reaction to the outcome of the United Nations climate negotiations in Durban was decidedly

mixed. Some commentators acclaimed the conference for having achieved what more than a decade of

climate change negotiations had never done before. Others slated it as an abject failure, accusing world

governments of turning their backs on the stark realities of climate science.

A month on, with the spin on both sides having died down, what does a sober look at the facts tell us

about what actually happened in Durban and what the implications might be?

Read more:

http://e-crmdata.ecircle-ag.com/re?l=6mosczI1wa6qofI4

+02: Carbon Trust to advise Brazilian government on energy efficiency drive

http://e-crmdata.ecircle-ag.com/re?l=6mosczI1wa6qofI5

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Section Three: Public sector.

+01: Schools: Benefits of driving energy efficiency in schools

Viewpoint from Richard Rugg, Director of Carbon Trust Programmes

With a squeeze on school budgets, it has never been more important for local authorities to identify low

cost ways to deliver high financial savings. Reducing energy consumption is one of the quickest and

simplest ways to deliver direct savings and could help the average secondary school save £21,500 in

energy bills – almost equal to the annual salary of a newly qualified teacher.

Read more:

http://e-crmdata.ecircle-ag.com/re?l=6mosczI1wa6qofI6

+02: Councils: Enplanner tool – saving costs, improving efficiency and creating an effective low carbon

planning system

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Section Four: Energy.

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+01: Schools: Renewable energy: Biomass Energy Centre and the Carbon Trust launch the National

Biomass Suppliers database

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+02: Advice: Expert in Energy series – Lighting

The Carbon Trust’s Expert in Energy series focuses this month on Lighting. Lighting uses some 20% of

the electricity generated in the UK; and over 75% of lighting installations are thought to be out of date

and unable to meet current design standards. To help organisations improve the efficiency of their

lighting Carbon Trust has launched a new technology overview guide, updated web pages, and a free

training webinar all available to view online at

http://e-crmdata.ecircle-ag.com/re?l=6mosczI1wa6qofI9

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Section Five: Technology.

+01: Clean tech: Clean tech in stormy times – how is low carbon technology doing?

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Section Six: Events.

+01. Carbon Trust Evening Reception

On a wet December 1st we held our Evening Reception: Where is the Real Green Growth? Over 100

guests gathered at the Law Society to hear BBC HardTalk presenter Stephen Sackur quiz the panel on

the opportunities and challenges in the future of green business and how we can create jobs, growth

and returns. 

Contributions came from Joe Franses, Head of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability at Coca-Cola

Enterprises; Fintan Whelan, Co-founder and Corporate Finance Director at Mainstream Renewable

Power; Ray Baker, Director Group Corporate Responsibility, Kingfisher; Juliet Davenport, CEO and

Founder of Good Energy; and Tom Delay, CEO at the Carbon Trust.

The challenge was to identify where investments should be made, discuss innovations, future renewable

and clean energy sources and how to deliver green growth. The mood was positive with the panel

strongly believing in the gains to be had and that leading the way and changing how business operates

is the right move for successful business. The panel agreed now is the time to invest in sustainable

business models and Ray Baker remarked that doing nothing carries the biggest cost. After the debate

guests enjoyed digesting the conversation and networking over a few drinks before stepping out into

the rainy evening once more.

+02. Upcoming events

Carbon Trust Energy Efficient Breakfasts provide energy management training for SMEs, to help save

money, improve energy efficiency knowledge, and enhance business reputation.

Find an event near you:

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Section Seven: Recent Publications.

Lighting technology overview (CTV049)

http://e-crmdata.ecircle-ag.com/re?l=6mosczI1wa6qofIc

Variable speed drives (VSDs) technology guide (CTG070)

http://e-crmdata.ecircle-ag.com/re?l=6mosczI1wa6qofId

Motors and drives technology overview (CTV048)

http://e-crmdata.ecircle-ag.com/re?l=6mosczI1wa6qofIe

Heating control technology guide (CTG065)

http://e-crmdata.ecircle-ag.com/re?l=6mosczI1wa6qofIf

Carbon Trust at Guardian Sustainable Business:

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We have over 11,000 followers on Twitter.

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From: kwd=vnf.com@reply.bronto.com on behalf of Kyle Danish

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update - Apr. 23-27, 2012

Date: Monday, April 30, 2012 5:37:09 PM

Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update | April 30, 2012

Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Tomas Carbonell, Kaitlin Gregg, Harold Bulger, Tracy Nagelbush

An EPA Regional Administrator has resigned after a 2010 video attracted the ire of House Republicans . . . President Obama said he would make climate change an issue in the Presidential campaign . . . EPA settles

with several companies on Renewable Fuel Standard RIN violations . . . The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the injunction on California's implementation of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard . . . The leader of the

Ohio EPA is leading a group of states out of the National Association of Clean Air Agencies. 

Click here to read the Update on our website: http://www.vnf.com/news-alerts-705.html

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2012-08-054_000000000000893
From: kwd=vnf.com@reply.bronto.com on behalf of Kyle Danish

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update - Apr. 2-6, 2012

Date: Monday, April 09, 2012 7:09:27 PM

Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update | April 9, 2012

Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Tomas Carbonell, Kaitlin Gregg, Harold Bulger, Tracy Nagelbush

The D.C. Circuit hears oral argument on Friday on challenges to the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule . . . EPA and Marathon Oil agree on a settlement involving controls at several refineries; environmental group sue for a

deadline for EPA to issue coal ash rules; and a court blesses an EPA-environmental group consent decree timeline for approving state regional haze plans . . . House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (RWA) has qualms about DOE's plans for the federal power marketing entities . . . Environmental groups send a letter to OMB differing with the American Petroleum Institute's cost estimates for impending air pollution standards

for oil and gas facilities. 

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2012-08-054_000000000000894
From: kwd=vnf.com@reply.bronto.com on behalf of Kyle Danish

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update - Apr. 30 - May 4, 2012

Date: Monday, May 07, 2012 6:39:49 PM

Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update | May 7, 2012

Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Tomas Carbonell, Kaitlin Gregg, Harold Bulger, Tracy Nagelbush

Interior issues proposed rules for hydraulic fracturing on federal lands. . . . A study by the University of California finds that a large proportion of natural gas combined cycle power plants could not meet EPA's proposed

greenhouse gas New Source Performance Standard for new power plants . . . The D.C. Circuit asked the government for a brief on the issue of whether it is obligated to continue with Yucca Mountain implementation. 

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2012-08-054_000000000000895
From: kwd=vnf.com@reply.bronto.com on behalf of Kyle Danish

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update - Apr. 9-13, 2012

Date: Monday, April 16, 2012 6:43:18 PM

Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update | April 16, 2012

Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Tomas Carbonell, Kaitlin Gregg, Harold Bulger, Tracy Nagelbush

New EPA performance standards for oil and gas facilities are expected Tuesday, April 17 . . . The D.C. Circuit heard oral argument on the Cross-state Air Pollution Rule . . . DOD committed to purchasing three gigawatts of

renewables by 2025 . . . The President issued an executive order establishing an interagency group on shale gas production . . . The House Interior Committee issued another subpoena seeking documents on DOI's moratorium

on drilling after the Gulf oil spill . . . California released draft amendments to its cap-and-trade regulations to link its program with Quebec. 

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2012-08-054_000000000000896
From: kwd=vnf.com@reply.bronto.com on behalf of Kyle Danish

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update - February 13-17, 2012

Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 5:38:23 PM

Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update | Feb. 21, 2012

Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Tomas Carbonell, Kaitlin Gregg, Harold Bulger, Tracy Nagelbush

The Utility MATS Rule was published in the Federal Register, triggering the 60-day period for filing petitions for review. . . . The U.S. and five other countries announced an agreement to target potent non-CO2 GHGs with nearterm impacts . . . EPA rolled out implementation rules for the resurrected 2008 ozone NAAQS, and the D.C. Circuit dismissed petitions for review of the Administration's 2011 decision not to go forward with a more stringent

ozone NAAQS . . . The payroll tax cut extension went forward without a Keystone XL rider and without extenders for expiring clean energy tax benefits. . . Environmental groups and some states sued EPA to force the agency

to update the PM2.5 NAAQS.

 

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2012-08-054_000000000000897
From: kwd=vnf.com@reply.bronto.com on behalf of Kyle Danish

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update - February 6-10, 2012

Date: Monday, February 13, 2012 6:28:27 PM

Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update | Feb. 13, 2012

Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Tomas Carbonell, Kaitlin Gregg, Harold Bulger, Tracy Nagelbush

EPA finalizes some outstanding amendments to the CSAPR, which is currently subject to a D.C. Circuit-issued stay . . . the Office of Management and Budget is now reviewing a further modification to the Tailoring Rule,

which likely will lower the GHG emission thresholds for permitting of new and modified stationary sources . . . Pennsylvania finalizes state hydraulic fracturing rules and fees . . . The California Legislative Analyst's Office

recommends that the General Assembly "seriously consider" changes to the cap-and-trade regulations.

 

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2012-08-054_000000000000898
From: kwd=vnf.com@reply.bronto.com on behalf of Kyle Danish

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update - February 27 - March 2, 2012

Date: Monday, March 05, 2012 6:11:38 PM

Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update | March 5, 2012

Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Tomas Carbonell, Kaitlin Gregg, Harold Bulger, Tracy Nagelbush

A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit heard oral argument on EPA's GHG regulations. . . . EPA filed its brief in the CSAPR litigation . . . A Virginia Supreme Court denied the state attorney general's effort to obtain emails and

other documents from climatologist and former UVA professor Michael Mann . . . Sen. Jeff Bingaman introduces a Clean Energy Standard bill. 

 

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2012-08-054_000000000000899
From: kwd=vnf.com@reply.bronto.com on behalf of Kyle Danish

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update - January 23-27, 2012

Date: Monday, January 30, 2012 6:44:52 PM

Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update | Jan. 30, 2012

Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Tomas Carbonell, Kaitlin Gregg, Harold Bulger, Tracy Nagelbush

Queued up at the Office of Management and Budget are: a proposed GHG standard for new power plants; a final version of amendments to the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule; a final rule regulating cooling water intake

structures at power plants; and a proposed rule for implementing the reinstated 2008 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard . . . Will the proposed GHG standard cover only new, and not modified plants? If so, will

EPA require any new plants to meet a standard consistent with natural gas - or, in other words, no new coal without carbon capture and sequestration? . . . The President's State of the Union address touts an "all-in"

energy policy.

 

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2012-08-054_000000000000900
From: kwd=vnf.com@reply.bronto.com on behalf of Kyle Danish

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update - January 9-13, 2012

Date: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 5:10:12 PM

Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update | Jan. 17, 2012

Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Tomas Carbonell, Kaitlin Gregg, Harold Bulger, Tracy Nagelbush

EPA launched a website with 2010 GHG emissions data generated by the mandatory emissions reporting program. The site is designed to allow the public to rank and compare different facilities,

companies, and regions . . . Van Ness Feldman alum Jack Lew is now Chief of Staff to the President . . . A federal district court rules that EPA cannot stay the 2011 industrial boiler MACT rule while it works

on a new version. The decision means that new facilities will have to comply with the 2011 rule . . . California and Quebec have an ambitious agenda to link their cap-and-trade programs.

 

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2012-08-054_000000000000901
From: kwd=vnf.com@reply.bronto.com on behalf of Kyle Danish

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update - January 2-6, 2012

Date: Monday, January 09, 2012 5:14:42 PM

Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update | Jan. 9, 2011

Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Tomas Carbonell, Kaitlin Gregg, Harold Bulger, Tracy Nagelbush

Happy New Year from the CEA Update! Check out our overview of "What to Watch in 2012," and look for a more comprehensive VNF 2012 Outlook to be released soon . . . EPA has finalized a rule establishing renewable fuel

mandates for the 2012 Renewable Fuel Standard . . . Just two days before the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule was scheduled to go into effect, the D.C. Circuit stayed its implementation pending review of legal challenges to the

rule . . . California has filed a brief defending its GHG cap-and-trade program in ongoing appeals brought by environmental justice advocates . . . Today, the Supreme Court hears a case testing EPA's authority to enforce

administrative orders before judicial review can take place.

 

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2012-08-054_000000000000902
From: kwd=vnf.com@reply.bronto.com on behalf of Kyle Danish

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update - January 30 - February 3, 2012

Date: Monday, February 06, 2012 3:00:59 PM

Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update | Feb. 6, 2012

Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Tomas Carbonell, Kaitlin Gregg, Harold Bulger, Tracy Nagelbush

The Department of Interior took steps to accelerate leasing for offshore wind projects in the Mid-Atlantic . . . The House Energy and Commerce Committee reported bills opening up

new areas for gas and oil development . . . House Republicans mulling next steps on Solyndra . . . FERC takes comment on its role in Utility MATS extensions . . . Indiana issues firstof-kind GHG PSD permit requiring CO2 capture.

 

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development. Van Ness Feldman has been recognized nationally and regionally by Chambers USA, Chambers Global, and U.S. News / Best Lawyers for its Energy, Environment,

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2012-08-054_000000000000903
From: kwd=vnf.com@reply.bronto.com on behalf of Kyle Danish

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update - July 2-13, 2012

Date: Monday, July 16, 2012 7:44:51 PM

Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update | July 16, 2012

Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Kaitlin Gregg, Tracy Nagelbush, Hayley Fink

The long wait for the D.C. Circuit's decision on CSAPR likely means a delayed compliance deadline even if the agency prevails . . . The CFTC approved regulatory key Dodd-Frank regulatory definitions. . . EPA is defending the

RFS2 against criticisms related to RIN fraud and the dearth of cellulosic fuel . . . Chatter about carbon taxes in the past two weeks reached the highest level since the government started collecting data on carbon tax

chatter. 

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2012-08-054_000000000000904
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To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update - June 11-15, 2012

Date: Monday, June 18, 2012 6:19:39 PM

Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update | June 18, 2012

Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Tomas Carbonell, Kaitlin Gregg, Harold Bulger, Tracy Nagelbush

EPA releases long-awaited proposed revisions to air quality standards for fine particulate mattter . . . White House unveils a plan for accelerating federal permitting of infrastructure . . . Inhofe expects June 20 vote on

Congressional Review Act disapproval of Utility MATS . . . Environmental justice groups file yet another legal challenge against California's cap-and-trade program . . . Some companies are suing EPA over the proposed

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2012-08-054_000000000000905
From: kwd=vnf.com@reply.bronto.com on behalf of Kyle Danish

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update - June 25-29, 2012

Date: Monday, July 02, 2012 6:49:49 PM

Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update | July 2, 2012

Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Tomas Carbonell, Kaitlin Gregg, Tracy Nagelbush, Hayley Fink

A D.C. Circuit panel unanimously upholds EPA's initial greenhouse gas regulations . . . Congress passes a major transportation authorization bill - minus provisions on Keystone XL and coal ash . . . EPA proposes emission

standards for stationary combustion turbines and Portland Cement kilns . . . California passes bill requiring governor to sign off on linking cap-and-trade program. CARB postpones joint allowance auction with Quebec . . .

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2012-08-054_000000000000906
From: kwd=vnf.com@reply.bronto.com on behalf of Kyle Danish

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update - June 4-8, 2012

Date: Monday, June 11, 2012 5:29:58 PM

Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update | June 11, 2012

Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Tomas Carbonell, Kaitlin Gregg, Harold Bulger, Tracy Nagelbush

Federal judge calls "deficient" a determination by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that existing waste disposal sites are sufficient for another 60 years . . . EPA agrees to propose a new fine particulate matter standard by

June 14, finalize by December 14 . . . House passes energy and water spending bill . . . API and ANGA release a report differing with EPA numbers on methane emissions from fracking . . . EPA allows states to rely on CSAPR

reductions in lieu of technology requirements in plans to address regional haze. 

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2012-08-054_000000000000907
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To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update - Mar. 12-16, 2012

Date: Monday, March 19, 2012 5:35:20 PM

Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update | March 19, 2012

Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Tomas Carbonell, Kaitlin Gregg, Harold Bulger, Tracy Nagelbush

The battle of words over gasoline continued, as the White House issued a report touting its achievements on energy policy . . . The Senate passed a highway bill, but defeated a host of energy-related amendments . . . Briefs

are filed in the CSAPR case . . . The GAO published a report with criticism of DOE's management of the loan guarantee program.

