Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong)

I will be profiling the activities of GreenCopDev which is a carbon offset project developer that identifies, funds and delivers large-scale, high impact and high integrity carbon offset projects in Africa. These projects generate significant economic benefits at national and community levels through the sale of Voluntary Carbon Credits (VCC's) on the international Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM). VCC's are a critical component in fighting climate change and are acquired and used by large carbon emitters to offset their carbon emissions. African projects offer unique and large-scale project opportunities. By preserving and enhancing forests, grasslands and lakes, nature can be better equipped to capture and store greenhouse gases. The best projects can sequester carbon emissions, protect bio-diversity and deliver high integrity carbon credits. GreenCop is at the forefront of developing carbon offset projects on a pan-African basis. The presentation/opportunity includes two projects in Tanzania with a combined landmass of 5.9mio hectares and one in Uganda developed in and around Lake Victoria to create Africa's first "blue carbon-offset" project.