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Bringing the U.S.
Carbon Market together!
April 7-8, 2009
Walter E. Washington
Convention Center
Washington, D.C.
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 After two days of conference sessions, exhibitor presentations and interaction on the exhibit floor, Carbon TradeEx America came to a close at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. Attendees noted a serious commitment to embrace steps towards a “cap and trade” system in the U.S. Jointly organized by Koelnmesse, Inc. and the Carbon Markets & Investors Association (CMIA) it brought together more than 864 company representatives, consultants and other delegates. More than 96 companies supported the event as exhibitors and partners.
U.K. based Debbie Leitner, Managing Director of Marketing & Communications from Climate Change Capital commented,” Coming from a mature carbon market, we are keeping an eye on what’s taking place in the United States. Carbon TradeEx America is a critical industry event and keeps us current on the state of the U.S. carbon market place.” Added Steven Schleimer, Director of Energy & Environmental Regulation at Barclay’s Capital,” Our group is one of the largest players in the global carbon market. This event helped us to maintain our leadership position and establish relationships with the emerging U.S. Carbon market.” Remarking on the conference sessions, Aimee Barnes, Senior Manager, U.S. Regulatory Affairs at Eco Securities said, “We were impressed with the high level speaker line up which provided a nice confluence of policy makers in the U.S. market.”
Carbon TradeEx America 2009 was the most comprehensive industry event in the U.S. connecting climate policy, carbon markets, energy security, low carbon technology, and the green economic recovery. The event connected industry thought leaders, senior decision-makers, and practitioners interested in one of the biggest policy priorities of the new Obama Administration. read more.
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Let the Media Speak
- Public Financing or Offsets? How Best to Fund Clean Tech for Developing Nations, solve climate
- Obama's Energy Plans Remain Works In Progress on NPR website Listen Now
- James Cameron from Climate Change Capital from the show floor on NPR's Marketplace. website, mp3
- Carbon market is closely watching the U.S. on CNET News
- Merrill Lynch's Karmali discusses role of markets in economic recovery on E&ETV
- Did the White House just allow a massive climate change windfall? a blog from FP
- Carbon trading, some say it's the market of the future from Medill Reports
- Environment friendly businesses trade carbon for clean air from Medill Reports
- Even 'Green' Trade Not Immune To Economic Woes on NPR's Morning Edition
- Climate Change: Carbon Markets, event coverage from The Nature Conservancy
- Carbon Markets Slow Down, coverage from the Worldwatch Institute
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More about the Event
Carbon TradeEx America serves the national education, networking and business needs of all current and future carbon market players.
- Deliver your carbon reduction technology, offset projects and carbon market services to this growing global market
- Meet the international experts, innovators, and suppliers that are driving the growth of the carbon trading globally
- Conduct business and build partnerships in the emerging US carbon markets
- Explore carbon emissions policies, offsets standards and approaches to trading
Carbon TradeEx America meets the demand for a comprehensive conference program paired with a high quality exhibition and networking platform focused on the emerging US carbon market while examining lessons from other markets. According to a New Carbon Finance report, the value of the carbon market stood at an estimated 118 billion dollars in 2008, up from only 30 billion dollars in 2006. Carbon trading in North America is still at its infancy, however is anticipated to become a hot commodity with rapid growth rates over the next few years. Carbon TradeEx America is designed to help you maximize your potential during this time of accelerated growth!
Carbon TradeEx America Delivers:
- Key Industry Contacts
- Top Tier Industry Speakers
- Training, Tips and Business Opportunities
- Review of International Standards on Carbon Emission legislation
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- Cost Effective Exposure
- Extensive Congress Program
- International Networking Opportunities
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Koelnmesse is a global leader in producing trade shows and conferences for the environmental industry. Our proven success in global and regional events as communication & information platforms for the carbon business market is shown through the continued support of business, science and government organizations. Our events are designed to bring people together to learn, share, do business and see friends. Carbon TradeEx America is set to be the Conference and Trade Show that is sure to set the direction for the Americas.
For more information please visit http://www.koelnmessenafta.com.
Carbon Markets & Investors Association (CMIA) is an international trade association
representing financial institutions and other service providers to the global carbon market. CMIA was created to ensure the progressive business voice is heard - market-friendly climate change policy can create new business opportunities.
CMIA member companies work directly in reducing carbon emissions and provide highly-skilled jobs, and added value to the economy through their efforts to combat climate change. Our international membership accounts for an estimated three quarters of the transaction value in the global carbon market, expected to be worth more than $100 billion in 2008, and expected to grow to an estimated USD 1 trillion by 2020.
For more information please visit http://www.cmia.net.
We get business and government leaders talking – CEOs talking to heads of state, senior VPs to policymakers. And we concentrate on building the economic case for taking action against climate change. Because we believe that’s the best way to make change happen.
We broker partnerships and harness investment in low-carbon technologies. Because we can only tackle the climate issue if business, government and civil society work together.
We share practical ideas so others can be inspired and learn from them. We run leadership groups and webinars on issues like carbon management and energy efficiency. And we commission research, like our ICT study and Climate Change Consumer Research programme.
We focus on ‘game changing’ initiatives, because they’re the ones that will make the biggest difference in the least amount of time.
We act independently with no political agenda or any vested interest. And our plans are flexible, because the climate change challenge is evolving every day.
For more information please visit http://www.theclimategroup.com.
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