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2nd Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Carbon Forum
The Forum is being hosted by the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) and organized by the World Bank Carbon Finance-Assist Program, in partnership with the French Agence Francaise de Development (AFD), the Fonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial (FFEM), the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) and the World Bank's Global Gas Flaring Reduction (GGFR) unit. The first MENA Carbon Forum - held in Rabat, Morocco, in May 2007 - was highly successful in bringing together over 100 key stakeholders in the global carbon market. The Forum in Egypt builds on the success of the first event in Morocco, and aims to bring to this unique regional platform various stakeholders that are active in the carbon market: project owners and developers, CDM governance bodies, financial institutions, carbon market buyers and intermediaries, and service providers to discuss the latest carbon market developments and to create ample opportunities for networking and business development.
| Period | [06/05/2009 - 07/05/2009] |
|---|---|
| Host | Cairo (Egypt) |
| Event URL | http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/WBI/WBIPROGRAMS/ENRLP/EXTCARFINASS/0,,contentMDK:22065119~pagePK:64168445~piPK:64168309~theSitePK:3287761,00.html |
| Released | 17/04/2009 |
| Contributor | SMAP RMSU |
The event will combine a carbon investment Trade Fair and a conference and policy forum. Specifically, matchmaking sessions will enable potential CDM project participants and developers to showcase their projects to interested parties, including investors and carbon buyers.
The Forum will:
(i) inform and update participants on the latest status and trends of the carbon market, and the international climate change negotiations and their respective implications for the carbon market;
(ii) provide a platform for knowledge sharing on emerging scenarios of the MENA carbon market;
(iii) showcase MENA carbon projects and provide a platform for MENA companies to reach out to carbon market buyers, investors and financiers;
(iv) allow participants to learn about best regional CDM project implementation practices from project developers and independent specialists, covering a broad set of mitigation sectors and technologies, and piloting activities under the programmatic CDM.
As part of the event, the World Bank will present and discuss the outcomes of an analytical and technical study, which was conducted to review and assess the CDM market potential in the MENA region, in particular in terms of the energy sector.