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2012-08-054_000000000000908
From: kwd=vnf.com@reply.bronto.com on behalf of Kyle Danish

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update - Mar. 19-23, 2012

Date: Monday, March 26, 2012 6:22:56 PM

Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update | March 26, 2012

Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Tomas Carbonell, Kaitlin Gregg, Harold Bulger, Tracy Nagelbush

President Barack Obama launches expedited permitting and review of infrastructure projects including the southern segment of the Keystone XL Pipeline . . . OMB issues Federal agency guidance aimed at reducing

"cumulative" regulatory burdens . . . a new House budget proposal authored by Paul Ryan (R-WI) cuts more spending than was approved in the Budget Control Act . . . the Supreme Court ruled that EPA compliance orders

under the Clean Water Act are reviewable prior to enforcement.

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2012-08-054_000000000000909
From: kwd=vnf.com@reply.bronto.com on behalf of Kyle Danish

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update - Mar. 26-30, 2012

Date: Monday, April 02, 2012 4:30:12 PM

Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update | April 2, 2012

Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Tomas Carbonell, Kaitlin Gregg, Harold Bulger, Tracy Nagelbush

EPA issued its long-awaited proposed greenhouse gas standards for new power plants . . . The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved two new reactors for an existing nuclear facility in South Carolina . . . The Fifth

Circuit overruled EPA's invalidation of a streamlined air permitting program in Texas . . . Congress passed a short extension of transportation programs . . . A federal court directed EPA to respond to a petition to determine

whether greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft and marine vessels "endanger" public health and welfare . . . Environmental groups file lawsuit challenging offset credit provisions in California's cap-and-trade regulations.

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2012-08-054_000000000000910
From: kwd=vnf.com@reply.bronto.com on behalf of Kyle Danish

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update - Mar. 5-9, 2012

Date: Monday, March 12, 2012 6:52:47 PM

Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update | March 12, 2012

Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Tomas Carbonell, Kaitlin Gregg, Harold Bulger, Tracy Nagelbush

The Obama Administration continues a weekly roll-out of energy and transportation initiatives . . . At the same time, a transportation bill is on the floor of the Senate - along with thirty amendments. So far, only one of the

amendments has cleared the steep 60 vote hurdle. . . . Environmental groups pushed back on EPA's efforts to push through Renewable Fuels Standard pathways for four new types of biofuels . . . Legislators urged the White

House to follow through on ambitious new RFS volume requirements for biodiesel.

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2012-08-054_000000000000911
From: kwd=vnf.com@reply.bronto.com on behalf of Kyle Danish

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update - May 14-18, 2012

Date: Monday, May 21, 2012 6:19:47 PM

Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update | May 21, 2012

Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Tomas Carbonell, Kaitlin Gregg, Harold Bulger, Tracy Nagelbush

The White House threatened to veto a House-passed DOD authorization bill that limits purchases of biofuels . . . The Commerce Department is set to impose new tariffs on solar cells from China . . . The Senate Energy

Committee held a hearing on the Bingaman Clean Energy Standard. . . FERC outlined an advisory role for EPA implementation of the Utility MATS . . . A new study suggests that use of E15 fuel will damage some types of

vehicles. 

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2012-08-054_000000000000912
From: kwd=vnf.com@reply.bronto.com on behalf of Kyle Danish

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update - May 28 - June 1, 2012

Date: Monday, June 04, 2012 6:00:13 PM

Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update | June 4, 2012

Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Tomas Carbonell, Kaitlin Gregg, Harold Bulger, Tracy Nagelbush

EPA is proposing additional flexibility for cooling water intake structure standards . . . the Department of Commerce slaps tariffs on panels from China . . . A federal judge orders a dramatic acceleration of EPA work on a new

air quality standard for fine particulate matter . . . EPA refuses to waive cellulosic biofuel requirements under the RFS2 . . . The Senate is weighing a block on DOD spending on biofuels. 

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2012-08-054_000000000000913
From: Hall, Daniel

To: Metcalf, Gilbert; Urbanas, Elizabeth (Beth)

Cc: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: ClimateWire: South Korea votes for cap-and-trade system

Date: Thursday, February 09, 2012 11:10:05 AM

Thought this was interesting:

http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2012/02/09/10

EMISSIONS:

South Korea votes for cap-and-trade

system

Published: Thursday, February 9, 2012

South Korean lawmakers voted yesterday to establish a cap-and-trade system for the nation by 2015,

following similar programs being put in place in Australia and New Zealand.

The measure continues to be opposed by industry groups, which say it would place an unfair burden

on Korean industries as they compete with nations, like China and Japan, that have not passed

comparable legislation.

The measure passed Tuesday sets limits on nearly 500 of South Korea's largest industries starting this

year, although the cap-and-trade scheme will not kick in for three years.

"The legislation is the first step toward becoming an advanced country," said Kim Jae Yun, an

opposition party member. "We can resolve [the issues] companies are concerned with."

The issues raised by the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI), a representative group for 500 large

companies in South Korea, primarily revolve around competition with other nations and the

questionable necessity of immediate action.

"Our position remains intact," said Im Sang Hyug, deputy secretary-general of the FKI. "We are

opposing the legislation on carbon-emission trading. It's doubtful whether we need the bill, as the

government targets for cuts already began this year."

Kim Tae Yoon, head of the Strategic Industries Team of the FKI, said, "Our main industries, such as

semiconductor, steel, refining and petrochemicals, are competing with rivals in China, the U.S. and

Japan, which didn't implement emissions trading."

He predicted that emissions limits might reduce sales by 4 trillion won to 14 trillion won ($3.5 billion to

$12.5 billion) a year.

South Korea is the world's eighth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases. It aims to have reduced its

emissions by 30 percent of forecast levels by 2020 (Sangim Han, Bloomberg, Feb. 8). -- NM

_____________________________

Daniel Hall

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Office of Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Phone: (202) 622-7801

Fax: (202) 622-6728

Email: daniel.hall@treasury.gov

2012-08-054_000000000000915
From: Mark Fulton - DB Climate Change Advisors

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Durban Platform : Laying New Foundations

Date: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 2:57:21 PM

DB Climate Change Advisors (DBCCA) released its research report today

titled: Durban Platform: Laying New Foundations.

The full report can be found here:

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?DBClimateChangeAdvis/9d2c5cad99/6443ab4802/b83e8bd652

The December 2011 UN Climate Change Conference in Durban (Conference

of the Parties, or COP-17), once again brought together

representatives of the world’s governments, international

organizations and civil society. The discussions sought to advance

the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol and the Bali Action Plan and

Cancun Agreements. On December 11th, the conference reached an

agreement and program to set a new course of action for the global

fight against climate change.

The key breakthroughs at the negotiations were: (i) the acceptance of

emerging and developing nations to the principle of greenhouse gas

(GHG) emission limits, thereby overcoming historical disagreements to

reach a global deal; (ii) the formal approval of the Green Climate

Fund (GCF) and its designation as an operating entity of the

Financial Mechanism of the Convention; and (iii) the extension of the

Kyoto Protocol and associated mechanisms, such as the Carbon

Development Mechanism (CDM). 

Meanwhile, the key outstanding challenges are: (i) the absence of

clear legal status of the 2015 agreement and that no additional

climate action is likely ahead of 2020 – putting the 2 degrees

Celsius goal at risk; (ii) the lack of current funding for the GCF;

and (iii) the departure of Canada from the Kyoto Protocol (KP), and

of Japan and Russia from the KP’s second commitment period.

Overall, Durban has put the world in a place and on a trajectory

whereby it is more likely than it was before to establish a

foundation for meaningful long-term action on climate change, having

finally achieved a universal framework to peak and cut GHGs, and to

create new alliances to drive climate business. It has succeeded in

keeping climate change on the international agenda, but policies to

reduce GHG emissions will – in the interim – rely on national

action supported by international pledges and review. Clean energy

policies will therefore continue to be driven as much by energy

security, jobs and industrial policy as concerns about climate

change. Nonetheless, the achievements at Durban point to some upside

to the forecast of a low carbon energy market valued at $2.2 trillion

in 2020 and considering the low initial expectations and the present

context of the ongoing economic and financial crisis, the Durban

outcome is unexpectedly positive.

The next round of international climate talks will take place in

Qatar in November 2012. Before then the new round of negotiations

based on the Durban Platform will need to start and countries willing

to join the second commitment period will have to submit targets.

This research publication, along with all other DBCCA research, can

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2012-08-054_000000000000917
From: vnf=vnf.com@reply.bronto.com on behalf of Van Ness Feldman

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: EPA Proposes Greenhouse Gas Emission Limits for New Electric Generating Units

Date: Thursday, March 29, 2012 1:51:53 PM

Alert | March 29, 2012

EPA Proposes Greenhouse Gas Emission Limits for New Electric Generating Units

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From: Urbanas, Elizabeth (Beth)

To: Climate Team

Subject: FW: Aviation and the EU Emissions Market - Webinar March 29

Date: Friday, March 16, 2012 11:43:52 AM

FYI

Beth Urbanas

Director

Office of Environment and Energy

beth.urbanas@do.treas.gov

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2012-08-054_000000000000920
From: Metcalf, Gilbert

To: Jaffe, Judson; Hall, Daniel

Cc: Urbanas, Elizabeth (Beth); Demopulos, Abigail

Subject: FW: BN: U.S. Renewables Lead Over China Threatened by Policy

Date: Thursday, April 12, 2012 10:33:37 AM

fyi

Gilbert E. Metcalf

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

(202) 622-0173 (office)

(202) 316-8028 (mobile)

(202) 622-0037 (fax)

Email: gilbert.metcalf@treasury.gov

From: Alaimo, Kara 

Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 9:17 AM

To: Metcalf, Gilbert; Urbanas, Elizabeth (Beth); Yuan, Sharon H; Black, Laura; Brainard, Lael; Collyns,

Charles; Dohner, Robert; Dollar, David; Fazili, Sameera; Gebhardt, Paige; Huot, Lyndsay; Lago, Marisa;

Loevinger, David; Strauss, Michael; Weiss, Jason; Wyeth, Natalie

Subject: BN: U.S. Renewables Lead Over China Threatened by Policy

U.S. Renewables Lead Over China Threatened by Policy

By Alex Morales

U.S. government policies are creating a “boom-and-bust” in renewable energy investment,

threaten a lead the nation regained over China for the technologies last year, the Pew

Charitable Trusts said.

U.S. investment reached $48.1 billion in 2011, largely in wind and solar power, the

Washington-based research group said today in a report based on Bloomberg New Energy

Finance data. Those funds trumped the $45.5 billion China allocated to renewables, for

lead for the U.S. since 2008.

The jump to the top of the G-20 ranking followed developers' efforts to finish projects

before incentives expire. With China taking on long-term renewable energy targets and an

American tax-break for wind lapsing in 2012, the U.S. again risks losing its edge, said

Phyllis Cuttino, Pew’s clean energy director.

“China is sending that important policy signal which the United States is failing to do to

investors,” Cuttino said in an interview. “Even though China has fallen to number two, it

seems as though investment there is going to continue at a very significant level for the

foreseeable future. They are going to continue to be a dynamic clean-energy hub for the

world.”

The U.S. doesn’t have any comparable targets to China’s goals of installing a total of 160

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gigawatts of wind power and 50 gigawatts of solar power by 2020, she said. At the same

time, a production tax credit benefiting wind producers expires at the end of the year.

That’s a threat to the wind industry and has prompted Vestas Wind Systems A/S (VWS),

the world’s largest wind turbine maker, to say 1,600 U.S. factory jobs are at risk.

Germany, Italy

“In the absence of long-term policy, it’s hard to see how the U.S. can grow significantly in

the future,” Cuttino said. “The boom-and-bust cycle of U.S. energy policy sends a very

different signal to investors” from China.

U.S. President Barack Obama took office three years ago pledging to generate jobs in the

wind and solar industries. Since then, carbon cap-and-trade legislation has stalled and

lawmakers have attacked assistance to renewables after solar manufacturer Solyndra LLC

filed for bankruptcy in September.

Globally, the installed capacity for renewable power now totals 565 gigawatts, 133 of it in

China, 93 in the U.S. and 61 in Germany, according to today’s report. Cuttino said Pew

had expected an increased deployment of renewables in 2011, with investment falling, and

was surprised spending rose.

“This sector is like the little engine that could -- it just keep growing somewhere,

somehow,” she said.

Germany ranked third for investment in clean energy in 2011, with $30.6 billion, followed

by Italy on $28 billion, India on $10.2 billion and the U.K. with $9.4 billion, Pew said.

U.K. Rebound

The U.K.’s rebound followed a plunge to 13th in 2010 from fifth a year earlier. Investment

in 2011, which rose to $9.4 billion from $3.3 billion in 2010, remained below the 2009

total of more than $11 billion, according to Pew. More than half of the investments came

in solar power, as developers rushed to take advantage of subsidies that the government

has now cut.

“Many businesses have brought their investments forward before the government’s cuts to

support for renewable energy come into force,” Caroline Flint, spokeswoman on energy

for the opposition Labour Party, said in an e-mailed statement. “The U.K. must not be

allowed to fall behind.”

Ministers are “determined” to see continued growth in renewables in the U.K. and plan to

pass a law reforming the electricity market that provides long term certainty for investors

in low-carbon technologies, the Department for Energy and Climate Change said in an e2012-08-054_000000000000922
mailed statement.

2012-08-054_000000000000923
From: Samuels, Ian

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: FW: Global Climate Change Policy Tracker

Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012 9:20:41 PM

FYI -

Also, had a discussion w/ OSTP re: how finance can fix important problems (they were focused on

biotech) but wanted to talk more about renewables, I mentioned energy PPIPs....

-----Original Message-----

From: Mark Fulton - DB Climate Change Advisors

[mailto:Mark_Fulton_DB_Climate_Change_Ad@mail.vresp.com]

Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 7:00 AM

To: Samuels, Ian

Subject: Global Climate Change Policy Tracker

Global Climate Change Policy Tracker:

Continued Progress on Mandates, but the Emissions Challenge Remains

The full report can be found here:

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?DBClimateChangeAdvis/c4ac2e6169/580ea17c10/b90ef13188

The executive summary can be found here:

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?DBClimateChangeAdvis/c4ac2e6169/580ea17c10/1e71819344

Today DB Climate Change Advisors has published its fourth Global Climate Change Policy Tracker

report. Key conclusions are as

follows:

§ Our new consistent historical analysis of maximum potential

policy impact on abatement shows continued improvement since the major impact of the Copenhagen

Accord.

§ On the best case global outlook, emissions peak in 2016 in line

with economic growth in emerging economies and decline slowly to 2020 but still leave a 5.8Gt “gap”

compared to a 450ppm stabilization pathway.

§ China and other emerging and developing economies have played a

key role in new abatement policies. However, China still remains the dominant emitter in 2020 even if

all policy goals are achieved, and China’s lead climate negotiator has been recently reported to have

discussed an extension of the timeline to meet its carbon intensity target. Nevertheless, China’s energy

intensity target (i.e.

efficiency) remains the largest source of abatement globally.

§ The phase out of nuclear power in Germany will most likely

negatively impact emissions out to 2020 on its own, but in context of all policies Germany still reduces

emissions substantially and achieves their emissions targets. Although a phase out of nuclear power in

Japan is not yet mandated it will certainly pose a challenge in terms of controlling emissions.

§ The recession has slowed emissions growth in Europe and the US in

the past few years, where economic growth will be moderate in coming years. Our BAU shows a more

noticeable slowing after 2015 when we see economic growth in emerging markets moderate more.

§ Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) countries remain the dominant

drivers of BAU emissions and thus have the greatest potential to reduce them.

§ Our best in class policy analysis which looks at the strength of

supporting policies in investor terms of TLC, now includes a “traffic light” view of how likely countries

are to achieve their mandates.

§ We believe that out of the CEM countries China, Germany, Brazil

and many of the Nordic countries have strong policy regimes in place to meet their mandates, whilst the

rest of the EU and other emerging economies’ policy regimes remain mixed. The US and Italy in

particular remain challenged in meeting their clean energy mandates.

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However, in terms of emissions, an aggressive coal to gas switch can have a valuable effect in the US.

This research publication, along with all other DBCCA research, can be found at

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2012-08-054_000000000000925
From: Hall, Daniel

To: Metcalf, Gilbert

Cc: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: FW: Information on Korea"s carbon trading legislation

Date: Friday, June 08, 2012 4:19:22 PM

Gib,

I had reached out last month to my counterpart in Korea's finance ministry to get additional details on

their carbon trading proposal and had not received a further response, so I pinged her again today

(below).

