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Webinar Climate Finance Biomass

The increased use of biomass to generate energy is one of the main ways to reduce the emissions of CO2 and mitigate climate change. It is therefore a cornerstone of climate change policies in many countries and also in the international debate on climate change. At this moment – February 2013 – the market may look bleak to many: prices on the international carbon markets have collapsed and it is hard to predict when they will recover.

At this moment – February 2013 – the market may look bleak to many: prices on the international carbon markets have collapsed and it is hard to predict when they will recover.
Adriaan Korthuis, founder/director at Climate Focus, has provide today insights in a webinar that was organised by NL Agency ; the opportunities and the limits of climate finance for biomass projects.
Issues addressed in the webinar were:
- The status of international climate change negotiations: from Durban and Doha to a new climate change agreement;
- The possibilities of carbon credits: CDM, voluntary markets, new carbon markets;
- Other types of project support: trust funds, sustainable energy funds, climate change funds;
- Biomass certification.

Canada

Last half year I supported Orgaworld Canada on business development in the Industrial Commercial Institution (ICI) waste market. Therefore I'd made market analyses and visit a lot of companies of the Food Chain in Ontario / Canada together with marketing manager Travis Woollings.
We also visited with representatives of Weston Food and Loblaw Orgaworld Greenmills in Amsterdam and explained the working of this modern bio refinery plant.

University Masterclasses Ukraine

Last year I educated three Masterclasses 'Waste as an energy source':

Lutsk State Technical University: 23 April
Kyiv Polytechnic Institute: 25 April
Odessa National Polytechnic University: 27 April

The Master Class Sustainable energy for Ukraine organized by Saxion University (professor Johan Wempe) and Netherlands Ukrainian Sustainable Energy Platform (NUSEP). 
Between April and June the participants worked in teams on an assignment. 
Each team of five students had to present a business case. From the moment of matchmaking with my students till the final presentations they were very enthusiastic about the waste theme.
Recently I'd get a reaction of one the students that he wants to be graduated on my theme!

Trade mission Warsaw

Poland is being the only country that seems immune to the economic meltdown on our continent. As the Eurozone’s economies declined by 4,3% in 2009, Poland grew by 1,6%. Growth peaked to more than 4% last year. Even next year the prognosis is 3,5%. And with only two borders to cross, it is no wonder that Dutch companies are increasingly discovering the vast opportunities this 40 million people market provides. At present more than 1.500 Dutch enterprises, large and small, are active in Poland – taking the Netherlands to the top 10 of investors in Poland. 
I joined a successful trade mission 22-24 May 2012 together with Melanie Schultz van Haegen, Minister for Infrastructure and the Environment. Together with business relatives of Tebodin Poland and Imtech Poland I visited a meet and greet reception with the minister.