Balance: Getting to Carbon Neutrality Through Sequestration and Offsets
What are carbon offsets? How do carbon offsets and carbon sequestration meet climate goals?
Learn about this powerful climate solution by joining the Central Coast Climate Collaborative and Santa Barbara County Regional Climate Collaborative for a FREE, 5-week deep dive with experts in the field.
Starting April 19
All sessions are from 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. PST via Zoom.
Registration required.
Tuesday, April 19
Carbon Markets: The Basics
Learn the details of carbon offset markets and why we need to consider them as part of the solutions toolkit to meet carbon neutrality and GHG mitigation goals.
Featuring:
Brian Schuster - ESA
Rich Walter - ICF
John McDougal - Elemental Markets
Michael Hendrix - LSA
Wednesday, April 27
Carbon Markets: Supply-side Considerations
Explore the world of carbon offset registries, protocols and market actors that facilitate the supply side of market transactions.
Featuring:
Kristen Gorguinpour - Climate Action Reserve
Josh Frain - The Climate Trust
Sean Foster - Nori
Radhika Moolgavkar - Nori
Wednesday, May 4
Carbon Markets: Demand-side Considerations
Learn about demand-side considerations of the carbon offset market through the perspectives of a local government, a university and a project developer.
Featuring:
Karla Dailey - City of Palo Alto
City of San Luis Obispo
UC Santa Barbara
Jennifer Reed - Dudek
Wednesday, May 11
Beyond Carbon Markets: Holistic and Integrated Projects and Stewardship
Explore the opportunities and challenges that carbon removal and sequestration projects can yield.
Featuring:
Sydney Chamberlin - The Nature Conservancy
Jordan Lonborg - Tablas Creek Vineyard
Devin Best - Upper Salinas/Las Tables RCD - Sustainable Farming Initiative
Wednesday, May 18
Bringing It Together
This interactive webinar will offer series participants the opportunity to engage in an open discussion and debrief their key takeaways from the previous sessions.