Note that her initial reply to me last month indicated that legislation remained pending in their

parliament. On the other hand, press reports here seemed to characterize it as if the legislation was

passed but there were still significant details that had not been finalized (perhaps through a regulatory

process). In either case we had been reluctant to draft a summary until we could get further primary

information.

Here's a brief summary I found from Jake Schmidt at NRDC, note that he also qualifies these as "the

latest draft regulations":

http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/jschmidt/south_korean_government_approv.html

Daniel

-----Original Message-----

From: Hall, Daniel

Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 3:54 PM

To: ' @gmail.com

Cc: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: RE: Information on Korea's carbon trading legislation

Semna,

I wanted to circle back and find out if there is an update with Korea's carbon trading legislation. What

is the most recent progress of the bill? Did your colleagues have an English-language summary (or

copy of the legislation) they were able to pass on?

Thanks,

Daniel

_____________________________

Daniel Hall

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Phone: (202) 622-7801

Fax: (202) 622-6728

Email: daniel.hall@treasury.gov

-----Original Message-----

From: @mosf.go.kr]

Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 8:37 PM

To: Hall, Daniel; gmail.com

Cc: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Re: Information on Korea's carbon trading legislation

Hi, Daniel.

My understanding regarding Korean carbon trading legislation is that the law aiming to introduce the

carbon trading system in 2015 is now pending in Parliament. (If it was already passed, I should have

(b) (6) (b) (6) (b) (6)

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known it!) Since this law is being charged in by the Ministry of Environment, I'm not sure whether I can

get any documents to pass on to you. I'll contact the Ministry of Environment and ask around.

Have a nice day!

Semna

--- Original Message ---

From : Daniel.Hall@treasury.gov

To : @mosf.go.kr, @gmail.com Cc : Judson.Jaffe@treasury.gov Date : 2012/05/07 월요

일 오후 11:11:47 Subject : Information on Korea's carbon trading legislation

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Semna,

I hope you are well. My colleagues here at the US Treasury are interested to learn more about the

carbon trading legislation that was recently passed by the Korean parliament. Do you have a summary

of the bill (e.g., a fact sheet) or an English-language copy of the legislation that you could pass on to

us?

Many thanks,

Daniel

_____________________________

Daniel Hall

Office of Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Phone: (202) 622-7801

Fax: (202) 622-6728

Email: daniel.hall@treasury.gov

(b) (6) (b) (6)

2012-08-054_000000000000927
From: Metcalf, Gilbert

To: Climate Team

Subject: FW: Reminder: RFF Seminar: Green Infrastructure: Using Natural Landscapes for Flood Mitigation and Water

Quality Improvements

Date: Monday, April 02, 2012 1:47:57 PM

FYI. Interesting adaptation example.

Gilbert E. Metcalf

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

(202) 622-0173 (office)

(202) 316-8028 (mobile)

(202) 622-0037 (fax)

Email: gilbert.metcalf@treasury.gov

From: Resources for the Future [mailto:listmanager@rff.org] 

Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 1:33 PM

To: Metcalf, Gilbert

Subject: Reminder: RFF Seminar: Green Infrastructure: Using Natural Landscapes for Flood Mitigation

and Water Quality Improvements

Share This: 

Green Infrastructure: Using Natural Landscapes for

Flood Mitigation and Water Quality Improvements 

An RFF First Wednesday Seminar

April 4, 2012

12:45 - 2 p.m.

Nature provides a wealth of ecological services: forests store carbon and clean the air;

rivers provide water for drinking and harbor animal species; and wetlands purify

stormwater and serve as buffers against floods. Governments around the world are

increasingly recognizing that this "green infrastructure" can be a cost-effective supplement

or substitute for the "gray infrastructure"—pipes, dams, levees, treatment plants—

traditionally used to control flooding, purify and store water, and reduce urban stormwater

runoff.

At this First Wednesday Seminar, sponsored by RFF's Center for the Management of

Ecological Wealth, panelists will explore what "green infrastructure" means and describe

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how to evaluate the costs and benefits of land-use options for reducing flood damages.

They will also discuss the challenges of convincing stakeholders that natural systems can

provide infrastructure services and complement public projects. RFF experts will describe

a case study evaluating flood abatement options in a Wisconsin watershed, and provide

some lessons learned from working to implement a payment for environmental services

program in the Florida Everglades.

Moderator:

Lynn Scarlett, Co-Director, RFF Center for the Management of Ecological Wealth

Panelists:

Margaret Walls, Research Director and Thomas J. Klutznick Senior Fellow, Resources for

the Future

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2012-08-054_000000000000930
From: Metcalf, Gilbert

To: Jaffe, Judson; Hall, Daniel

Subject: FW: Save-the-Date: Carbon Tax Workshop at the Brookings Institution

Date: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 11:44:33 AM

fyi

Gilbert E. Metcalf

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

(202) 622-0173 (office)

(202) 316-8028 (mobile)

(202) 622-0037 (fax)

Email: gilbert.metcalf@treasury.gov

-----Original Message-----

From: Danny Cohen [mailto: @brookings.edu]

Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 11:18 AM

Subject: Save-the-Date: Carbon Tax Workshop at the Brookings Institution

Dear Colleague:

You are cordially invited to attend the Brookings Institution's "Carbon Tax Workshop" on Friday, July

27th, from 9:30 a.m. to noon. The event will be located in the Stein Room of the Brookings Institution,

1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW.

The discussion will include these presentations:

Aparna Mathur will present her new results on the distributional effects of a carbon tax and carbon tax

swaps. Her paper uses data from the Input-Output tables to calculate the effect of a $15 carbon tax on

industry and consumer goods prices. These price increases are then passed through to consumers

using consumption expenditure data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey. This methodology is

applied to study incidence under a carbon tax-corporate tax swap where a part of the carbon tax

revenues are used to offset a reduction in the corporate tax. Results suggest that such a swap could

offset some of the regressivity associated with a carbon tax.

Dick Morgenstern, Jared Carbone, and/or Rob Williams will present work with their new general

equilibrium model.

Pete Wilcoxen will present a recent study with Adele Morris and Warwick McKibbin: "The Potential Role

of a Carbon Tax in U.S. Fiscal Reform." The paper examines fiscal reform options in the United States

with an intertemporal computable general equilibrium model of the world economy called G-Cubed. Six

policy scenarios explore two overarching issues: (1) the effects of a carbon tax under alternative

assumptions about the use of the resulting revenue, and (2) the effects of alternative measures that

could be used to reduce the budget deficit.

A detailed agenda will follow. Please RSVP to Danny Cohen at

@brookings.edu<mailto: @brookings.edu> or call (202)- Mr. Cohen is out-ofoffice July 5th and 6th but will receive rsvps after those dates.

We hope to see you there.

(b) (6) (b) (6) (b) (6) (b) (6)

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Sincerely,

Adele Morris

Fellow and Policy Director, Climate and Energy Economics Project

The Brookings Institution

2012-08-054_000000000000932
From: Metcalf, Gilbert

To: Climate Team

Subject: FW: Scaling Wind and Solar Power in China

Date: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 3:59:49 PM

Gilbert E. Metcalf

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

(202) 622-0173 (office)

(202) 316-8028 (mobile)

(202) 622-0037 (fax)

Email: gilbert.metcalf@treasury.gov

-----Original Message-----

From: Mark Fulton - DB Climate Change Advisors

[mailto:Mark_Fulton_DB_Climate_Change_Ad@mail.vresp.com]

Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 3:37 PM

To: Metcalf, Gilbert

Subject: Scaling Wind and Solar Power in China

DB Climate Change Advisors (DBCCA) released its research paper today

titled: Scaling Wind and Solar Power in China – Building the Grid

to Meet Targets

The full report can be found here:

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?DBClimateChangeAdvis/ff1f73b167/0f7ad6a4eb/69219705e8

China’s 12th Five Year Plan sets out ambitious goals for

de-carbonizing China’s electricity supply, emphasizing a concerted

effort to expand all dimensions of renewable and low-carbon

electricity sources. In our October 2011 report “Hydropower in

China: Opportunities and Risks” we examined China’s hydropower

ambitions. In this report we examine the wind power and solar power

sectors.

Based on our conservative analyses, achievement of China’s goals or

targets (formal and informal) through 2015 and 2020 are dependent on

an aggressive and successful expansion of the electricity

transmission grid. In particular, the wind power sector is facing

adverse forces that are likely to slow near-term growth from now into

the 2014 period. With 20 GW of new installed capacity added in 2011

and only 16 GW incrementally connected to the grid in 2011, the pace

of additions to installed capacity has exceeded the rate at which the

wind power capacity can be grid connected. Currently we estimate

that by the end of 2012 there will be an approximate 5 GW overhang of

wind power installations awaiting connection to the grid (over and

above what we estimate to be an amount of installed capacity awaiting

interconnection at any point in time), and that such an overhang may

continue into 2014.

Recent central government action to reign in poorly coordinated

growth was undertaken, we believe, to regain firm management of the

wind sector and coordinate growth with grid expansion programs. As a

result we believe these actions may cause annual new wind power

installations to slow to the 14 GW pace during the next three years.

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Slowing the pace of new wind turbine installations will allow this

overhang to be cleared as queued installed capacity is connected to

the grid. Thereafter, we forecast 16 GW to be installed in 2015 and

between 18 GW – 20 GW per year in the 2016-2020 period, a pace in

line with the central government’s 2015 and 2020 targets.

With regard to solar, China now informally aims for 30–50 GW of

solar PV by 2020. We estimate China will install 30 GW of

grid-connected solar power by 2020, compared with less than 1 GW now.

To date, China’s modest adoption of solar PV compared with wind

power stems from a combination of relatively high costs, the

geographic remoteness of resource-rich regions, and a lack of

transmission from those areas. With the recent introduction of a

feed-in tariff, rooftop and grid-scale solar now have clearer policy

support than traditional capital cost subsidies offered, although we

see distributed rooftop as being slow to grow.

To achieve these rapid deployments, China must accomplish a

considerable electricity transmission grid expansion program in

parallel to support wind power and solar power development targets.

Key findings of our report include:

•Substantial Opportunity for Longer-Term Wind Power Development,

Near-term Constraints

•Current Wind Power Market Indigestion

•Sunny Long-Term Outlook for Solar PV

•Clear Long-Term Policy Support for Wind and Solar with Central

Planning Control

•Electricity Grid Investment

•Wind Power Development Focus Shifts to Low Speed Regions

•Expect Offshore Wind Development Activity

•Natural Gas Turbines Complement Renewables

This research publication, along with all other DBCCA research, can

be found at

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?DBClimateChangeAdvis/ff1f73b167/0f7ad6a4eb/f3fdc46092

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2012-08-054_000000000000934
2012-08-054_000000000000935
From: Urbanas, Elizabeth (Beth)

To: Jaffe, Judson; Hall, Daniel

Subject: FW: Tomorrow_Feb. 15 Webinar: State Renewables Policies - Lessons Learned

Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 12:31:36 PM

This might be of interest.

Beth Urbanas

Director

Office of Environment and Energy

beth.urbanas@do.treas.gov

622-2956

-----Original Message-----

From: ACORE [mailto:events@events.acore.org]

Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 9:05 AM

To: Urbanas, Elizabeth (Beth)

Subject: Tomorrow_Feb. 15 Webinar: State Renewables Policies - Lessons Learned

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State Renewables Policies ? Lessons Learned After A Decade of Success

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A decade of state leadership for renewable energy faces unparalleled future changes in the U.S. The states have

served as innovative laboratories of renewable energy development bolstered by strong federal support in 2009 with

energy tax credit extensions, Section 1603 Treasury grants, bonus depreciation and federal Section 1705 loan

guarantees. Over $50 billion in federal financial support flowed to renewables over the past five years.

The next decade faces a new landscape for future renewables development in the states. Several states like

California, New Jersey, Texas, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts have benchmarked

certain practices, success and achievements.

But the federal government has not delivered a national clean energy standard, tax planning uncertainty continues,

no internal carbon standard exists, and we lack a clear national energy policy. What will states' renewables 2.0 look

like this decade? How can states build off their own success, while emphasizing a new vision for renewable policies

this decade using:

* Innovative PACE financing; new financing incentives

* Premium dispatchable renewables, expanding SREC?s

* New regulatory incentives, tariffs for net metering, easier interconnections and new rate designs

* Co-benefits with natural gas, air regulation

* Transmission and storage, new ancillary services, and avoided T&D costs

* Creative state implementation plans (SIPS) under the Clean Air Act for new source performance review, using

efficiency and waste heat recovery

* Wastes as fuel

* Distributed generation

* Alternative fuels for vehicles

* Growing military installations and bases

* Importance of commercial, industrial buildings

With state energy tools and opportunities to shape indeterminacy, and with new policy and market strategies, how

will new developments shape renewables to solidify positions in the top ten states over the upcoming decade? How

will the new shale gas interface affect state renewable opportunities in North Dakota, Oklahoma, Wyoming,

Colorado, Texas, Arkansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York?

Join us for this provocative and forward looking discussion.

Q & A Submission:

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9:00 am - 10:30 am Pacific

8:00 am - 9:30 am Alaskan

Teleconference Co-Chairs:

Robert F. Riley, Partner, Williams Mullen PC (Washington, D.C.)

Michael W. Wise, McDonald Hopkins, LLC

Legislative Update:

Todd Foley, SVP, Policy & Government Relations, ACORE

Moderators:

Michael J. Zimmer, Senior Counsel, Thompson Hine LLP

Michael W. Wise, McDonald Hopkins, LLC

Speakers:

Lori Bird, Senior Analyst, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Lewis Milford, President, Clean Energy Group (CEG)

Eric Ackerman, Director, Alternative Regulation, Edison Electric Institute (EEI)

Brad Copithorne, Energy and Financial Policy Specialist, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)

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2012-08-054_000000000000938
From: Mark Fulton - DB Climate Change Advisors

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Global Climate Change Policy Tracker

Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 7:00:14 AM

Global Climate Change Policy Tracker:

Continued Progress on Mandates, but the Emissions Challenge Remains

The full report can be found here:

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?DBClimateChangeAdvis/c4ac2e6169/6443ab4802/b90ef13188

The executive summary can be found here:

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?DBClimateChangeAdvis/c4ac2e6169/6443ab4802/1e71819344

Today DB Climate Change Advisors has published its fourth Global

Climate Change Policy Tracker report. Key conclusions are as

follows:

 Our new consistent historical analysis of maximum potential

policy impact on abatement shows continued improvement since the

major impact of the Copenhagen Accord.

 On the best case global outlook, emissions peak in 2016 in line

with economic growth in emerging economies and decline slowly to 2020

but still leave a 5.8Gt “gap” compared to a 450ppm stabilization

pathway.

 China and other emerging and developing economies have played a

key role in new abatement policies. However, China still remains the

dominant emitter in 2020 even if all policy goals are achieved, and

China’s lead climate negotiator has been recently reported to have

discussed an extension of the timeline to meet its carbon intensity

target. Nevertheless, China’s energy intensity target (i.e.

efficiency) remains the largest source of abatement globally.

 The phase out of nuclear power in Germany will most likely

negatively impact emissions out to 2020 on its own, but in context of

all policies Germany still reduces emissions substantially and

achieves their emissions targets. Although a phase out of nuclear

power in Japan is not yet mandated it will certainly pose a challenge

in terms of controlling emissions.

 The recession has slowed emissions growth in Europe and the US in

the past few years, where economic growth will be moderate in coming

years. Our BAU shows a more noticeable slowing after 2015 when we see

economic growth in emerging markets moderate more.

 Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) countries remain the dominant

drivers of BAU emissions and thus have the greatest potential to

reduce them.

 Our best in class policy analysis which looks at the strength of

supporting policies in investor terms of TLC, now includes a

“traffic light” view of how likely countries are to achieve their

mandates.

 We believe that out of the CEM countries China, Germany, Brazil

and many of the Nordic countries have strong policy regimes in place

to meet their mandates, whilst the rest of the EU and other emerging

economies’ policy regimes remain mixed. The US and Italy in

particular remain challenged in meeting their clean energy mandates.

However, in terms of emissions, an aggressive coal to gas switch can

have a valuable effect in the US.

