Workshops & seminars

The Role of Carbon Offsets: Deep Dive

Date & time

Thursday, November 18, 2021
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Registration is closed

Speaker(s)

Benedikt von Butler

Cost

This event is free

Organization

Sustainability Ecosystem

Contact

Sustainability Ecosystem

Where

Online

About the Event

Following COP 26 and the discussion around Article 6, this event will do a deep dive into carbon markets, carbon offsetting, and the possibilities of reaching Paris Alignment. In short, Article 6 allows a country that has exceeded its Paris climate pledge to sell any excess to a country that has fallen short of its own targets. This overachievement could be in terms of emission reductions, but it could also include other types of targets. It would also establish a new international carbon market governed by a UN body for trading emissions reductions generated anywhere in the world by the public or private sectors. Join us as an expert in the field, Benedikt von Butler, who has worked in carbon markets since 2001, shares his knowledge with the audience. 

Audience

Professionals from all sectors, with an interest in the topic

About the Speakers

Benedikt von Butler is currently the partner and portfolio manager of Evolution Environmental Asset Management. He is passionate about environmental markets and the transition towards sustainable living. He is particularly intrigued using markets and carbon pricing to steer funds towards projects with environmental and social benefits. In 2001 he started working in carbon markets and in 2003 he helped structure the first ever transaction of European CO2 emission permits (EUAs). In the years since, he has been involved in trading and structuring millions of carbon credits (EUA, CER, ERU, AAU, VER etc), thus financing emission reduction measures all over the world, and started to get involved in sustainable biomass trading. He is particularly proud of the first carbon financed microcredit project, located in Mongolia, which he helped develop at Citigroup.

Over the years he has advised several banks, financial institutions, governments, and industrial multinationals on carbon risks (and opportunities) and have been quoted in the FT, WSJ, Bloomberg, and The Economist. He has also been a regular speaker at international carbon conferences and was a guest lecturer at various MBA programs in the US and UK. Benedikt holds master’s degrees from the Free University (Berlin) as well as from Columbia University (New York).

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Other learning lab in this series

November 25, 2021 — The Role of Carbon Offsets - Debate

About the Sustainability Ecosystem

The Sustainability Ecosystem fosters constructive interactions and strengthens multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder collaboration in Montreal and beyond. The group creates opportunities to meet and exchange information, experiences, and ideas for collaboration.