Reports
December 28, 2007
The New Markets for Environmental Services
Sissel Waage, Director, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
The natural environment provides society with essential services—such as clean air and reliable flows of clean water—which are increasingly being valued in financial terms. Environmental markets— some regulatory and others voluntary—are now trading credits as well as derivatives. Regulatory environmental markets are operating in Europe, the U.S., Australia and other countries around the world. Voluntary markets and business-to-business “payments for environmental services” (PES) deals are also underway, in both industrialized and developing countries. These markets and transactions are sending price signals about environmental values. The result is that businesses can place a financial value not only on environmental compliance, but also increasingly on voluntary actions. Read more
December 9, 2007
Biofuels for Transportation: The Next Energy Revolution or a Fix That Fails?
November 9, 2007
Bio-Carbon and Corporate Climate Strategy: A Business Brief on Emissions Reductions, Presentation
November 9, 2007
Bio-Carbon and Corporate Climate Strategy: A Business Brief on Emissions Reductions Via Forestry
Sissel Waage, Director, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services; Ryan Schuchard, Manager, Climate and Energy
Emma Stewart