This research publication, along with all other DBCCA research, can

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From: ACORE

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Globalization and Renewables: The Future is now_ Join Us May 16

Date: Friday, April 27, 2012 3:10:30 PM

Globalization and Renewables: The Future is now

Join us live May 16, 2012 in a city near you or via telephone & webinar.

Globalization is the central fact of our generation. It entails flows of capital, business products and applicable

intellectual property. It has sweeping cross-border environmental impacts. It implies trade-offs in natural

resource utilization.

Renewables must find their place in this changing world-wide economy as a solution to growing energy demands

and as a competitive source of capital attraction.

This webinar focuses on several key ways renewable energy can be more fully integrated into the global energy

markets. The panel features speakers from the Carbon War Room, guiding the deployment of capital worldwide

to deal with the global warming crisis; DNV, having a hand in project due diligence and risk management

assessments for offshore wind power development globally; Australia, a nation exporting adaptable home-grown

renewable technologies to the United States and worldwide; and Westeva an American owned organization

applying sophisticated new renewables analytical techniques developed in the United States to the Latin American

markets.

The future of renewables rests on activities such as those our speakers will describe. On the Webinar, you will

learn about:

* Pragmatic business and legal analysis to create wealth arising from strategies for the reduction of global carbon

emissions

* Renewable energy technology transfer issues of renewable energy technologies to different legal and ecological

settings

* Adaptation of U.S. technical renewables analysis to commercial ventures

* Lessons learned from the UK with respect to renewable energy deployment

* The roles which lawyers can play in enabling renewable proponents and companies to cope with and benefit

from globalization

As the program title implies: for renewables, this is not about future shock--the future is now.

Q & A Submission:

Q & A both on the teleconference and live at the host firm sites, will follow the speakers' presentations. Please

email questions to abaquestions@acore.org.

Call Times:

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Eastern

11:00 am - 12:30 pm Central

10:00 am - 11:30 am Mountain

9:00 am - 10:30 am Pacific

8:00 am - 9:30 am Alaskan

Teleconference Co-Chairs:

Robert F. Riley, Partner, Williams Mullen PC (Washington, D.C.)

Michael W. Wise, McDonald Hopkins, LLC

Legislative Update:

Todd Foley, SVP, Policy & Government Relations, ACORE

Moderators:

Kimberly E. Diamond, Counsel, Lowenstein Sandler PC

Roger D. Feldman, Counsel, Andrews Kurth LLP

Speakers:

Ken Westrick, Founder and CEO, Westeva LLC and Westeva SAS

Jigar Shah, Member of the Board, Carbon War Room

Kelly Sims, Senior Investment Director, Australian Trade Commission

Karen Conover, Head of London Unit, Det Norske Veritas (DNV)

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Additional Q&A Panelists:

Paul Adler, Investment Director, Australian Trade Commission

Nigel Warren, Senior Trade Commissioner, Australian Trade Commission

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2012-08-054_000000000000943
From: Heinrich Boell Foundation

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Invite 06/11-16/12 Heinrich Boell Foundation"s Midwest Clean Energy Tour

Date: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 2:51:32 PM

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HEINRICH BOLL STIFTUNG | North America

The Green Political Foundation

Announcing our Midwest Clean Energy Tour

Minnesota - Iowa - Wisconsin

June 11-16, 2012

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce to you that The Heinrich

Böll Foundation and the Institute for Energy and

Environmental Research are hosting a public

speaking tour with two leading German

cooperative experts to Minnesota, Iowa and

Wisconsin during the week of June 11, 2012.

The Tour features Dr. Andreas Wieg from the

German Cooperative and Raiffeisen

Confederation (DGRV) and Michael Diestel from Agrokraft, a rural electric cooperative in

Bavaria. In public and bilateral meetings, they will share practical insights on how the

low carbon energy transition can create new local and cooperative business

opportunities. Lessons from Germany are manifold, where much of the push towards

clean energy comes from the local level. There is literally a small-town revolution

underway where towns, villages and rural areas are striving to become more selfsufficient renewable energy communities.

The speakers will discuss the role that cooperatives are playing in Germany. They will

address ways in which – through the cooperative model – renewable is spurring local

business opportunities that can revitalize entire communities through well-paying jobs,

tax revenue, strengthened community engagement and more.

The Midwest Clean Energy Tour is part of the Climate Network, a program by the

Heinrich Böll Foundation that brings together opinion leaders, legislators and policy

experts from both sides of the Atlantic who are committed to achieving policy change in

support of a low carbon economy agenda. The Tour is tied to the International Year of

the Cooperative 2012.

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For further information on where and when you can meet us, please contact Rebecca

Bertram.

Or join us directly at the following public events:

Tues, 6/12

12:30-1:30

PM

Solar Works for Minnesota at the Institute for Local Self Reliance,

1313 5th St. SE #303, Minneapolis, MN

Tues, 6/12

3-4 PM

Annual Meeting of the Association of Rural Electric Generating

Cooperatives,

The Hyatt Regency Minneapolis

Wed, 6/13

2-3:30 PM

Public Event with the Sierra Club,

3520 86th Street, Urbandale, IA

Wed, 6/13

7-9:30 PM

Public Event with the Sierra Club,

Crown Point Community Center, Johnston, IA

Thurs, 6/14

1-3 PM

Public Event with the Sierra Club,

African American

Museum of Iowa in Cedar Rapids, 

Thurs, 6/14

5:30-7 PM

Public Event at the University of Wisconsin at Platteville, WI

Sat, 6/16

12-1 PM

Midwest Renewable Energy Fair in Custer, WI

I also want to draw your attention to a 6-part series on the German Energy Transition

(Energiewende), which we are publishing in the course of this summer. Please read

below for the first three articles.

Sincerely,

Klaus Linsenmeier

Executive Director

Revitalizing Rural Communities through the Renewable Energy Cooperative

Part 3 of German Energy Transition Series

Cooperatives have a vast history of playing important roles in supporting local

economies in both the Midwestern United States and Germany. Today, a significant

opportunity exists to build on existing cooperative models in the Midwest to also supply

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sources of local, renewable energy production. By Amanda Bilek

German Solar Bubble? Look Again!

Part 2 of German Energy Transition Series

Germany was a first mover in the solar energy sector. Recent bankruptcies call its early

commitment into question, but a closer look shows how well positioned Germany

remains – and why it’s a good time for the US to get on board. By Craig Morris

Angst or Arithmetic? Why Germans are so Skeptical about Nuclear Energy

Part 1 of German Energy Transition Series

Is it hysteria or emotional populism that Germany has decided to phase out nuclear

energy? On the contrary, a majority of Germans has been unconvinced of its merits

since the early 1980s; the source of this anti-atom consensus lies in the persuasive,

fact-based arguments of a powerful, grassroots social movement. By Paul Hockenos

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From: Heinrich Boell Foundation

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Invite: 3/12 - Solar Power Trends: German and U.S. Perspectives

Date: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 11:05:12 AM

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HEINRICH BOLL STIFTUNG | North America

The Green Political Foundation

INVITE

The Heinrich Böll Foundation and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute cordially

invite you to

Solar Power Trends: German and U.S. Perspectives

Monday, March 12, 2012

2pm-3pm

1334 Longworth House Office Building

Apologies for cross postings

This briefing is free and open to the public. No RSVP required

Speakers

Volker Quaschning, PhD, Professor for Renewable Energy, University of Applied Sciences

in Berlin (HTW Berlin)

Kathy Weiss, Vice President, Government Relations, First Solar

The Heinrich Böll Foundation and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invite

you to a briefing looking at the energy transition occurring in Germany and how that

compares, particularly with regard to the solar sector, with the United States. In the

international race to a low-carbon economy, Germany has raised particular interest with its

quick transition from coal and nuclear energy to a renewable energy based economy. Over

the last ten years, Germany has increased the share of electricity from renewable sources

from five to over 20 percent, while creating more than 380,000 new jobs in this sector.

Together with Italy, not-so-sunny Germany is known as a world leader in deploying solar

power. In 2011 alone, more than 7,000 MW of photovoltaics were installed in Germany, more

than double the U.S. installation in the same time period. Investments in Germany as well as

the United States have spurred manufacturing 

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2012-08-054_000000000000948
From: ACORE

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Join Chairman Wellinghoff Tomorrow March 21: Waste Energy Recovery from Industrial Processes

Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 8:48:03 AM

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Waste Energy Recovery from Industrial Processes; Emergence of a Key Component of the Nation?s Energy and

Economic Future

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The application of waste energy recycling in industrial processes can profitably reduce fossil fuel and carbon

emissions directly, and indirectly by facilitating wind and solar. As part of a distributed generation strategy,

waste energy recycling promotes greater energy efficiency, reduces line losses by up to 50 % and enables more

transmission and distribution grid capacity for renewable power generation. These processes exist today and are

making a difference in the U.S. and around the world.

A typical U.S. power plant is only about 33% efficient, using three units of fuel to produce one unit of electricity.

The remainder is deemed waste energy and is primarily vented into the atmosphere. However, studies indicate

that up to 40% of total U.S. electricity needs could come from waste energy recycling and combined heat and

power.

The concept of a widespread use of waste energy recycling has achieved a significant momentum. The federal

government and an increasing number of states have identified waste energy recycling as a key component of the

nation?s energy and economic future. Policymakers at the state and federal level look to waste energy recycling

as a means to help address critical issues, such as energy efficiency, fuel independence and better utilization of

renewable energy resources.

The panel will:

* Explain the waste energy recycling process

* Address its role and benefits in the distributed generation context

* Highlight the growing policy interest at the federal and state levels in capturing the value of the waste stream

for greater profits, transmission and distribution reliability and emissions reduction

* Describe how to capture federal and state based incentives to develop waste energy recovery

* Consider case studies of different corporate sponsorships and technology innovations

All the panelists are deeply involved in the practical and policy aspects of waste energy recycling, policy, combined

heat and power development and integration challenges in a manner complementary to the development of

renewables.

Please join us for an interesting and provocative discussion by a panel of industry experts who will provide their

insights into waste energy recovery from industrial processes. After a short presentation by each of our panelists,

the floor will be open for participants to ask questions.

Q & A Submission:

Q & A both on the teleconference and live at the host firm sites, will follow the speakers' presentations. Please

email questions to: abaquestions@acore.org.

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Teleconference Co-Chairs:

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Michael W. Wise, McDonald Hopkins, LLC

Overview:

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Dennis McGinn, President, ACORE

Moderator:

Todd Foley SVP Policy & Government Relations, ACORE

Robert F. Riley, Partner, Williams Mullen PC (Washington, D.C.)

Speakers:

Thomas R. Casten, Chairman, Recycled Energy Development LLC

Jon Wellinghoff, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Dr. Marilyn Brown, Professor of Energy Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology

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2012-08-054_000000000000951
From: ACORE

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Join Us Tomorrow - Biofuels and the US Military

Date: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 8:04:11 AM

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This webinar will examine the strategies, opportunities and obstacles related to the expanded use of biofuels in

support of national defense focusing on three major areas:What is being done to advance collaborations between the

U.S. Military and the Biofuels industry and initiatives to increase the production and use of advanced biofuels?What

are the obstacles to scaling up the use of biofuels by the military and how can they be addressed effectively?From a

production standpoint - what is required to make production volumes and prices viable for DoD?Speakers will

highlight innovative ways the DoD is collaborating with private sector industries and advanced biofuel technologies to

enhance combat operations, lower costs and support the military's mission to draw 25% of its energy from renewable

sources by 2025.

Call Times:

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Co-Chairs:

Mona Dajani, Baker & McKenzie LLP

Scott Sklar, The Stella Group, Ltd.

Moderator:

Michael Zimmer, Thompson Hine LLP

Speakers:

Suzanne Hunt, Carbon War Room

Joe Vollmer, Sturman Industries

Chris Tindal, U.S. Navy

Amar Anumakonda, Honeywell's UOP

Q & A Submission:

Q & A session will follow the speakers' presentations. Please use the "ask question" button on your

webinar screen to submit your questions.

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2012-08-054_000000000000953
From: ACORE

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Join Us Tomorrow May 16_A Global Perspective on Renewables Development

Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 10:13:58 AM

Globalization and Renewables: The Future Is Now

Join us live May 16, 2012 in a city near you or via telephone & webinar.

Globalization is the central fact of our generation. It entails flows of capital, business products and applicable

intellectual property. It has sweeping cross-border environmental impacts. It implies trade-offs in natural

resource utilization.

Renewables must find their place in this changing world-wide economy as a solution to growing energy demands

and as a competitive source of capital attraction.

This webinar focuses on several key ways renewable energy can be more fully integrated into the global energy

markets. The panel features speakers from the Carbon War Room, guiding the deployment of capital worldwide

to deal with the global warming crisis; DNV, having a hand in project due diligence and risk management

assessments for offshore wind power development globally; Australia, a nation exporting adaptable home-grown

renewable technologies to the United States and worldwide; and Westeva, an American-owned organization

applying sophisticated new renewables analytical techniques developed in the United States to the Latin American

markets.

The future of renewables rests on activities such as those our speakers will describe. On the Webinar, you will

learn about:

* Pragmatic business and legal analysis to create wealth arising from strategies for the reduction of global carbon

emissions

* Renewable energy technology transfer issues of renewable energy technologies to different legal and ecological

settings

* Adaptation of U.S. technical renewables analysis to commercial ventures

* Lessons learned from the UK with respect to renewable energy deployment

* The roles which lawyers can play in enabling renewable proponents and companies to cope with and benefit

from globalization

As the program title implies: for renewables, this is not about future shock--the future is now.

Q & A Submission:

Q & A both on the teleconference and live at the host firm sites, will follow the speakers' presentations. Please

email questions to abaquestions@acore.org.

Call Times:

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Teleconference Co-Chairs:

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Michael W. Wise, McDonald Hopkins, LLC

Legislative Update:

Todd Foley, SVP, Policy & Government Relations, ACORE

Moderators:

Kimberly E. Diamond, Counsel, Lowenstein Sandler PC

Roger D. Feldman, Counsel, Andrews Kurth LLP

Speakers:

Ken Westrick, Founder and CEO, Westeva LLC and Westeva SAS

Jigar Shah, Member of the Board, Carbon War Room

Kelly Ralston, Senior Trade Commissioner, Australian Trade Commission

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Nigel Warren, Senior Trade Commissioner, Australian Trade Commission

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2012-08-054_000000000000956
From: Metcalf, Gilbert

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: korea carbon tax

Date: Friday, June 08, 2012 3:42:56 PM

I think you sent me an informal briefer on Korea’s new carbon tax but I can’t find it. If you have,

could you resend?

Thanks.

Gib

Gilbert E. Metcalf

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

(202) 622-0173 (office)

(202) 316-8028 (mobile)

(202) 622-0037 (fax)

Email: gilbert.metcalf@treasury.gov

2012-08-054_000000000000957
From: Joy-Fleur Brettschneider

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Large-scale solar is back – will your business be part of the next boom?

Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 11:19:16 AM

Now that PV component prices have come down to a point where the

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Dear Friends/Colleagues:

 I'm sending this note to those of you who I believe may find of interest my most recent blog post, If the Durban Platform Opened a Window, Will

India and China Close It?<http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/2012/03/16/if-the-durban-platform-opened-a-window-will-india-and-china-close-it/> (also

pasted below).

 By replacing the Berlin Mandate, the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action has opened an important window. National delegations from around

the world now have a challenging task before them: to identify a new international climate policy architecture that is consistent with the process,

pathway, and principles laid out in the Durban Platform, namely to find a way to include all key countries (such as the 20 largest national and regional

economies that together account for upwards of 80% of global carbon dioxide emissions) in a structure that brings about meaningful emissions

reductions on an appropriate timetable at acceptable cost, while remaining within the overall framework provided by the UNFCCC. Are India and China

already seeking to close this window? That’s the topic of this new essay. the topic of this new blog essay.

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University

Director, Harvard Environmental Economics Program<http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/heep/>

Director of Graduate Studies, Ph.D. Programs in Public Policy and Political Economy & Government

Co-Chair, Harvard Business School-Kennedy School Joint Degree Programs

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If the Durban Platform Opened a Window, Will India and China Close It?

