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Key Issues & Opportunities for Singapore Companies INTRODUCTIONIt is increasingly clear that climate change or global warming is one of the major environmental challenges of our time. Extreme weather patterns in 2005 have threatened lives and disrupted economies in many parts of the world. Increasing scientific evidence suggests a link between global warming and such natural disasters. This calls for greater efforts around the world to slow down or reduce the emission of greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. Singapore’s commitment to climate change is consistent with our good record on environmental issues. We have been a signatory to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) since 1997 and has acceded to the Kyoto Protocol (KP) in 2006. There are opportunities arising from action on climate change and Singapore could capitalise on these. Under the KP, non-Annex I countries such as Singapore can participate in Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects and earn tradable carbon credits issued by the UNFCCC. The National Environment Agency (NEA) will serve as the Designated National Authority (DNA) for the approval and registration of CDM projects in Singapore. Also under the KP, developed countries could buy carbon credits to help meet their emission-reduction targets. As a result, carbon trading markets such as the EU Emissions Trading Scheme have developed. To explore opportunities relating to emissions reduction and carbon trading, IE Singapore has helped form an iPartner consortium of Singapore-based environmental technology companies. The consortium is led by Asia Carbon, one of the first-movers in the carbon emissions trading industry. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN This seminar aims to create an awareness among business and industry leaders on the issues and opportunities in addressing climate change and will cover the following topics:
WHO SHOULD ATTEND Business Leaders, Carbon Consultants, Banks/Financial Institutions, Project Developers etc. ABOUT THE SPEAKERS Matthias Roth is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the National University of Singapore. He holds MSc degrees from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich and the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver and a PhD from UBC. His research interests include micro and boundary-layer climatology with emphasis on the meteorology of the urban atmosphere. His current research projects include methodological considerations for urban observations of turbulence and the measurement of CO2 and energy balance fluxes in Singapore. Dr Roth is a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society (UK), a certified consulting meteorologist (CMOS, Canada), Secretary of the International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC) and President-elect of IAUC. Jolene Lin is an Associate of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL). She graduated from the London School of Economics and New York University School of Law. She has collaborated with the Centre of Environmental and Land Use Law (NYU) and the Foundation of International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD) on climate change research. In 2003, she was a member of the World Bank delegation to a workshop, organized by the European Commission and the World Bank, on the legal aspects of implementing the Kyoto Protocol mechanisms. With the support of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, Jolene Lin researched on the feasibility of introducing emissions trading in Singapore. Jolene has published in the Georgetown International Environmental Law Review, the Yearbook of International Environmental Law, the Australian Journal of Asian Law and the Singapore Year Book of International Law. She is also the International Environmental Law editor of the Singapore Year Book of International Law. Teo Eng Dih is the Account Manager of Corporate Group (International Trading) and Assistant Manager of International Operations, North Asia & Pacific (Japan) Division in International Enterprise Singapore. Ho Hiang Kwee is the Director of Energy Systems Laboratory and Associate Professor from the School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering in Nanyang Technological University. A/P Ho received his university education at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) under a Colombo Plan and NTI scholarship respectively. He worked as a marine engineer in Neptune Orient Lines from 1981-3, both on board ships, and in shipyards in Singapore and Japan, before joining NTI (now NTU). At NTU, he is active in teaching and research activities in thermodynamics, computer applications in engineering, and energy, including fuel cell-based integrated energy systems, and assessment of competing energy technologies. He chaired the R&D workgroup of the National Energy Efficiency and co-chaired the Energy Tech Scan panel set up by A*STAR in 2005-6. He is also the Immediate Past Chair of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Singapore Section. He has participated in several high-level energy-related study trips to US, Europe and Japan, and training programs funded by the Japanese Government on energy efficiency and new and renewable energy. He has served as consultant and technical adviser to several companies and government agencies, including the RSAF, DSTA, NEA, EDB, MTI and MEWR in the areas of energy efficiency, aircraft engines, fuel cells and energy policy. His latest consultation work for the Singapore government was for a study on ratification of the Kyoto Protocol. Vinod Kesava is the Group Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of Asia Carbon Group of companies. Vinod has been responsible for the founding and setting-up of the Asia Carbon Asset Development Facility (ACaDF), a unique initiative, which has been responsible for funding CDM and JI project development across the globe, absorbing the registration risk for project owners. ACaDF has also contributed to adding liquidity in the ACX-Change TM. He is the prime mover in developing the auction model to trade CER forwards from CDM projects and he helped jump start the on-line global trade in carbon credits ahead of the market. The trade in CER forwards on an open trading platform is recognised as the best initiative yet in the carbon market that facilitate s price discovery and transparency. N.Yuvaraj Dinesh Babu is the Head of Climate Change and Director of Carbon Trading in Asia Carbon International B.V. Dinesh, holding B.E (Mechanical Engineering) and M.Tech (Energy Conservation & Management), continues to develop ACG’s the CDM projects portfolio under the group’s Asia Carbon Asset Development Facility (ACaDF). He is also involved in the operations of the Asia Carbon Exchange, the World’s first CDM focused exchange. Dinesh was Fellow at The Energy and Resources Institute in New Delhi in the field of Climate Change, prior to joining Asia Carbon. William Goh is the Executive Director of IUT Global. Mr Chow Tee Jin is the Project Director of Hazelberg Limited. A member of the Spore Concrete Institute, he has about 15 years experiences in the Industrial Minerals and Chemicals business in particular construction chemicals and additives for the construction industry. Currently working on Fly ash projects with Hazelberg Asia to promote the use of fly ash in concrete applications. Hazelberg Limited is a specialist in the technology of recycling, production and technical marketing of flyash from coal fired power stations. The management of Hazelberg has extensive experience in the flyash business, including the processing of high quality flyash for major infrastructure projects such as dams, bridges, toll ways, flyovers, commercial office buildings and shopping complexes. Asia Carbon International B.V. - Asia Carbon Group (ACG) of companies is a global leader in carbon advisory, carbon finance and carbon asset management services. Its primary objective is to mitigate global warming and initiate sustainable development through the application of the Kyoto Protocol financial mechanisms, in particular, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Joint Implementation (JI) and Emissions Trading. The Group presently owns 14 entities in 9 countries with a strong presence in The Netherlands (as Annex I country) in developing CDM and JI projects while simultaneously aggregating Annex I buyers of carbon credits. The Group also has a strong Asian presence through its operations in Singapore (a Non Annex I country) where it actively aggregates Sellers of Certified Emission Reduction(s) or CERs from Asia, Africa and Latin America. Asia Carbon's Carbon Advisory Services team comprises a gamut of professionals, offering a range of solutions for optimizing returns for projects that reduce Green House Gas emissions. Its services include CDM due diligence, Project Design Document preparation, facilitating host country approval thereby proceeding to validation and registration with the CDM Executive Board of UNFCCC. ACG also developed the world's first CDM-focused Exchange, ACX-Change TM, which is an online trading platform. ACX-Change TM has been internationally acclaimed for its initiatives. Presently the platform facilitates forward trades in CERs between buyer and seller to ensure outmost transparency in all trades leading to price discovery. For more information on the activities of Asia Carbon Group, please visit www.asiacarbon.com Last updated on 25 Jun 08
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