Growing importance of combating climate change

May 10-11, 2010, New Delhi 

Carbon Trading is picking up fast due to growing importance of combating climate change. The programme is one of a kind, providing a platform for major stakeholders in the carbon markets to discuss the way forward of this burgeoning market. Shri J.M.Mauskar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Govt. of India; Mr. Thomas Matussek, German Ambassador to India; Mr. Franzjosef. Schafhausen, Deputy Director General ‘Environment and Energy’ – BMU and Mr. Stefan Helming, Country Director, GTZ, India inaugurated the conference. While the conference brainstormed on the new and pertinent issues like:

• Nationally appropriate Mitigation Actions: The German and India Perspective
• Programme of Activities: Challenges and Opportunities
• Experiences and Nightmares in Carbon Transaction
• Small and Medium Enterprises: Potential Untapped
• Existing & Emerging Sectors
• Future of Carbon Market: Post Kyoto

121 B2B (Business to Business) meetings took place for direct business negotiations between Buyers/ Investors/ Technology Transferors from European nations mainly from Germany and the CDM project proponents from India.  High level one to one meetings provided an insight to climate change issues and policies in Indian context and India’s stand on these issues beyond 2012. Future areas of cooperation and core climate change issues pertaining to energy and environment in India were also discussed.