March 16, 2012<http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/2012/03/16/if-the-durban-platform-opened-a-window-will-india-and-china-close-it/> by Robert

Stavins<http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/author/rstavins/>

In my December 12th essay<http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/2011/12/12/assessing-the-climate-talks-did-durban-succeed/> – following the 17th

Conference of the Parties (COP-17)<http://unfccc.int/meetings/durban_nov_2011/meeting/6245.php> of the United Nations Framework Convention on

Climate Change (UNFCCC)<http://unfccc.int/2860.php>, which adjourned on December 11, 2011 – I offered my assessment of the Durban climate

negotiations<http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/2011/12/12/assessing-the-climate-talks-did-durban-succeed/> by taking note of three major outcomes

of the negotiations: (1) elaboration on several components of the Cancun Agreements<http://cancun.unfccc.int/>; (2) a second five-year commitment

period for the Kyoto Protocol<http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/items/2830.php>; and (3) a “non-binding agreement to reach an agreement” by 2015

that will bring all countries under the same legal regime by 2020. Subsequently, in my January 1st essay – The Platform Opens a Window: An

Unambiguous Consequence of the Durban Climate Talks<http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/2012/01/01/the-platform-opens-a-window-an-unambiguousconsequence-of-the-durban-climate-talks/> – I focused on the third outcome of the talks, the “Durban Platform for Enhanced Action.”

Some Necessary History

The U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change<http://unfccc.int/essential_background/convention/items/6036.php>, adopted at the U.N.

Conference on Environment and Development<http://www.un.org/geninfo/bp/enviro.html> (the first “Earth Summit”) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992,

contains what was to become a crucial passage: “The Parties should protect the climate system for the benefit of present and future generations of

humankind, on the basis of equity and in accordance with their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities. Accordingly, the

developed country Parties should take the lead in combating climate change and the adverse effects thereof.” [emphasis added] The countries

considered to be “developed country Parties” were listed in an appendix to the 1992 Convention – Annex I.

The phrase – common but differentiated responsibilities – was given a specific interpretation three years after the Earth Summit by the first decision

adopted by the first Conference of the Parties (COP-1) of the U.N. Framework Convention, in Berlin, Germany, April 7, 1995 – the all important Berlin

Mandate<http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/cop1/07a01.pdf>, which interpreted the principle as: (1) launching a process to commit (by 1997) the Annex I

countries to quantified greenhouse gas emissions reductions within specified time periods (targets and timetables); and (2) stating unambiguously that

the process should “not introduce any new commitments for Parties not included in Annex I.”

Thus, the Berlin Mandate established the dichotomous distinction whereby the Annex I countries are to take on emissions-reductions responsibilities, and

the non-Annex I countries are to have no such responsibilities whatsoever. This had wide-ranging and profound consequences, because it became the

anchor that prevented real progress in international climate negotiations. With 50 non-Annex I countries having greater per capita income than the

poorest of the Annex I countries, the distinction is clearly out of whack.

But, more important than that, this dichotomous distinction means that: (a) half of global emissions soon will be from nations without constraints; (b)

the world’s largest emitter – China – is unconstrained; (c) aggregate compliance costs are driven up to be four times their cost-effective level, because

many opportunities for low-cost emissions abatement in emerging economies are taken off the table; and (d) an institutional structure is perpetuated

that makes change and progress virtually impossible.

The dichotomous Annex I/non-Annex I distinction remained a central – indeed, the central – feature of international climate negotiations ever since COP1 in Berlin in 1995. Then, at COP-15 in 2009, there were hints of possible change.

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The Copenhagen Accord<http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/2009/12/20/what-hath-copenhagen-wrought-a-preliminary-assessment-of-the-copenhagenaccord/> (2009) and the Cancun Agreements<http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/2010/12/13/successful-outcome-of-climate-negotiations-in-cancun/>

(2010) began a process of blurring the Annex I/non-Annex I distinction. But this blurring was only in the context of the interim pledge-and-review

system established at COP-15 in Copenhagen and certified at COP-16 in Cancun, not in the context of an eventual successor to the Kyoto Protocol.

Thus, the Berlin Mandate retained its centrality.

The Durban Platform for Enhanced Action

The third of the three outcomes of the December 2011 talks in Durban, South Africa – the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action – eliminates the Annex

I/non-Annex I (or industrialized/developing country) distinction. In the Durban Platform, the delegates reached a non-binding agreement to reach an

agreement by 2015 that will bring all countries under the same legal regime by 2020<http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2011/cop17/eng/l10.pdf>. That’s

a strange sentence, but it’s important.

Rather than adopting the Annex I/non-Annex I (or industrialized/developing country) distinction, the Durban Platform focuses instead on the pledge to

create a system of greenhouse gas reductions including all Parties (that is, all key countries) by 2015 that will come into force by 2020. Nowhere in the

text of the decision are phrases such as “Annex I,” “common but differentiated responsibilities,” “distributional equity,” “historical responsibility,” all of

which had long since become code words for targets for the richest countries and blank checks for all others.

Thus, in a dramatic departure from some seventeen years of U.N. international negotiations on climate change, the 17th Conference of the Parties in

Durban turned away from the Annex I/non-Annex I distinction, which had been the centerpiece of international climate policy and negotiations since it

was adopted at the 1st Conference of the Parties in Berlin in 1995. In truth, only time will tell whether the Durban Platform delivers on its promise, or

turns out to be another “Bali Roadmap,” leading nowhere, but there is a key unambiguous consequence of this development.

Durban Opens a Window

By replacing the Berlin Mandate, the Durban Platform has opened an important window. National delegations from around the world now have a

challenging task before them: to identify a new international climate policy architecture that is consistent with the process, pathway, and principles laid

out in the Durban Platform, namely to find a way to include all key countries (such as the 20 largest national and regional economies that together

account for upwards of 80% of global carbon dioxide emissions) in a structure that brings about meaningful emissions reductions on an appropriate

timetable at acceptable cost, while remaining within the overall framework provided by the UNFCCC.

Is India Seeking to Close the Window?

As part of the agreement to launch the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action, the nations of the world agreed to initiate a work plan on enhancing

mitigation ambition. As a first step, each country was to submit its initial ideas.

On February 28, 2012, the Indian government made its official submission to the UNFCCC, “Increasing Ambition Level under Durban Platform for

Enhanced Action.”<http://unfccc.int/files/documentation/submissions_from_parties/adp/application/pdf/adp_india_28022012.pdf> In seventeen

paragraphs across three pages of text, India’s submission makes absolutely clear its view that the Durban Platform is under the overall legal umbrella of

the UNFCCC, and therefore that the principles of “equity” and “common but differentiated responsibilities” remain intact and must inform all

commitments for enhanced action. In fact, the lion’s share of India’s submission talks about the responsibilities of industrialized countries, not about

India’s ideas for its own contributions.

India’s submission actually quantifies what it sees as the necessary future commitments of Annex I (“developed”) countries – by referring to the 2007

Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate

Change<http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/syr/en/contents.html>: “AR4 has recommended that Annex I Parties should reduce their

emissions at least by 25-40% in the short term by 2020” [emphasis added]. But, in truth, AR4 made no such recommendation. Indeed, the IPCC – in

general – does not make any policy recommendations whatsoever. This is one of the key organizing principles under which the IPCC operates. I know

this from decades of direct work with the IPCC, having served as a Lead Author in two rounds of the IPCC, and currently serving as a Coordinating Lead

Author in AR5.

China Weighs In

A week after India made its submission, the Chinese government followed suit on March 8th with “China’s Submission on Options and Ways for Further

Increasing the Level of Ambition.”<http://unfccc.int/files/documentation/submissions_from_parties/adp/application/pdf/adp_china_08032012.pdf>

Although the Chinese government did not repeat the Indian’s mistaken claim about IPCC recommendations, the submission was otherwise consistent,

maintaining that industrialized countries alone bear responsibility for reducing emissions before 2020: “Developed country Parties should take the lead in

reducing their emissions by undertaking ambitious mitigation commitments and fulfill their obligations by providing financial resources and transferring

technology to developing country Parties.”

They Have a Point

India and China have a point. The Durban Platform did not supplant the Convention, so the general notions of “equity” and “common but differentiated

responsibilities” do remain. But – and here is the key reality – the Durban Platform did replace the Berlin Mandate. And so a window has been opened

to explore new, more sophisticated, and more subtle ways of involving all key countries in an environmentally effective and cost-effective global

agreement, with a new interpretation of common but differentiated responsibilities.

For example, replacing the dichotomous Annex I/non-Annex I distinction with a formula that generates a continuous spectrum of degrees of

responsibility would be fully consistent both with the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action and the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Such a formulaic approach – as developed by Professors Jeffrey Frankel<http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/index.htm> and Valentina

Bosetti<http://www.feem.it/getpage.aspx?id=252&sez=People> for the Harvard Project on Climate

Agreements<http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/project/56/harvard_project_on_climate_agreements.html> – merits serious consideration, along with

other innovative international policy architectures.

Although some in the press and blogosphere have characterized the Chinese and Indian submissions as hitting “the brakes on Durban pledges” and

“hitting the reset button on international climate change commitments,”<http://www.eenews.net.ezpprod1.hul.harvard.edu/climatewire/2012/03/08/archive/2?terms=india+hits+brakes> in reality the Chinese and Indian submissions refer only to emission

reductions prior to 2020, whereas the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action focuses on (agreeing by 2015 on) a new international agreement that would

be implemented only in 2020. Thus, there’s no inconsistency.

Stay Tuned

Whether or not the submissions by China and India are part of a diplomatic dance or represent a real step backward from their positions in Durban, the

fact remains that the Durban Platform – by replacing the Berlin Mandate – has opened an important window. Governments around the world need

fresh, outside-of-the-box ideas over the next few years of a possible future international climate policy

architecture<http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/19017/postkyoto_international_climate_policy.html?

breadcrumb=%2Fproject%2F56%2Fharvard_project_on_climate_agreements%3Fgroupby%3D6%26parent_id%3D%26page_id%3D157%26filter%3D1014

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the opportunity.

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Dear Friends/Colleagues:

 I'm sending this note to those of you who I believe may find of interest my most recent blog

post, Low Prices a Problem? Making Sense of Misleading Talk about Cap-and-Trade in Europe and the

USA<http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/2012/04/25/low-prices-a-problem-making-sense-of-misleadingtalk-about-cap-and-trade-in-europe-and-the-usa/> (also pasted below).

 Some press accounts and various advocates have labeled the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

(RGGI)<http://www.rggi.org/> as near “the brink of

failure”<http://newjersey.watchdog.org/2011/09/09/3060/> because of the recent trend of very low

auction prices. Likewise, commentators have recently characterized the European Union Emission

Trading Scheme (EU ETS)<http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/ets/index_en.htm> as possibly “sinking

into oblivion”<http://www.eceee.org/news/News_2012/2012-04-12> because of low allowance prices.

Since when are low prices (which in this case reflect low marginal abatement costs) considered to be a

problem? To understand what’s going on, we need to remind ourselves of the purpose (and promise)

of a cap-and-trade regime, and then look at what’s been happening in the respective markets. That’s

the topic of this new blog essay.

 At the web site of the blog (http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/), you can sign up to be notified

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Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Director, Harvard Environmental Economics Program<http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/heep/>

Director of Graduate Studies, Ph.D. Programs in Public Policy and Political Economy & Government

Co-Chair, Harvard Business School-Kennedy School Joint Degree Programs

Director, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements<http://www.belfercenter.org/climate>

Blog: An Economic View of the

Environment<http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/analysis/stavins/> SSRN Paper

Downloads<http://ssrn.com/author=26285>

Mail: John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 79 JFK St., Room L-306, Box 11,

Cambridge, MA 02138

Phone: 617-495-1820 Fax: 617-496-3783 E-Mail:

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Low Prices a Problem? Making Sense of Misleading Talk about Cap-and-Trade in Europe and the USA

Posted on April 25, 2012<http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/2012/04/25/low-prices-a-problem-makingsense-of-misleading-talk-about-cap-and-trade-in-europe-and-the-usa/> by Robert

Stavins<http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/author/rstavins/>

Some press accounts and various advocates have labeled the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

(RGGI)<http://www.rggi.org/> as near “the brink of

failure”<http://newjersey.watchdog.org/2011/09/09/3060/> because of the recent trend of very low

auction prices. Likewise, commentators have recently characterized the European Union Emission

Trading Scheme (EU ETS)<http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/ets/index_en.htm> as possibly “sinking

into oblivion”<http://www.eceee.org/news/News_2012/2012-04-12> because of low allowance prices.

Since when are low prices (which in this case reflect low marginal abatement costs) considered to be a

problem? To understand what’s going on, we need to remind ourselves of the purpose (and promise)

of a cap-and-trade regime, and then look at what’s been happening in the respective markets.

The Purpose and Promise of Cap-and-Trade

A cap-and-trade system<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emissions_trading>– if well designed,

implemented, and enforced – will limit total emissions of the regulated pollutant to the desired level

(the cap), and will do this (if the cap is binding) in a cost-effective manner, by leading regulated

sources to each make reductions until they are all experiencing the same marginal abatement cost (the

allowance price). Thus, the sources that initially face the highest abatement costs, reduce less, and

those sources that face the lowest abatement costs, reduce more, achieving system-wide minimum

costs, that is, cost effectiveness. So, the purpose and promise, in a nutshell, is to achieve the targeted

level of aggregate pollution control, and – if the cap is binding – do this at the lowest possible cost.

RGGI Allowance Prices

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)<http://www.rggi.org/> – a downstream cap-and-trade

system for CO2 emissions from the power sector in 10 northeast states (Connecticut, Maine, Maryland,

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont, with New Jersey

now in the process of withdrawing from the coalition), was launched with relatively unambitious targets,

principally in order to keep prices down to prevent severe leakage of electricity demand and hence

leakage of CO2 emissions from the RGGI region to states and provinces outside of the region (mainly

from New York to Pennsylvania).

Emissions are capped from 2012 to 2014, and then, starting in 2015, the cap decreases 2.5% per year

until it is down by 10% in 2019. This would represent a level of emissions 13% below the 1990 level of

emissions. It was originally thought that this would be some 35% below the Business-as-Usual (BAU)

level in 2019. Sounds good. What happened is not that the system performed other than designed,

but that “business was not as usual.” That is, what happened is that unregulated power-sector (BAU)

emissions in the northeast fell significantly. (See the graph below of the RGGI cap and historical

emissions.)

[http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/wpcontent/uploads/2012/04/rggi_greenhouse1.png]<http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/2012/04/25/lowprices-a-problem-making-sense-of-misleading-talk-about-cap-and-trade-in-europe-and-theusa/rggi_greenhouse-2/>

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For source, please click here.<http://www.whrc.org/policy/rggi.html>

So, Why Did Emissions Fall in the RGGI States?

This happened for three reasons. First, because of increasing supplies in the United States of low-cost,

unconventional sources of natural gas, prices for this fuel have fallen dramatically since 2008. (See the

graph below of natural gas and coal prices.) That has meant greater dispatch of electricity from gasfueled power plants (relative to coal-fired plants), more investment in new gas-fired generating plants,

less investment in coal-fired generating capacity, and retirement of existing coal-fired capacity, all of

which has contributed to lower CO2 emissions.

[http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/wpcontent/uploads/2012/04/pkcl.bmp]<http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/2012/04/25/low-prices-aproblem-making-sense-of-misleading-talk-about-cap-and-trade-in-europe-and-the-usa/pkcl/>

For source, please click here.<http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/astevenson/peak_coal.html>

Second, the worst economic recession since the Great Depression hit the United States in 2008, causing

dramatic reductions in electricity demand in the industrial and commercial sectors, reducing emissions.

(See the graph below of quarterly percentage change in U.S. GDP, 2007-2009.)

[http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/wpcontent/uploads/2012/04/gdp0409.jpg]<http://www.kathylien.com/site/gdp/tracking-us-gdp>

For source, please click here.<http://www.kathylien.com/site/gdp/tracking-us-gdp>

Third and finally, moderate northeast temperatures have kept down CO2 emissions linked with both

heating and cooling.

Low Emissions, Low Allowance Demand, Low Allowance Prices

So, for the three reasons above, BAU CO2 emissions from the power sector in the RGGI states are

dramatically below what was originally (and quite reasonably) anticipated. The supply of RGGI CO2

allowances made available at auction is – by law – unchanged, but demand for these allowances has

fallen dramatically, hence the fall in RGGI allowance prices. (See the graph below of RGGI allowance

prices, 2008-2010.)

