Thursday, June 12th
1300 Longworth
11am - noon
Designing Offsets Policy: Implications for
Dear Colleague:
As you know, legislation on climate change will be coming to Congress soon. One of the most important aspects of this complex issue is creating a robust and real “offsets” market whereby regulated entities can pay farmers and foresters to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through a number of conservation practices. Getting this mechanism right is extremely important to ensure both a minimal cost to the economy and environmental integrity. Additionally, this issue is of vital importance to
I would like to invite your staff to a briefing with representatives from Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, as well as experts working with the agriculture sector, to discuss offsets infrastructure issues and recommendations from both the offset buyer and seller positions.
If you have any questions, please contact Ashley Martin in my office at 5-2801.
Date: Thursday, June 12, 2008
Time: 11am - 12pm
Place: 1300 Longworth
Speakers:
- Dr. Lydia Olander, author of Nicholas Institute’s Offsets Architecture working group paper
- Tim Profeta, director of
- Sara Hessenflow Harper - The Clark Group - The market potential of agriculture offsets
- Mark Gaede - National Association of Wheat Growers - The stakes for agriculture in climate legislation
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