As part of its educational outreach, the Carbon Management Council conducts live webinars on key issues in carbon management. Webinars are free to all Council members. Non-members may attend the live event or view an archived version of the webinar for a fee of $29.99.

What is a Webinar?

A webinar is a seminar, workshop, or presentation that is transmitted over the Web, with one or more presenters who can share information and interact with the audience.

All that's needed for a CMC webinar is a computer, internet access, and an hour of your time. Once you have access, presentations and audio will be streamed to your computer in real-time.

Archived Webinars

Program includes:

• Why sustainability matters to investors
• How taking early action can lead to profitable results
• How one of the world's leading airlines is incorporating sustainability into its operations

Registration

Archived webinars include presentations and the accompanying audio tracks. Council members and attendees of the webinar receive a free archive of the event. The download is available to all others for a fee of $29.99.

Please contact Kyle Gibeault at k.gibeault@carboncouncil.org for access.

Presentation slides (No Audio or Q&A)

Speakers

Dr. Julie Fox Gorte
Senior Vice President for Sustainable Investment, Pax World Management Corp.; Board of Directors, CERES

Dr. Julie Fox Gorte oversees environmental, social, and governance-related research on prospective and current investments as well as Pax's shareholder advocacy and work on public policy advocacy. Previously, Dr. Gorte was Chief Social Investment Strategist for the Calvert Group; Sr. Policy Analyst for Northeast-Midwest Institute; and a Program Manager for the Environmental Protection Agency.

Tim McGraw
Director of Corporate Environment and Safety
Northwest Airlines

Tim McGraw is responsible for NWA's worldwide Employee Safety, Environmental, and Corporate Environmental Responsibility programs. Mr. McGraw oversees NWA's EarthCares program, a company-wide effort to minimize the company's impact on the environment by reducing greenhouse gases, conserving natural resources, and eliminating waste. Mr. McGraw is also responsible for all environmental partnerships, including NWA's $1 million land conservation and carbon offset partnership with the Nature Conservancy.

Program includes:

• An overview of how carbon markets operate
• The relevance of carbon trading to different industry sectors
• Predictions for the future price of carbon
• Expected policy developments in the wake of Lieberman-Warner
• Impact of U.S. regulation on global carbon markets
• Advice for companies interested in participating in these markets

Registration

Archived webinars include presentations, Q&A and the accompanying audio tracks. Council members and webinar attendees receive a free archive of the event. The download is available to all others for a fee of $29.99.

Please contact Kyle Gibeault at k.gibeault@carboncouncil.org for access.

Presentation Slides (No Audio or Q&A)

Speakers

David Hunter
Director, US Policy
International Emissions Trading Association

David Hunter is the Director, US Policy for the International Emissions Trading Association, an organization created to help establish a functional international framework for trading greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Prior to joining IETA, Hunter spent nearly 9 years on Capitol Hill, where he was the principal energy, environment, and climate change advisor to two United States Senators and a Senate committee. He was previously Executive Editor of the Journal of Environment and Development and worked in the White House Office on Environmental Policy as a Department of Energy Global Change Fellow. He holds a bachelor's from Cornell University and a Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego.

Milo Sjardin
Head, North America
New Carbon Finance

Milo is currently Head of New Carbon Finance North America, and has been a leading expert on carbon market analysis and price forecasting over the past four years.  In his current capacity he is responsible for research and analysis into the emerging North American carbon markets including the development of dedicated carbon price forecasting models. He works with major financial and energy sector organisations to help them understand the implications of the climate change legislation in North America. Milo was one of the founding members of New Carbon Finance and prior to his current role he led the development of NCF's quantitative analysis of the European and global Kyoto carbon markets and was the main architect of NCF’s EU ETS and Kyoto models, based out of London. Milo has an undergraduate degree in Physics and a Masters in Energy and Resources from Utrecht University and Imperial College London.

Program includes:

• An overview of how carbon capture and storage (CCS) works, its feasibility and current status of the technology
• The relevance of CCS to different industry sectors
• Remaining challenges and future expectations
• Predictions on cost and magnitude of CCS technology implementation

Registration

Archived webinars include presentations, Q&A and the accompanying audio tracks. Council members and webinar attendees receive a free archive of the event. The download is available to all others for a fee of $29.99.

Please contact Kyle Gibeault at k.gibeault@carboncouncil.org for access.

Presentation Slides (No Audio or Q&A)

Speakers

John Harju
Associate Director for Research
Energy and Environmental Research Center, University of North Dakota

Mr. Harju is the Associate Director for Research, Energy and Environmental Research Center, University of North Dakota. He oversees the Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership, a collaborative effort of public and private sector stakeholders working toward a better understanding of the technical and economic feasibility of capturing and storing anthropogenic CO2 emissions from stationary sources in the central interior of North America. His responsibilities at EERC also include developing and administering environmental programs involving water management and contamination cleanup and building industry–government–academic teams to carry out research, development, demonstration, and commercialization of environmental products and technologies.

Ed Steadman
Senior Research Advisor
Energy and Environmental Research Center, University of North Dakota

Mr. Steadman is the Senior Research Advisor, Energy and Environmental Research Center, University of North Dakota. His responsibilities at EERC include directing a multidisciplinary team of researchers on a carbon sequestration project which details inventories of CO2 sources, geologic and terrestrial sinks, and sequestration infrastructure; identifying CO2 capture and separation technologies; investigating monitoring, mitigation, and verification technologies and permitting requirements; and defining the most promising opportunities for carbon sequestration in nine states and three Canadian provinces.

Dr. Roulet is Senior Advisor for Schlumberger Carbon Services. He has been with Schlumberger for 28 years, holding several technical and management positions in product development for the oilfield services group. He presently is Vice President of EUROGIF (European Oil & Gas Innovation Forum), Executive Advisor to the President of SWS (Schlumberger Water Services) and SCS (Schlumberger Carbon Services). He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Carbon Management Council. Dr. Roulet graduated from the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris and holds a PhD in Nuclear Physics from the University of Paris Orsay.