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FICCI, the apex industry organisation in India, is the leader in policy thinking and change and is in the vanguard of nation building. Established in 1927 and with a nationwide membership of over 1500 corporates and over 500 chambers of commerce and business associations, FICCI espouses the shared vision of Indian businesses and speaks directly and indirectly for over 2,50,000 business units. It has an expanding direct membership of enterprises drawn from large, medium, small and tiny segments of manufacturing, distributive trade and services. FICCI maintains the lead as the proactive business solution provider through research, interactions at the highest political level and global networking. It is constantly involved in bringing about integration of the Indian economy with the global mainstream. FICCI facilitates business-to-business linkages, promotes trade and investment linkages, creates awareness on key issues for the economy, provides inputs for policymaking, acts as a conduit for government-industry exchange and promotes bilateral ties. FICCI is headquartered in New Delhi, INDIA with offices in several cities across India and global offices in China, Italy, Kazhakstan, Malaysia, Singapore, UK (London), and USA (Washington DC). Thrust in National Affairs FICCI's Expert Committees and Task Forces, headed by leading Industrialists, regularly meet to discuss the current issues. These include; Agriculture, Banking and Finance, Biotechnology, Chemicals, Climate Change Consumer Durables, Defence, Economic Affairs, Education,Energy, Entertainment, Environment, FMCG, Food Processing, Foreign Trade, Housing & Real Estate, Information T echnology, Infrastructure, Insurance, Intellectual Property Rights, Internal Trade, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Retail, R&D, Sports, Solar Energy, Taxation and Corporate Laws, Telecom, Tourism, Urban Development, Water Resources, WTO etc. Joint Business Councils with 79 countries Joint Business Councils (JBCs), FICCI's track two business diplomacy with India's trading partners, open up new business opportunities to Indian businessmen with overseas investors, technology suppliers, multilateral and bilateral funding agencies.
On climate change and carbon market, FICCI has been creating widespread stakeholder awareness in India familiarizing stakeholders with
the core issues and challenges confronting them. It acts as a bridge between different carbon market stakeholders to advance CDM
projects. FICCI has been playing a crucial role in the policy dialogue on climate change through constant industry feedback for international
negotiations in the context of market based mechanisms. FICCI is a conduit between Indian industry and Government with respect to the
domestic policy dialogue on climate change. It has been facilitating business to business connect in the carbon market and enables Indian
carbon market stakeholders to integrate with the global mainstream for catalysing successful business linkages. FICCI has been the voice of
Indian business in the international arena and has been promoting Indian business interest in the global carbon market.
FICCI has a Climate Change Task Force, which serves as the voice of Indian industry on domestic and international policy and regulatory
issues pertaining to climate change and carbon market.
For more details, please visit www.ficci.com
PARTNERS
The Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) is the nodal agency in the administrative structure of the Central Government for the planning, promotion, co-ordination and overseeing the implementation of India's environmental and forestry policies and programmes.
The primary concerns of the Ministry are implementation of policies and programmes relating to conservation of the country's natural resources including its lakes and rivers, its biodiversity, forests and wildlife, ensuring the welfare of animals, and the prevention and abatement of pollution. While implementing these policies and programmes, the Ministry is guided by the principle of sustainable development and enhancement of human well-being.
World Bank Institute's Climate Change Practice identifies and fosters the implementation of regional and local solutions to address the global challenge of climate change. WBI Climate Change Practice connects climate practitioners and networks as an international 'Go-To-Place' for learning and knowledge sharing on climate change. WBICC integrates and packages the best available knowledge on adaptation and mitigation from within and outside the World Bank. Using South-South learning, knowledge exchange, networks, and innovative platforms WBICC shares knowledge with constituencies from around the world. The practice currently includes capacity building in the following areas: cities and climate change, innovations in carbon and climate finance, and climate adaptation for water, agriculture, and natural resource management.
IETA is dedicated to the objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and ultimately climate protection
through the establishment of effective market-based trading systems for greenhouse gas emissions by businesses that are demonstrably
fair, open, efficient, accountable and consistent across national boundaries; and maintaining societal equity and environmental integrity
while establishing these systems. IETA works towards developing an active, global greenhouse gas market, consistent across national
boundaries and involving all flexibility mechanisms such as the Clean Development Mechanism, Joint Implementation and emissions
trading and creating systems and instruments that will ensure effective business participation.
IETA is a not-for-profit business organization representing 160 companies out of which 51% represent project developers, intermediaries,
financial institutions, brokers, verifiers, legal firms, etc engaged in a new economic activity as a result of the GHG market. The balance of
49% represents industrial organizations that will want to use CERs to meet existing or future regulatory constraints.
KNOWLEDGE PARTNER
ICF International (Nasdaq: ICFI) partners with government and commercial clients to deliver consulting services and technology solutions in the energy, environment, transportation, social programs, defense, and homeland security markets. The firm combines passion for its work with industry expertise and innovative analytics to produce compelling results throughout the entire program life cycle, from analysis and design through implementation and improvement. Since 1969, ICF has been serving governments, major corporations, and multilateral institutions. More than 2,000 employees serve these clients from offices worldwide. Climate change has been a core competence of ICF International since the mid-1980s. ICF has extensive experience advising corporate clients to help develop carbon strategies and has worked with governments to devise and implement climate change policy. An independent poll in the market-influential publication Environmental Finance Magazine in December 2006 named ICF International as the leading advisory services company in several carbon and environmental market categories.
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