The U.S. is about to enter the carbon constrained world. Today, we are facing impending federal carbon cap and trade legislation in 2009. Already states on both coasts and the Midwest are already implementing carbon regulation. However, there is much confusion on how these markets develop. Peter Fusaro has been actively engaged on energy and environmental issues for over 34 years from both public policy and capital markets, and has been involved in climate change initiatives since 1990. This market is very complex and can be hard for the layman to understand. Peter’s insights into carbon market developments are now sought by industry professionals, financial institutions, technology companies and policy makers in order to simplify market design as well as identify investment opportunities. Recognizing the need for his unique expertise, Peter is offering a continuously revised four hour course on carbon market developments in the U.S. and Europe from 2008 due to the dynamism of the market and policy developments.

Since December 2006, more than 800 professionals have taken Peter Fusaro’s webinars, classroom seminars, and in-house trainings on green trading, cleantech & emissions trading, renewable energy trading and carbon market developments. Law firms, trade associations and leading universities throughout the US and Europe have invited Peter to present his “Introduction to Carbon Markets and Finance’ seminar.

This 4 hour class incorporates the following elements:

• What are Environmental Financial Markets
• What is Carbon Trading
• What is Carbon Finance What is Cap and Trade
• What is the US Congress Now Considering
• What Impacts Will Federal Legislation Have on the California and Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Markets.
• What is the EU Emissions Trading Scheme Phase 2
• What is the Role of the Chicago Climate Exchange
• What is Green Trading
• How Does all of this Impact Projects
• How Does it Impact my Company
• What is the Impact on Technology Choices
• What are Renewable Energy Credits, Renewable Fuel Standards and Renewable Portfolio Standards
• Why is this Market so Complex
• Status of the New Green Business Model for Hedge Funds, VC and Private Equity

Schedule:

12:30 - 1:00 PM - Registration

1:00 - 3:00 PM - Introduction to Carbon Trading & Market Developments

3:00 - 3:15 PM - Break

3:15 - 4:45 PM - Carbon Trading & Projects

4:45 - 5:00 PM - Seminar Wrap Up

Your Instructor:

Peter C. Fusaro is Chairman of Global Change Associates in New York and is the best selling author of “What Went Wrong at Enron.” He has been actively engaged on energy and environmental issues for 34 years. Peter is an energy industry thought leader noted for his keen insights in emerging energy and environmental financial markets for many decades. He has been on the forefront of energy and environmental change for over 30 years focusing on. oil, gas, power, coal, emissions, carbon trading and renewable energy markets. Peter is currently advising in the clean energy technology arena and is on the board of 6 cleantech startups. Peter has been selected for Who’s Who in America 2007-2009 and Who’s Who World for 2009. Peter coined the term “Green Trading” and “Green Finance,” and holds the annual Wall Street Green Trading Summit VIII (www.wsgts.com) in New York each spring. He is also a well known expert on Asia Pacific energy and environmental markets. In 2004, he co-founded the Energy Hedge Fund Center LLC (www.energyhedgefunds.com). Peter has authored 15 books on energy and environmental trading. His four most recent books have been “Energy and Environmental Trading Law,” “Cut Carbon, Grow Profits,” “Energy & Emissions: Collision or Convergence,” and “ Energy & Environmental Hedge Funds: The New Investment Paradigm.” Peter graduated with an MA in International Relations from Tufts University and a BA from Carnegie Mellon University.


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