[http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/39_10_1108_S0193-

2306_2011_0000014004.png]<http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/2012/04/25/low-prices-a-problemmaking-sense-of-misleading-talk-about-cap-and-trade-in-europe-and-the-usa/39_10_1108_s0193-

2306_2011_0000014004/>

For source, please click here.<http://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?

chapterid=1917928&show=html>

Given that emissions are below the RGGI cap and – due to expectations regarding future natural gas

prices – are likely to remain below the cap, there is no scarcity of allowances. Shouldn’t the price fall to

zero? In theory, yes, except that the system has an auction reservation price of $1.86 per ton built in,

thereby creating a price floor of precisely this amount.

Is RGGI a Failure?

So, the cap put in place by the RGGI system is being achieved, but it is not binding. RGGI may not be

particularly relevant, but it is not thereby a flawed system; surely it is not a failure. Rather, a great

environmental success has been achieved by the “fortunate coincidence” of low natural gas prices,

economic recession, and mild weather. This is hardly something to be lamented.

True enough, the RGGI system does have flaws (such as its narrow scope limited to electricity

generation, and its lack of a simple safety valve, as I have written about in the

past<http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/rstavins/Selected_Articles/OpEd_Boston_Globe_Dec12,_2005.pdf>). But the low allowance prices are evidence of a success outside

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of the RGGI market, not evidence of failure within the RGGI market.

If the RGGI states have the desire and the political will to tighten the cap in the future, then the system

can again become binding, environmentally relevant, and cost-effective. That’s an ongoing political

debate.

To be fair, I should note that the same outcome I have described here can be spun – perhaps for

political purposes – quite differently. Recently, a self-described “free-market energy blog” commentator

claimed<http://www.masterresource.org/2010/07/rggi-cap-tax-spend-model/> – not without some

justification – that RGGI is irrelevant or worse: “Bottom line, the program has raised electricity prices,

created a slush fund for each of the member states, and has had virtually no impact on emissions or on

global climate change.”

Now, let’s turn to the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS).

EU ETS Allowance Prices

Unlike RGGI, the EU ETS has not been irrelevant. It has successfully capped European CO2 emissions,

achieved significant emissions reductions, and it has done so cost-effectively. Not surprisingly, like

RGGI, the EU ETS has some design flaws (principally, its limited scope – electricity generation and

large-scale manufacturing – and lack of a safety-valve), but as with RGGI, its low allowance prices

should not be taken as bad news, but as good news, and certainly not as a sign of failure.

Hand-wringing in Europe over Low Allowance Prices

There has been much hand-wringing in Europe over the “failure of the system” because of low

allowance prices. Indeed, Danish Energy Minister Martin

Lidegaard<http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Lidegaard> said earlier this month that low carbon prices

threaten the EU ETS<http://www.eenews.net.ezpprod1.hul.harvard.edu/climatewire/2012/04/16/archive/5?terms=low+carbon+prices+threaten>.

Of course, he’s correct that EU ETS allowance prices are “low.” They are down from their historic

average of about $20 per ton of CO2 to about $9 per ton currently (having reached an all-time low of

$7.88 in early April). Here’s a graph of EU ETS allowance prices (EUAs) over the crucial period of

change, January 2007 to January 2009.

[http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/wpcontent/uploads/2012/04/Carbon_price.jpg]<http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/2012/04/25/low-prices-aproblem-making-sense-of-misleading-talk-about-cap-and-trade-in-europe-and-the-usa/carbon_price/>

For source, please click

here.<http://www.draxgroup.plc.uk/annual2008/busreview/bus_finrev/key_factors/>

At this point in this essay, I probably don’t need to say that this pattern is largely explained by the

global recession, which has hit Europe particularly hard (and now threatens a double-dip recession in a

number of European nations). Lower European – and global – demand has meant decreased economic

activity in Europe, hence lower energy demand, lower CO2 emissions, and therefore lower demand and

lower prices for EU ETS allowances. Also feeding into this allowance price depression has been a set of

national and regional energy policies, such those promoting use of renewables, which have served to

reduce emissions, demand for allowances, and hence allowance prices.

Multiple Goals Typically Require Multiple Policy Instruments

No doubt, Minister Lidegaard is aware of the allowance price impacts of the recession, and I hope he’s

aware of the allowance price consequences of other energy and environmental policies. The problem

arises, however, because he sees the fundamental purpose of the EU ETS as somewhat broader than

what I described at the beginning of this essay (namely, achieving emissions consistent with some cap,

and doing so cost-effectively – if the cap is binding). For him – and many other European observers –

“the purpose of the ETS was to cap CO2 emissions in the E.U. and ensure clear economic incentives for

investment in renewables.” So, the hand-wringing is not about a failure to achieve emissions reductions

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cost-effectively, but to have prices high enough to achieve other goals – in this case, greater use of

renewable sources of energy. For others, the “other goals” have involved allowance prices high enough

to bring about some targeted amount of technology innovation.

As I have written at this blog in the past, having multiple policy goals typically necessitates multiple

policy instruments.<http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/2009/03/07/green-jobs/> For example, if the

goal is a combination of reducing emissions cost-effectively and having prices maintained at some

minimum (whether to bring about greater use of renewable energy

sources<http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/2011/01/11/renewable-energy-standards-less-effective-morecostly-but-politically-preferred-to-cap-and-trade/> or to inspire more technology innovation), then two

policy instruments are needed<http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/2011/09/25/what%E2%80%99s-goodfor-the-goose-is-good-for-the-gander-rahm%E2%80%99s-doctrine-and-mercutio%E2%80%99scomplaint/> to do the job: a cap-and-trade system for the first goal in combination with a carbon tax

in the form of a price floor (as in RGGI) for the second goal.

Don’t Throw Out the Baby with the Bath Water

In other words, the EU ETS has not failed, but the design was inadequate (that is, incomplete) for what

politicians now seem to want. If the Europeans want a price floor in their system (or better yet, a price

collar, which would combine a price floor with a safety valve, i.e., price ceiling), then this is certainly

feasible technically and economically. Whether it is feasible politically is a question that is over my paygrade, and a question they can best answer themselves.

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2012-08-054_000000000000974
From: Bayly, Rachel

To: Demopulos, Abigail; Baker, Susan L; Jaffe, Judson; "BrounCN@state.gov"

Cc: Hall, Daniel; Urbanas, Elizabeth (Beth)

Subject: RE: Banks consult on revised Equator Principles

Date: Thursday, August 16, 2012 11:20:10 AM

Caroline,

Yes, my office is interested in this. Please include me in anything you send to Treasury on this.

(I can send to the people in other agencies I work with on safeguards, who might also be interested.)

Thanks,

-Rachel

Rachel Bayly

Office of International Debt and Development Policy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

ph: 202-622-1266

rachel.bayly@treasury.gov

From: Demopulos, Abigail 

Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 11:03 AM

To: Baker, Susan L; Jaffe, Judson; 'BrounCN@state.gov'; Bayly, Rachel

Cc: Hall, Daniel; Urbanas, Elizabeth (Beth)

Subject: RE: Banks consult on revised Equator Principles

Looping in Rachel Bayly who handles MDB safeguard policy for Treasury.

Abby Demopulos

622-5671

From: Baker, Susan L 

Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 10:17 AM

To: Jaffe, Judson; 'BrounCN@state.gov'

Cc: Hall, Daniel; Demopulos, Abigail; Urbanas, Elizabeth (Beth)

Subject: Re: Banks consult on revised Equator Principles

Missing Keith Kozloff, who paid a lot of attention to these.

---------------------------------------------------

Susan L. Baker

U.S. Treasury Attache for Europe

Susan.baker@treasury.gov

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Rue Zinner 13, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium

From: Jaffe, Judson 

Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 09:30 AM

To: Broun, Caroline N (USEU) <BrounCN@state.gov>; Baker, Susan L 

Cc: Hall, Daniel; Demopulos, Abigail; Urbanas, Elizabeth (Beth) 

Subject: RE: Banks consult on revised Equator Principles 

Looping Abby and Beth, who may know better than us whether this is something we’ve ever had any involvement in.

Jud

_____________________________

Judson Jaffe

Office of Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Phone:  202.622.7751

Fax:    202.622.6728

Email:  judson.jaffe@treasury.gov

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From: Broun, Caroline N (USEU) [mailto:BrounCN@state.gov] 

Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 5:05 AM

To: Baker, Susan L

Cc: Hall, Daniel; Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Banks consult on revised Equator Principles

Is this something treasury is interested in or follows?

Banks consult on revised Equator Principles

ENDS Europe

Wednesday 15 August 2012

A set of environmental and social lending standards established by a group of banks could be extended to more types of loan. But the environmental standards

are weaker in some areas than the World Bank Group ones on which they are based. A 60-day public consultation on the third version of the Equator

Principles (EPIII) for project finance opened on Monday. It proposes extending the scheme to project-related corporate loans of $100m or more to be paid back

over at least two years.

Short-term bridging loans would also be covered but general corporate financing is still excluded. There are also new rules on transparency. The principles’ 77

signatories, which include HSBC, Santander, KfW and Barclays, commit to not providing loans where borrowers will not or cannot comply with its social and

environmental standards. But the scheme has faced criticism in the past. EPIII requires project developers to consider less carbon-intensive fuels and

technologies for schemes emitting more than 100,000 tonnes of CO2 per year. The rule would apply to projects with potentially significant adverse

environmental and social risks, and "as appropriate" for less damaging ones.

However, the wording creates a major loophole, said Johan Frijns, coordinator at NGO BankTrack. He wants the principles to entirely exclude carbon-intensive

projects such as coal plants but still views EPIII as a move in the right direction. The amendments are a response to the World Bank's International Finance

Corporation (IFC) update of its performance standards in January.

But the new IFC standards impose no threshold for considering low-carbon alternatives and have stronger requirements for reporting CO2 emissions. A series

of stakeholder meetings and webinars are scheduled for September to discuss EPIII, which should be launched in January.

Follow-up:

Equator Principles consultation(http://www.equator-principles.com/index.php/ep3) and strategic review(http://www.equatorprinciples.com/index.php/ep3/strategic-review-2010-2011) , International Finance Corporati

standards(

http://www1.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/Topics_Ext_Content/IFC_External_Corporate_Site/IFC+Sustainability/Sustainability+Framework/Sustainability+Framework+-

+2012/Performance+Standards+and+Guidance+Notes+2012/) and Banktrack report

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2012-08-054_000000000000976
From: Metcalf, Gilbert

To: Hall, Daniel; Jaffe, Judson

Subject: RE: CBO estimates

Date: Friday, May 04, 2012 5:37:29 PM

Interesting. Thanks. 

Gilbert E. Metcalf

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

(202) 622-0173 (office)

(202) 316-8028 (mobile)

(202) 622-0037 (fax)

Email: gilbert.metcalf@treasury.gov

From: Hall, Daniel 

Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 4:29 PM

To: Metcalf, Gilbert; Jaffe, Judson

Subject: RE: CBO estimates

Correct. We can develop a rough intuition about how big a difference there is in the MACs by

comparing the results of EIA’s W-M analysis (AEO2009 assumptions) with EIA’s $25 carbon price

scenario from AEO 2011. I’ll focus on the electricity sector because this is where most of the total

abatement is happening and where natural gas switching makes a big difference. (All emissions

reported in MMTCO2.)

EIA W-M analysis (AEO2009 assumptions), projections of electricity sector emissions in 2020

Reference: 2,466

Basic W-M case (carbon price of $18 in 2012 rising to $32 in 2020): 2,026

EIA AEO2011, projections of electricity sector emissions in 2020

Reference: 2,225

GHG price side case (carbon price of $25 in 2013 rising to about $35 in 2020): 1,576

The CBO price path is relatively close to the “Basic W-M” case (carbon price of $20 in 2012 rising to

$31 in 2020, with CBO assuming a 5.6% annual increase in allowance prices compared to 7.4% for

EIA). If CBO’s abatement cost projections match those from AEO2009 then the projected 2020

emissions under the cap-and-trade policy could be around 400 MMTCO2 greater than what EIA

would project for 2020 emissions using the more recent AEO2011 assumptions. That by itself could

be making a bigger difference than the baseline or coverage.

From: Metcalf, Gilbert 

Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 3:50 PM

To: Hall, Daniel; Jaffe, Judson

Subject: RE: CBO estimates

Presumably a higher price of natural gas changes the MAC curve in 2009 relative to 2011 and also

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helps to explain the difference. That won’t show up in the baseline, right?

Gilbert E. Metcalf

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

(202) 622-0173 (office)

(202) 316-8028 (mobile)

(202) 622-0037 (fax)

Email: gilbert.metcalf@treasury.gov

From: Hall, Daniel 

Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 3:46 PM

To: Metcalf, Gilbert; Jaffe, Judson

Subject: RE: CBO estimates

In Waxman-Markey, once coverage was fully phased-in (starting in 2016), the share of covered

emissions was around 80% (give or take one or two percentage points). W-M actually had fairly

limited coverage of non-CO2 GHGs. (W-M would have covered emissions of methane and nitrous

oxide from large stationary sources (but these are fairly small in practice) and a portion of the

emissions of high global warming potential gases (e.g., refrigerants).) In EIA’s analysis of W-M,

they projected that in their reference case the non-CO2 GHGs that would have been covered by

W-M would be about 170 million metric tons of CO2-e in 2020. By itself this doesn’t seem to

explain the full difference.

The different baselines would also account for a small portion of the difference. Here are EIA’s

projections of 2020 emissions of energy-related CO2 in the reference case of the last several AEOs

(all figure in million metric tons CO2):

AEO2009 (update with ARRA): 5,910

AEO 2010: 5,851

AEO 2011: 5,777

AEO 2012 Early Release: 5,549

So the reference case that CBO used for their revenues report would have had 2020 emissions that

were 75-135 MMTCO2 higher than the AEO2011 reference case. Interestingly there has been an

even bigger drop in projected future emissions in the early release of AEO 2012.

From: Metcalf, Gilbert 

Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 2:15 PM

To: Jaffe, Judson; Hall, Daniel

Subject: CBO estimates

Just spoke to Terry. She thinks they covered the same gases as were covered under WaxmanMarkey. Either of you recall what share of total emissions that is? 90%? On the baseline, she

thinks they used the AEO2010 (possibly 2009) assumptions for their model. Presumably that leads

to higher emissions given the price of natural gas and the state of the economy. And yes, they

assumed a 25% haircut.

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On the last point, apparently CBO has changed that assumption to allow different haircuts for

different taxes. I’m reaching out to Frank Sammartino at CBO to learn more.

Gilbert E. Metcalf

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

(202) 622-0173 (office)

(202) 316-8028 (mobile)

(202) 622-0037 (fax)

Email: gilbert.metcalf@treasury.gov

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From: Metcalf, Gilbert

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: RE: ETS data series

Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 9:43:14 AM

Just what I was playing with. Looks like you can pull the entire data at one go.

Gilbert E. Metcalf

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

(202) 622-0173 (office)

(202) 316-8028 (mobile)

(202) 622-0037 (fax)

Email: gilbert.metcalf@treasury.gov

From: Jaffe, Judson 

Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 9:36 AM

To: Metcalf, Gilbert

Subject: RE: ETS data series

I’m sure they have a lot more subscriptions from cash-rich, price inelastic consulting and other

companies as a result...

Actually, in looking it over, it appears that you can get the data relatively easily by simply copying

into excel and sorting by futures contract and then date. I haven’t looked into whether there are

limitations imposed on how many days of data you can pull at one time.

Jud

_____________________________

Judson Jaffe

Office of Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Phone:  202.622.7751

Fax:    202.622.6728

Email:  judson.jaffe@treasury.gov

From: Metcalf, Gilbert 

Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 9:34 AM

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: RE: ETS data series

Thanks. they’ve certainly made it harder now.

Gilbert E. Metcalf

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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(202) 622-0173 (office)

(202) 316-8028 (mobile)

(202) 622-0037 (fax)

Email: gilbert.metcalf@treasury.gov

From: Jaffe, Judson 

Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 9:18 AM

To: Metcalf, Gilbert

Subject: RE: ETS data series

It used to be easy to get an Excel file of this from the European Climate Exchange. I believe ECX

has since been acquired by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)

At first glance, it doesn’t appear ICE makes that Excel file available anymore

But, it looks like you can get a table of historical data here (just select the time period you’re

interested in at the top of the page):

https://www.theice.com/marketdata/reports/ReportCenter.shtml?

reportId=82&productId=390&hubId=564#report/82/reportId=82&productId=390&hubId=564

It’s just going to require some manipulation to isolate the time series for a particular futures

contract.

