Accurate accounting through monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) is the cornerstone of an effective strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Further, reaching a post-2012 climate change agreement will hinge on the trust parties have in one another to carry out their obligations and on their ability to hold one another accountable for doing so. To support this, the Bali Action Plan calls for mitigation that is “measurable, reportable and verifiable.” Harmonizing global standards for MRV is necessary both to ensure comparable actions between countries and to prevent weaker regional standards from reducing the credibility of world carbon markets. Panelists will discuss how to ensure that a “ton of carbon” has the same meaning throughout the world, provide accountability, and link global carbon markets.

Chair

Doug Scott
Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Moderator

Diane Wittenberg
Executive Director of The Climate Registry

Speakers

[Speaker] Richard Barber
Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering at Carbonflow

[Speaker] Dewen Mei
General Manager of the China Beijing Environmental Exchange

[Speaker] Dr. An Feng
Executive Director of the China Energy and Climate Registry

[Speaker] Jennifer Layke
Acting Director of the Climate and Energy Program at the World Resources Institute

[Speaker] Reiner Musier
Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of APX, Inc.

[Speaker] Ignacio Sanchez
Deputy Director General of the European Emission Trading Scheme and Technology Innovation, Spain

[Speaker] Dr. Osvaldo Stella
Project Coordinator of the Amazon Institute of Environmental Research, Brazil