Climate Change, Energy Law and CarbonTrading
Climate Change Law
Climate Change is a global issue that will require urgent action by Governments, Business and Individuals over the coming decades. Laws are already in place in Europe with the aim of limiting greenhouse emissions, and following the Copenhagen Accord reached at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNCCC) in December 2009; it is inevitable that further laws will gradually be implemented worldwide to combat this issue which will affect many businesses across Australia. Climate Change Law, both in Australia and abroad, is consistently changing. At Rockliffs, we are able to assist you with the following:
- advising on national and some aspects of international climate change policy;
- assisting with the structuring and funding of carbon reduction projects, including CDM, JII and Voluntary projects, including any M&A aspects
- Carbon Trading Strategies
- advising on property and carbon rights with respect to carbon reduction projects
Nathan Rockliff has been working in this area in London for the past year, and is also a co-founder of Ventura Carbon, a company which was formed in February 2009 to facilitate and encourage investment, entrepreneurship and forward thinking in the cleantech, renewable energy and carbon markets to help achieve a low carbon economy. Through its growing contacts in this sector, Ventura Carbon is actively involved in linking entrepreneurs, land owners and project developers with potential investors as well as facilitating carbon credit trading through its partner, the Carbon Trade Exchange (CTX), an online platform for the trading of voluntary carbon credits which will be launched in April 2010. For more information, please refer to their website, www.venturacarbon.com