Jud

_____________________________

Judson Jaffe

Office of Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Phone:  202.622.7751

Fax:    202.622.6728

Email:  judson.jaffe@treasury.gov

From: Metcalf, Gilbert 

Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 9:13 AM

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: ETS data series

Do we have access to current and historic allowance price data for EU ETS? Seems like I used to

get it from Point Carbon but it is now a subscription service.

Gilbert E. Metcalf

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

(202) 622-0173 (office)

(202) 316-8028 (mobile)

(202) 622-0037 (fax)

Email: gilbert.metcalf@treasury.gov

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From: Metcalf, Gilbert

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: RE: ETS data series

Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:10:25 AM

Well, it limits the decline in the sense that the price for Dec12 permits would be approximately

zero in the absence of banking given the surplus of existing permits relative to emissions.

Gilbert E. Metcalf

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

(202) 622-0173 (office)

(202) 316-8028 (mobile)

(202) 622-0037 (fax)

Email: gilbert.metcalf@treasury.gov

From: Jaffe, Judson 

Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:09 AM

To: Metcalf, Gilbert

Subject: RE: ETS data series

I’ve always felt that the significant decline in pricing calls into question theories about how the

opportunity to bank should limit such declines. I don’t recall seeing any good analysis of this.

But, if I recall correctly, Billy may have been looking at this in some academic work.

_____________________________

Judson Jaffe

Office of Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Phone:  202.622.7751

Fax:    202.622.6728

Email:  judson.jaffe@treasury.gov

From: Metcalf, Gilbert 

Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 10:50 AM

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: RE: ETS data series

I think I’m starved for data manipulation so I pulled down the data to take a look. It is striking

how far allowance prices have fallen since their local peak back in April 2011. They are 60

percent below that peak for the Dec12 allowances. Similar pattern for Dec13 allowances so this is

not something peculiar to the allowances that expire this year (and they can be banked anyway for

the next trading phase so they don’t really expire).

Gilbert E. Metcalf

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

(202) 622-0173 (office)

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(202) 316-8028 (mobile)

(202) 622-0037 (fax)

Email: gilbert.metcalf@treasury.gov

From: Jaffe, Judson 

Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 9:18 AM

To: Metcalf, Gilbert

Subject: RE: ETS data series

It used to be easy to get an Excel file of this from the European Climate Exchange. I believe ECX

has since been acquired by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)

At first glance, it doesn’t appear ICE makes that Excel file available anymore

But, it looks like you can get a table of historical data here (just select the time period you’re

interested in at the top of the page):

https://www.theice.com/marketdata/reports/ReportCenter.shtml?

reportId=82&productId=390&hubId=564#report/82/reportId=82&productId=390&hubId=564

It’s just going to require some manipulation to isolate the time series for a particular futures

contract.

Jud

_____________________________

Judson Jaffe

Office of Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Phone:  202.622.7751

Fax:    202.622.6728

Email:  judson.jaffe@treasury.gov

From: Metcalf, Gilbert 

Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 9:13 AM

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: ETS data series

Do we have access to current and historic allowance price data for EU ETS? Seems like I used to

get it from Point Carbon but it is now a subscription service.

Gilbert E. Metcalf

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

(202) 622-0173 (office)

(202) 316-8028 (mobile)

(202) 622-0037 (fax)

Email: gilbert.metcalf@treasury.gov

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From: Hall, Daniel

To: gmail.com

Cc: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: RE: Information on Korea"s carbon trading legislation

Date: Friday, June 08, 2012 3:54:05 PM

Semna,

I wanted to circle back and find out if there is an update with Korea's carbon trading legislation. What

is the most recent progress of the bill? Did your colleagues have an English-language summary (or

copy of the legislation) they were able to pass on?

Thanks,

Daniel

_____________________________

Daniel Hall

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Phone: (202) 622-7801

Fax: (202) 622-6728

Email: daniel.hall@treasury.gov

-----Original Message-----

From: @mosf.go.kr]

Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 8:37 PM

To: Hall, Daniel; @gmail.com

Cc: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Re: Information on Korea's carbon trading legislation

Hi, Daniel.

My understanding regarding Korean carbon trading legislation is that the law aiming to introduce the

carbon trading system in 2015 is now pending in Parliament. (If it was already passed, I should have

known it!) Since this law is being charged in by the Ministry of Environment, I'm not sure whether I can

get any documents to pass on to you. I'll contact the Ministry of Environment and ask around.

Have a nice day!

Semna

--- Original Message ---

From : Daniel.Hall@treasury.gov

To : @mosf.go.kr, @gmail.com Cc : Judson.Jaffe@treasury.gov Date : 2012/05/07 월요

일 오후 11:11:47 Subject : Information on Korea's carbon trading legislation

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Semna,

I hope you are well. My colleagues here at the US Treasury are interested to learn more about the

carbon trading legislation that was recently passed by the Korean parliament. Do you have a summary

of the bill (e.g., a fact sheet) or an English-language copy of the legislation that you could pass on to

(b) (6) (b) (6) (b) (6) (b) (6) (b) (6)

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us?

Many thanks,

Daniel

_____________________________

Daniel Hall

Office of Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Phone: (202) 622-7801

Fax: (202) 622-6728

Email: daniel.hall@treasury.gov

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From: Hall, Daniel

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: RE: korea carbon tax

Date: Friday, June 08, 2012 3:57:53 PM

No.  I just replied to the last email I got from Semna about it. 

From: Jaffe, Judson 

Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 3:51 PM

To: Hall, Daniel

Subject: Fw: korea carbon tax

Did we ever get details on this?

From: Metcalf, Gilbert 

Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 03:42 PM

To: Jaffe, Judson 

Subject: korea carbon tax 

I think you sent me an informal briefer on Korea’s new carbon tax but I can’t find it. If you have,

could you resend? 

Thanks.

Gib

Gilbert E. Metcalf

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

(202) 622-0173 (office)

(202) 316-8028 (mobile)

(202) 622-0037 (fax)

Email: gilbert.metcalf@treasury.gov

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From: Heil, Mark

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: RE: Meeting Forward Notification: Social Cost of Carbon Meeting

Date: Thursday, February 09, 2012 2:23:23 PM

We’d both like to attend. Thanks.

From: Jaffe, Judson 

Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 2:21 PM

To: Heil, Mark

Subject: RE: Meeting Forward Notification: Social Cost of Carbon Meeting

Thanks. He should have already gotten the update independently. Are you and/or he coming?

_____________________________

Judson Jaffe

Office of Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Phone:  202.622.7751

Fax:    202.622.6728

Email:  judson.jaffe@treasury.gov

From: Microsoft Exchange On Behalf Of Heil, Mark

Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 2:20 PM

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Meeting Forward Notification: Social Cost of Carbon Meeting

Your meeting was forwarded

Heil, Mark has forwarded your meeting request to additional recipients.

Meeting

Social Cost of Carbon Meeting

Meeting Time

Thursday, February 09, 2012 2:45 PM-3:45 PM.

Recipients

Soares, Chris

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From: Metcalf, Gilbert

To: "Aldy, Joseph"; Jaffe, Judson

Cc: "Kotchen, Matthew"

Subject: RE: Support for a clean energy standard

Date: Friday, May 11, 2012 3:52:15 PM

Joe,

Thanks. This looks quite interesting. It raises the standard question in my mind of the discrepancy

between stated and actual WTP for policies. Did you address that in the paper at all?

Wonder what such an analysis for a carbon charge would show...

Best,

Gib

Gilbert E. Metcalf

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

(202) 622-0173 (office)

(202) 316-8028 (mobile)

(202) 622-0037 (fax)

Email: gilbert.metcalf@treasury.gov

-----Original Message-----

From: Aldy, Joseph [mailto:Joseph_Aldy@hks.harvard.edu]

Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 1:44 PM

To: Metcalf, Gilbert; Jaffe, Judson

Cc: Kotchen, Matthew

Subject: Support for a clean energy standard

Gib and Jud,

Would like to flag for you some recent work that I've undertaken with Matt Kotchen and Tony

Leiserowitz, both of Yale, on how we could estimate the public's support for a national clean energy

standard (NCES). We implemented a nationally-representative survey, and found that the average

American would be willing to pay 13% higher electricity bills for an 80% clean energy standard. We also

used our survey to simulate how Members of Congress would vote if they voted in line with the typical

voter in their district or state. In this scenario, an NCES that raised utility bills no more than 5% would

garner sufficient support to pass both chambers of Congress, illustrating a stark contrast with the

preferences of the general public.

I've attached a brief 1-page summary of our paper as well as the full paper that will be published in the

journal Nature Climate Change on May 13. Please note that the paper is embargoed until the 13th. The

Nature Group has included our paper in its weekly press release of select upcoming journal article

publications, so it may get some press.

If you have any questions, please feel free to follow up with me or Matt Kotchen (copied here). Matt

may be able to respond more promptly than I can since I'm busy changing diapers these days.

Best,

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Joe

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2012-08-054_000000000000996
From: Heinrich Boell Foundation

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Reminder: Invite: 3/12 - Solar Power Trends: German and U.S. Perspectives

Date: Monday, March 12, 2012 10:43:23 AM

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HEINRICH BOLL STIFTUNG | North America

The Green Political Foundation

INVITE

The Heinrich Böll Foundation and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute cordially

invite you to

Solar Power Trends: German and U.S. Perspectives

Monday, March 12, 2012

2pm-3.30pm

1334 Longworth House Office Building

Apologies for cross postings

This briefing is free and open to the public. No RSVP required

Speakers

Volker Quaschning, PhD, Professor for Renewable Energy, University of Applied Sciences

in Berlin (HTW Berlin)

Kathy Weiss, Vice President, Government Relations, First Solar

The Heinrich Böll Foundation and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invite

you to a briefing looking at the energy transition occurring in Germany and how that

compares, particularly with regard to the solar sector, with the United States. In the

international race to a low-carbon economy, Germany has raised particular interest with its

quick transition from coal and nuclear energy to a renewable energy based economy. Over

the last ten years, Germany has increased the share of electricity from renewable sources

from five to over 20 percent, while creating more than 380,000 new jobs in this sector.

Together with Italy, not-so-sunny Germany is known as a world leader in deploying solar

power. In 2011 alone, more than 7,000 MW of photovoltaics were installed in Germany, more

than double the U.S. installation in the same time period. Investments in Germany as well as

the United States have spurred manufacturing 

This briefing is free and open to the public. No RSVP required.

 

For more information, contact Justin Jones at jjones@eesi.org or (202) 662-1892.

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The Climate Network brings together opinion leaders, legislators and policy experts from both sides of the

Atlantic who are committed to achieving policy change in support of a low carbon economy agenda that

creates sustainable jobs, strengthens local economies and helps to fight climate change.

This event has been made by possible by the support of the European Commission. The European

Commission is not responsible for the content of the project.

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2012-08-054_000000000000998
From: Resources for the Future

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Reminder: RFF Seminar: Green Infrastructure: Using Natural Landscapes for Flood Mitigation and Water Quality

Improvements

Date: Monday, April 02, 2012 1:27:38 PM

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Green Infrastructure: Using Natural Landscapes for

Flood Mitigation and Water Quality Improvements 

An RFF First Wednesday Seminar

April 4, 2012

12:45 - 2 p.m.

Nature provides a wealth of ecological services: forests store carbon and clean the air;

rivers provide water for drinking and harbor animal species; and wetlands purify

stormwater and serve as buffers against floods. Governments around the world are

increasingly recognizing that this "green infrastructure" can be a cost-effective supplement

or substitute for the "gray infrastructure"—pipes, dams, levees, treatment plants—

traditionally used to control flooding, purify and store water, and reduce urban stormwater

runoff.

At this First Wednesday Seminar, sponsored by RFF's Center for the Management of

Ecological Wealth, panelists will explore what "green infrastructure" means and describe

how to evaluate the costs and benefits of land-use options for reducing flood damages.

They will also discuss the challenges of convincing stakeholders that natural systems can

provide infrastructure services and complement public projects. RFF experts will describe

a case study evaluating flood abatement options in a Wisconsin watershed, and provide

some lessons learned from working to implement a payment for environmental services

program in the Florida Everglades.

Moderator:

Lynn Scarlett, Co-Director, RFF Center for the Management of Ecological Wealth

Panelists:

Margaret Walls, Research Director and Thomas J. Klutznick Senior Fellow, Resources for

the Future

"The Role of Land Use Policies in Minimizing Flood Damages" 

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Len Shabman, Resident Scholar, Resources for the Future

"A Green Infrastructure Contribution to Everglades Restoration"

What:

RFF First Wednesday Seminar

When:

Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 12:45 - 2 p.m.

A light lunch will be available at 12:30 p.m.

Where:

Resources for the Future, 1616 P Street NW, Washington, DC

First Floor Conference Center

Registration is required.

To RSVP for this event, please visit RFF's event registration page.

This seminar will also be webcast live beginning at 12:45 p.m.

Have a question for the panel while watching the live webcast?

Simply Tweet your question of fewer than 140 characters

and include the hashtag #AskRFF.

Watch the Q&A at the end of the event to see if it is selected.

At RFF's monthly First Wednesday Seminar series, scholars and experts

exchange ideas and views with the RFF community on important energy,

environmental, and natural resource topics.

Follow RFF Online

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2012-08-054_000000000001000
From: ACORE

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Reminder: Waste Energy Recovery from Industrial Processes - March 21 Webinar

Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 11:26:50 AM

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Waste Energy Recovery from Industrial Processes; Emergence of a Key Component of the Nation?s Energy and

Economic Future

Join us live March 21, 2012 in a city near you or via telephone & webinar.

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The application of waste energy recycling in industrial processes can profitably reduce fossil fuel and carbon

emissions directly, and indirectly by facilitating wind and solar. As part of a distributed generation strategy,

waste energy recycling promotes greater energy efficiency, reduces line losses by up to 50 % and enables more

transmission and distribution grid capacity for renewable power generation. These processes exist today and are

making a difference in the U.S. and around the world.

A typical U.S. power plant is only about 33% efficient, using three units of fuel to produce one unit of electricity.

The remainder is deemed waste energy and is primarily vented into the atmosphere. However, studies indicate

that up to 40% of total U.S. electricity needs could come from waste energy recycling and combined heat and

power.

The concept of a widespread use of waste energy recycling has achieved a significant momentum. The federal

government and an increasing number of states have identified waste energy recycling as a key component of

the nation?s energy and economic future. Policymakers at the state and federal level look to waste energy

recycling as a means to help address critical issues, such as energy efficiency, fuel independence and better

utilization of renewable energy resources.

The panel will:

* Explain the waste energy recycling process

* Address its role and benefits in the distributed generation context

* Highlight the growing policy interest at the federal and state levels in capturing the value of the waste stream

for greater profits, transmission and distribution reliability and emissions reduction

* Describe how to capture federal and state based incentives to develop waste energy recovery

* Consider case studies of different corporate sponsorships and technology innovations

All the panelists are deeply involved in the practical and policy aspects of waste energy recycling, policy,

combined heat and power development and integration challenges in a manner complementary to the

development of renewables.

Please join us for an interesting and provocative discussion by a panel of industry experts who will provide their

insights into waste energy recovery from industrial processes. After a short presentation by each of our panelists,

the floor will be open for participants to ask questions.

Q & A Submission:

Q & A both on the teleconference and live at the host firm sites, will follow the speakers' presentations. Please

email questions to: abaquestions@acore.org.

Call Times:

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Eastern

11:00 am - 12:30 pm Central

10:00 am - 11:30 am Mountain

9:00 am - 10:30 am Pacific

8:00 am - 9:30 am Alaskan

Teleconference Co-Chairs:

Robert F. Riley, Partner, Williams Mullen PC (Washington, D.C.)

Michael W. Wise, McDonald Hopkins, LLC

Overview:

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Dennis McGinn, President, ACORE

Moderator:

Todd Foley SVP Policy & Government Relations, ACORE

Robert F. Riley, Partner, Williams Mullen PC (Washington, D.C.)

Speakers:

Thomas R. Casten, Chairman, Recycled Energy Development LLC

Jon Wellinghoff, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Dr. Marilyn Brown, Professor of Energy Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology

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2012-08-054_000000000001003
From: ACORE

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Reminder: Webinar May 16 - Globalization and Renewables: The Future is now

Date: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 3:53:07 PM

Globalization and Renewables: The Future is now

Join us live May 16, 2012 in a city near you or via telephone & webinar.

