Climate Action Reserve Board of Directors Meeting
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
9:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT
Agenda and participation information to be posted shortly
During its June meeting, the Climate Action Reserve Board of Directors will consider for adoption the Nitrogen Management Project Protocol V1.0 and the updated U.S. and Article 5 Ozone Depleting Substances Project Protocols V2.0.

Submitting Compliance Offset Projects Under California's Cap and Trade Program
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT
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The Climate Action Reserve is now accepting submissions for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction projects under California's cap-and-trade protocols while it undergoes the application process to become a California Air Resources Board (ARB) accredited offset project registry. Project owners and developers may submit project documents to the Reserve to get a head start in obtaining review of project documents, ensure their adherence to ARB's adopted offset protocols and list the projects in the Reserve's registry. Please join us for a public webinar providing an overview of ARB's compliance protocols and detailing the process for submitting a compliance project.  

Taking Shape: The Compliance Market for Offsets under California Cap-and-Trade
Thursday, May 24, 2012
10:00 am - 11:00 am PDT
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The Reserve is pleased to present an informational webinar on the emerging landscape of the compliance market for carbon offsets under the California cap-and-trade program. Special guest speakers from Southern California Edison, TerraPass and Bank of America Merrill Lynch will discuss approaches to mitigate invalidation risk and meet necessary credit requirements for procuring compliance offsets, with a special focus on compliance offsets from livestock methane projects.

The Offsets Component of California Cap-and-Trade for the Electric Power Industry
Friday, June 8, 2012
9:00 am - 12:00 pm PDT
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The Climate Action Reserve invites you to attend a half-day workshop on using carbon offsets by companies in the electric power sector for compliance with California's cap-and-trade program. The workshop will feature an introduction to the Reserve program and the role of offsets under the California cap-and-trade regulation. It will include presentations by the Climate Action Reserve, Pacific Gas & Electric, as well as Evolution Markets, a broker of offset credits, to provide insight into the market for compliance offsets and allowances. It will be useful for regulated entities, specifically from the electric power sector, to learn about how to most cost-effectively meet their compliance obligations under the cap and trade rule. This workshop is free, and open to the public, however you must register in advance.

Update on Quebec's Cap-and-Trade Program, Linkage with California, and the Role of Offsets
Thursday, June 21, 2012
10:00 am - 11:00 am PDT
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Please join the Climate Action Reserve, as we host special guest speaker Robert Noël de Tilly, Senior Policy Advisor, Climate Change Office, Ministry of Environment for the Province of Quebec, for a update on Quebec's cap-and-trade program, how it will be linked with California, and the role of offsets for compliance with both programs. This free, one-hour webinar will cover issues related to program design elements of the developing cap-and-trade regulations in Quebec, with a focus on the linkage of the two jurisdictions' respective compliance markets for offsets.

Introduction to the Climate Action Reserve and California Offsets
Thursday, June 7, 2012
10:00 am - 11:00 am PDT
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The Reserve is pleased to present an introductory webinar on the Climate Action Reserve program and California's developing offsets program. The webinar is primarily designed for compliance buyers in the California cap-and-trade program, and will cover California's currently approved protocols, other protocol types under consideration, offset supply and demand, and other issues in the California carbon market.

Climate Action Reserve-Biogas USA Carbon Offsets Workshop
Thursday, June 21, 2012
9:00 am - 12:00 pm CDT
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The Reserve, in collaboration with Biogas USA, invites you to attend a half-day workshop featuring an introduction to the Reserve, an overview of the Reserve's Livestock and Organic Waste Digestion (OWD) protocols, and information on the role of offsets as compliance instruments in California's cap-and-trade program. Regulated entities under the state's cap-and-trade program will be able to purchase livestock methane offset credits in order to meet their compliance obligations. The workshop will be useful for project developers, waste managers, biogas developers and brokers, consultants, verifiers, and anyone interested in participating in the California carbon market.

Protocol-Specific Lead Verifier Certification Exams
Thursday, June 21, 2012
9:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT
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Protocol-specific Lead Verifier Certification Exams will be administered for all protocols at the Reserve's headquarters in Los Angeles.

Forests and Urban Forests Verification Training
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
10:00 am - 6:00 pm PDT
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This is a mandatory course for Lead Verifiers wishing to perform verification in this sector. The training will review forest project accounting concepts and principles, performance monitoring and reporting instructions, protocol eligibility requirements, baseline calculation methodologies, core verification activities and procedures for completing verification within the Reserve. This course includes an exam and Certificate of Completion if passed.

Nitric Acid Production Project Verification Training
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
10:00 am - 6:00 pm PDT
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Please join the Reserve for a training course on conducting verifications for nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions abatement projects at nitric acid plants. This is a mandatory course for Lead Verifiers wishing to perform verification in this sector. The training will review the eligibility criteria and methodology for quantifying, monitoring and verifying GHG reductions from N2O emissions reduction projects. This course includes an exam and Certificate of Completion if passed.

Ozone Depleting Substances Verification Training
Thursday, July 26, 2012
10:00 am - 6:00 pm PDT
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This is a mandatory course for Lead Verifiers wishing to perform verification in this sector. The training will review the eligibility criteria and the methodology for quantifying and monitoring the GHG reductions from projects that destroy domestic or imported ODS with high global warming potential that would have otherwise been vented to the atmosphere. This course includes an exam and Certificate of Completion if passed.

Public Comment Period for Nitrogen Management Project Protocol
Due by: Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 5:00 pm PDT
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The Climate Action Reserve has developed an agriculture sector Nitrogen Management Project Protocol (NMPP) to provide guidance on how to quantify, monitor, and verify greenhouse gas emission reductions from improving nitrogen use efficiency in crop production. The draft protocol is available for public review and comment and will be considered for adoption by the Reserve Board of Directors during its meeting on June 27. Please submit public comments by Wednesday, May 23.

Carbon Offsets and the Urban Forest
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
8:00 am - 4:30 pm PDT
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Learn about carbon offsets and the urban forest at an upcoming conference on June 6 at UC Davis. Gain the tools you'll need to implement urban forestry projects and learn how urban forestry projects are a cost-effective way to build your carbon offset portfolio. Joel Levin, the Reserve's VP of Business Development will speak at the conference and be available for questions. 

Popular Critiques of Carbon Offsets: Real Answers to Big Questions
Thursday, June 7, 2012
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT
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Despite significant improvements to transparency and credibility in the voluntary market, including the proliferation of project standards and retail consumer protection programs like Green-e Climate, some people are still wary of carbon offsets. This webinar presented by CRS will address the popular criticisms of offsets and how the market has adjusted (or still needs to adjust) in response, and what alternatives currently exist for consumers. The Climate Action Reserve will be featured as guest speakers.