This environmental training will present a macro overview of the apparent 180 degree turn between the current and past administration on environmental issues, and related topics.
Why should you Attend:
During the past eight years, many regulations and enforcement schemes under the clean air and clean water act were suspended or reversed, the current administration is in the process of revert some of them back to their prior status of 2000 or to a completely new approach. There is increasing pressure for industries to control and reduce their CO2 emissions and increase their energy efficiency.
This webinar presents a macro overview of the changing regulatory framework; it will point to the hot topics and present the opportunities already in place, mostly through tax incentives under ARRA 2009. Participants will be able to identify key variables to use for their short-term decision-making, in the context of the changes that are shaping-up at macro level.
Areas Covered in the seminar:
- Overview of the clean air and the clean water acts. Origins, goals and changes.
- Clean production initiatives.
- ARRA 2009 incentives.
- Emissions Cap and Trade. What is? The right instrument or just one possible instrument?
- What we can find in the current federal regulations been drafted in Congress?
Who will benefit:
- Decision makers, in the public and private sector
- Consultants
- Investors and consumer groups
Instructor Profile:
Federico Fische, Mr. Fische is a trade and development economist with over twenty years of experience in both the public and private sectors. He is an accomplished project developer and manager, market and sector researcher, and analyst with specialization in international trade, sustainable development and technology transfer. He has authored numerous articles and studies in such areas, as well as teaching regional integration and international organizations for five years at the graduate level.
His field experience is focused in Latin America and Caribbean countries, where he has led and/or worked in projects on trade policy, export promotion and competitiveness, international trade negotiations, capacity building, protected areas, renewable energy, technology transfer, clean production, and the modernization of production methods in the agro-industrial and forestry sectors.