Globalization is the central fact of our generation. It entails flows of capital, business products and applicable

intellectual property. It has sweeping cross-border environmental impacts. It implies trade-offs in natural

resource utilization.

Renewables must find their place in this changing world-wide economy as a solution to growing energy demands

and as a competitive source of capital attraction.

This webinar focuses on several key ways renewable energy can be more fully integrated into the global energy

markets. The panel features speakers from the Carbon War Room, guiding the deployment of capital worldwide

to deal with the global warming crisis; DNV, having a hand in project due diligence and risk management

assessments for offshore wind power development globally; Australia, a nation exporting adaptable home-grown

renewable technologies to the United States and worldwide; and Westeva an American owned organization

applying sophisticated new renewables analytical techniques developed in the United States to the Latin American

markets.

The future of renewables rests on activities such as those our speakers will describe. On the Webinar, you will

learn about:

* Pragmatic business and legal analysis to create wealth arising from strategies for the reduction of global carbon

emissions

* Renewable energy technology transfer issues of renewable energy technologies to different legal and ecological

settings

* Adaptation of U.S. technical renewables analysis to commercial ventures

* Lessons learned from the UK with respect to renewable energy deployment

* The roles which lawyers can play in enabling renewable proponents and companies to cope with and benefit

from globalization

As the program title implies: for renewables, this is not about future shock--the future is now.

Q & A Submission:

Q & A both on the teleconference and live at the host firm sites, will follow the speakers' presentations. Please

email questions to abaquestions@acore.org.

Call Times:

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Eastern

11:00 am - 12:30 pm Central

10:00 am - 11:30 am Mountain

9:00 am - 10:30 am Pacific

8:00 am - 9:30 am Alaskan

Teleconference Co-Chairs:

Robert F. Riley, Partner, Williams Mullen PC (Washington, D.C.)

Michael W. Wise, McDonald Hopkins, LLC

Legislative Update:

Todd Foley, SVP, Policy & Government Relations, ACORE

Moderators:

Kimberly E. Diamond, Counsel, Lowenstein Sandler PC

Roger D. Feldman, Counsel, Andrews Kurth LLP

Speakers:

Ken Westrick, Founder and CEO, Westeva LLC and Westeva SAS

Jigar Shah, Member of the Board, Carbon War Room

Kelly Ralston, Senior Trade Commissioner, Australian Trade Commission

Karen Conover, Vice President, DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability

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Additional Q&A Panelists:

Paul Adler, Investment Director, Australian Trade Commission

Nigel Warren, Senior Trade Commissioner, Australian Trade Commission

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2012-08-054_000000000001006
From: Kristin Hayes

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: RFF Energy and Climate Update: May 2012

Date: Monday, May 21, 2012 2:48:51 PM

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Welcome to the inaugural RFF

Energy and Climate Update,

highlighting the latest news and

research from RFF's Center for

Energy Economics and Policy

and Center for Climate and

Electricity Policy. The RFF

Energy and Climate Update will

be distributed several times per

year.

In this issue

> New Research

> Publications

> News and Events

> Commentaries

On the web

Visit RFF on Facebook, Twitter,

and LinkedIn.

New Research:

The Variability of Potential

Revenue from a Carbon Tax

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Karen Palmer, Anthony Paul, and Matt Woerman illustrate how trends

in natural gas prices and electricity demand might influence revenues

from a theoretical U.S. carbon tax.

Publications 

Borrowing to Save Energy: Assessing Market Barriers to Energy

Efficiency Financing 

Karen Palmer, Margaret Walls, and Todd Gerarden

RFF researchers assess loan programs used to finance energy

efficiency improvements in homes and businesses, finding a need for

improved analysis of loan performance and energy savings from

financed investments. 

Improving Fuel Economy in Heavy-Duty Vehicles

Alan J. Krupnick and Winston Harrington

A new issue brief examines recently released fuel economy standards

for heavy-duty vehicles, suggesting improvements in the current

performance-based regulations and noting issues with the

accompanying cost-benefit analysis.

Tradable Standards for Clean Air Act Carbon Policy

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Dallas Burtraw, Arthur G. Fraas, and Nathan Richardson

RFF experts describe how tradable standards might be substantially

more cost-effective than traditional, inflexible performance standards

for regulating CO2 emissions in the context of the Clean Air Act.

News and Events 

Update on the Implementation of AB 32: Cap and Trade in Focus

In late March, Dallas Burtraw testified before members of the

California State Senate on cost management, auctioning allowances,

and uses of revenue in California's cap-and-trade program. Read his

testimony here.

Video and presentations are available for the following events:

Speculators and Oil Prices: What Do We Know and What Should We

Do?

GHG Regulation for Power Plants under the Clean Air Act

Managing the Risks of Shale Gas: Identifying a Pathway toward

Responsible Development

Commentaries 

Visit RFF's new blog, Common Resources, launched in April 2012. 

Beia Spiller: Advanced Technology Vehicles: The Chicken and Egg

Conundrum

Alan Krupnick: Oil Sands, Technology, and Environmental Risk

Nathan Richardson: Reactions to EPA's Proposed Power Plant

Standards 

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2012-08-054_000000000001008
From: Resources for the Future

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: RFF Seminar - How Carbon Neutral is Bioenergy?

Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:19:32 PM

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How Carbon Neutral is Bioenergy?

An RFF Seminar

March 1, 2012

12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

The IPCC (2006) has supported the view that wood biomass is "carbon neutral" in that its

use for bioenergy has zero net carbon emissions since the emissions released in its

utilization for energy are subsequently captured in forest regrowth. This generally accepted

view, however, has recently come under increasing criticism from various sources. Using

a static accounting life cycle type analysis, for example, the Manomet study (2010)

suggests that the use of wood for biofuels will result in a drawdown of the forest stock and

a net reduction in the carbon captured in the forest, at least for very long periods.

To properly account for the emissions from wood used for bioenergy, however, one must

move beyond a static lifecycle analysis to consider intertemporal market system

interactions. Our study examines carbon neutrality among commercial forests responding

to market forces. Markets react to price increases on both the demand and supply sides. In

responding to price increases harvests increase thereby decreasing the forest stock.

However, on the supply side forest managers respond to anticipated price increases by

expanding investments in current and future forest stocks. Using a dynamic programing

model we examine the relationship between the declines in forest stock due to harvest and

the expansion of stocks due to investments. The results show that under market optimizing

conditions when future demand is anticipated to increase for significant periods, the

response of managers will be to increase the area and intensity of forest production

thereby offsetting much and often all and more of the carbon rele

Presenter:

Roger Sedjo, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Forest Economics and Policy,

Resources for the Future

When:

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Thursday, March 1, 2012, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

A light lunch will be available at 11:45 a.m.

Where:

Resources for the Future, 1616 P Street NW, Washington, DC

First Floor Conference Center

Registration is required.

To RSVP for this event, please visit RFF's event registration page.

This seminar will also be webcast live beginning at 12:00 p.m.

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2012-08-054_000000000001010
From: Resources for the Future

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: RFF Seminar: Green Infrastructure: Using Natural Landscapes for Flood Mitigation and Water Quality

Improvements

Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 1:34:47 PM

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Green Infrastructure: Using Natural Landscapes for

Flood Mitigation and Water Quality Improvements 

An RFF First Wednesday Seminar

April 4, 2012

12:45 - 2 p.m.

Nature provides a wealth of ecological services: forests store carbon and clean the air;

rivers provide water for drinking and harbor animal species; and wetlands purify

stormwater and serve as buffers against floods. Governments around the world are

increasingly recognizing that this "green infrastructure" can be a cost-effective supplement

or substitute for the "gray infrastructure"—pipes, dams, levees, treatment plants—

traditionally used to control flooding, purify and store water, and reduce urban stormwater

runoff.

At this First Wednesday Seminar, sponsored by RFF's Center for the Management of

Ecological Wealth, panelists will explore what "green infrastructure" means and describe

how to evaluate the costs and benefits of land-use options for reducing flood damages.

They will also discuss the challenges of convincing stakeholders that natural systems can

provide infrastructure services and complement public projects. RFF experts will describe

a case study evaluating flood abatement options in a Wisconsin watershed, and provide

some lessons learned from working to implement a payment for environmental services

program in the Florida Everglades.

Moderator:

Lynn Scarlett, Co-Director, RFF Center for the Management of Ecological Wealth

Panelists:

Margaret Walls, Research Director and Thomas J. Klutznick Senior Fellow, Resources for

the Future

"The Role of Land Use Policies in Minimizing Flood Damages" 

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Len Shabman, Resident Scholar, Resources for the Future

"A Green Infrastructure Contribution to Everglades Restoration"

What:

RFF First Wednesday Seminar

When:

Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 12:45 - 2 p.m.

A light lunch will be available at 12:30 p.m.

Where:

Resources for the Future, 1616 P Street NW, Washington, DC

First Floor Conference Center

Registration is required.

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Watch the Q&A at the end of the event to see if it is selected.

At RFF's monthly First Wednesday Seminar series, scholars and experts

exchange ideas and views with the RFF community on important energy,

environmental, and natural resource topics.

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2012-08-054_000000000001012
From: Carbon Trust

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Saving energy just got even more rewarding

Date: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 4:59:26 AM

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2012-08-054_000000000001014
From: Clifford, Hillary

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Senate Hearing on Energy Policy

Date: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 1:34:36 PM

Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Tax Reform and Energy Policy

Interesting points:

Dr. Jorgenson proposed a system of taxing energy consumption where coal would have a high tax

rate, oil should have a low tax rate, and natural gas should have the lowest tax rate except for

renewables which shouldn’t be taxed. This will move the market towards consumption of natural

gas and renewables.

Mr. Sharp said that tax breaks and subsidies have been helpful in developing infant industries and

new technologies but they should not exist indefinitely and apply to mature industries and

technology.

Senator Bingamen said that all energy technologies should have the same tax benefits while

Senator Menendez asked why the US is giving tax benefits to the very profitable oil industry.

One Senator wondered how the US could use the tax code to level the playing field; Mr. Nickles

said that the US should be allowing deductions but not subsidies and all industries should be

treated the same as far as taxation is concerned. Mr. Sharp said that tax policy should be used to

encourage infant industries and the development of new technology. Mr. Sharp’s printed testimony

discusses the need for carbon taxes but this was not actually addressed in the hearing. Dr.

Jorgenson said that it is important that the environmental costs of energy consumption are reflected

in the tax code.

Senator Carper proposed an investment tax credit on wind power rather than a production tax credit

in order to encourage the development of an off-shore wind industry. Dr. Jorgenson wondered how

it would be paid for in the current fiscal climate.

Senator Hatch is not sure if the tax code is the appropriate place for US energy policy, and feels

that the tax code should be simplified.

Please let me know if you have any questions about the hearing.

Hillary Clifford

Environment and Energy Office

Department of the Treasury

(202)-622-9197

2012-08-054_000000000001015
From: Urbanas, Elizabeth (Beth)

To: Jaffe, Judson; Metcalf, Gilbert; Hall, Daniel

Subject: Social Cost of Carbon Meeting

Date: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:28:50 AM

I am gonna take a pass on this one so I sit down with folks and make sure our budget roll out stuff is in

on track/in order. I grab a read out from one of you. 

2012-08-054_000000000001016
From: Urbanas, Elizabeth (Beth)

To: Jaffe, Judson; Metcalf, Gilbert; Hall, Daniel

Subject: Social Cost of Carbon Meeting

Date: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:29:33 AM

I am gonna take a pass on this one so I can sit down with folks and make sure our budget roll out stuff

is in on track/in order. I will grab a read out from one of you. 

2012-08-054_000000000001017
From: ACORE

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Special Webinar - Biofuels and the US Military

Date: Friday, March 16, 2012 3:53:07 PM

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Biofuels and the U.S. MilitaryJoin us April 4, 2012

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This webinar will examine the strategies, opportunities and obstacles related to the expanded use of biofuels in

support of national defense focusing on three major areas:What is being done to advance collaborations between

the U.S. Military and the Biofuels industry and initiatives to increase the production and use of advanced biofuels?

What are the obstacles to scaling up the use of biofuels by the military and how can they be addressed effectively?

From a production standpoint - what is required to make production volumes and prices viable for DoD?Speakers

will highlight innovative ways the DoD is collaborating with private sector industries and advanced biofuel

technologies to enhance combat operations, lower costs and support the military's mission to draw 25% of its

energy from renewable sources by 2025.

Call Times:

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Eastern

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Co-Chairs:

Bill Holmberg, Chairman, Biomass Coordinating Council (BCC) of ACORE

Scott Sklar, Stella Group, Ltd.

Moderator:

Michael Zimmer, Thompson Hine LLP

Speakers:

Suzanne Hunt, Carbon War Room

Joe Vollmer, Sturman Industries

TBA, Solazyme

Chris Tindal, U.S. Navy (invited)

Q&A:

Q & A session will follow the speakers' presentations. Please use the "ask question" button on your

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2012-08-054_000000000001019
From: Urbanas, Elizabeth (Beth)

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Tentative: Social Cost of Carbon Meeting

Start: Thursday, February 09, 2012 2:45:00 PM

End: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:45:00 PM

Location: @EPA: Meet inside South Entrance of MT to walk over to EPA together

2012-08-054_000000000001020
From: Urbanas, Elizabeth (Beth)

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Tentative: Social Cost of Carbon Meeting

Start: Thursday, February 09, 2012 2:45:00 PM

End: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:45:00 PM

Location: @EPA: Meet inside South Entrance of MT to walk over to EPA together

2012-08-054_000000000001021
From: ACORE

To: Jaffe, Judson

Subject: Tomorrow_Feb. 15 Webinar: State Renewables Policies - Lessons Learned

Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 9:05:14 AM

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State Renewables Policies ? Lessons Learned After A Decade of Success

Join us live February 15, 2012 in a city near you or via telephone & webinar.

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A decade of state leadership for renewable energy faces unparalleled future changes in the U.S. The states have

served as innovative laboratories of renewable energy development bolstered by strong federal support in 2009

with energy tax credit extensions, Section 1603 Treasury grants, bonus depreciation and federal Section 1705 loan

guarantees. Over $50 billion in federal financial support flowed to renewables over the past five years.

The next decade faces a new landscape for future renewables development in the states. Several states like

California, New Jersey, Texas, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts have benchmarked

certain practices, success and achievements.

But the federal government has not delivered a national clean energy standard, tax planning uncertainty continues,

no internal carbon standard exists, and we lack a clear national energy policy. What will states' renewables 2.0

look like this decade? How can states build off their own success, while emphasizing a new vision for renewable

policies this decade using:

* Innovative PACE financing; new financing incentives

* Premium dispatchable renewables, expanding SREC?s

* New regulatory incentives, tariffs for net metering, easier interconnections and new rate designs

* Co-benefits with natural gas, air regulation

* Transmission and storage, new ancillary services, and avoided T&D costs

* Creative state implementation plans (SIPS) under the Clean Air Act for new source performance review, using

efficiency and waste heat recovery

* Wastes as fuel

* Distributed generation

* Alternative fuels for vehicles

* Growing military installations and bases

* Importance of commercial, industrial buildings

With state energy tools and opportunities to shape indeterminacy, and with new policy and market strategies, how

will new developments shape renewables to solidify positions in the top ten states over the upcoming decade? How

will the new shale gas interface affect state renewable opportunities in North Dakota, Oklahoma, Wyoming,

Colorado, Texas, Arkansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York?

Join us for this provocative and forward looking discussion.

Q & A Submission:

Q & A both on the teleconference and live at the host firm sites, will follow the speakers' presentations. Please

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Teleconference Co-Chairs:

Robert F. Riley, Partner, Williams Mullen PC (Washington, D.C.)

Michael W. Wise, McDonald Hopkins, LLC

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Legislative Update:

Todd Foley, SVP, Policy & Government Relations, ACORE

Moderators:

Michael J. Zimmer, Senior Counsel, Thompson Hine LLP

Michael W. Wise, McDonald Hopkins, LLC

Speakers:

Lori Bird, Senior Analyst, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Lewis Milford, President, Clean Energy Group (CEG)

Eric Ackerman, Director, Alternative Regulation, Edison Electric Institute (EEI)

Brad Copithorne, Energy and Financial Policy Specialist, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)

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