Climate Finance and Carbon Markets Africa 2012 | Johannesburg, South Africa

Now in its 5th year, Climate Finance & Carbon Markets Africa is ideally positioned as the must attend follow-up meeting to the UNFCCC’s COP 17 in Durban.
Climate Finance & Carbon Markets Africa brings together representation from across the value chain for two days of intensive discussion, networking and solutions to identify how to move forward in a changing policy environment, whilst finding practical strategies to overcome the challenges faced over the cycle of developing a project.
Register your interest for Climate Finance & Carbon Markets Africa 2012
As the international community descends on South Africa for critical talks between 28th November and 9th December, many key decisions are expected, mapping out the global climate change policy beyond the expiration of the Kyoto Protocol at the end of 2012. In the aftermath of the Durban meeting, Climate Finance & Carbon Markets Africa will break down the key outcomes and what they mean for Africa, working towards answering ‘What Next?’ for stakeholders in the African climate finance sector.
In what promises to be a critical year, Climate Finance & Carbon Markets Africa 2012 is the perfect opportunity to take action and maximise your presence in the African climate sector.
Early confirmed speakers for 2012:

Nelly Magubane, Director General, Department of Energy, South Africa
Adam Simcock, Chief Executive Officer, Carbon Check, South Africa
Geoff Sinclair, Head of Carbon Trading, Standard Bank, UK
Kevin Whitfield, Head, African Treasury and Financial Products Unit, Nedbank Capital, South Africa
Henk Sa, Managing Director, Ecometrix, South Africa
Antoine Degri, Chief Executive Officer, ADERCI, Ivory Coast
Ntombifuthi Ntuli, Business to Business Programme Officer, Danish Embassy, South Africa
Enoch Lerato Liphoto, Senior Advisor, Climate Change, Eskom Holdings, South Africa
Hussein Elhag, Executive Director, Africa Energy Commission, Algeria
Georges Bakaly, Managing Director, WESD Capital, DRC
Bubu Jallow, Chief Technical Adviser, Department of Water Resources, The Gambia
Amos Wafula Wekesa, Environmental and Climate Change Advisor, VI-Agroforestry Programme Eastern Africa, Kenya

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Key Topics:
• Break-down the decisions made at COP 17 and the implications for Africa
• Develop your strategy in a changing landscape for climate policy and the carbon markets
• Hear from a diverse range of financiers on the key for attracting investment into your project
• Realise the potential to scale-up with an update on programmatic climate projects
• Learn from the experiences of a host of African case studies- what problems were faced and how can successes be replicated elsewhere?
• Demystifying renewable energy and carbon finance in Africa
• Improving energy access and making renewable energy available to the rural poor
• Focus on the unique issues central to developing forestry and agriculture climate projects with a dedicated one day forum
• Bringing REDD+ to the market – financing mechanisms and program considerations
• The progress of climate smart agriculture – frameworks and sustainable techniques
What Climate Finance and Carbon Markets Africa can do for you:
• Position your company as a leader in a new era for the African climate sector
• Enhance your business connections with unrivalled networking opportunities
• Capitalise on carbon market opportunities in Africa’s 33 LDCs
• Seek out new markets for renewable energy projects
• Discover the emerging sectors and project types that represent early entry opportunities

To find out more details about sponsoring or exhibiting at this event please contact
Natalia Valencia: Call +44 (0) 203 3384 6214 or email natalia.valencia@greenpowerconferences.com