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DESCRIPTION:Carbon Neutral Desal?\nMyths and Realities of Carbon Offsets\n\nAlthough 
 seawater desalination requires a tremendous amount of energy, proponents 
 claim the project will be "carbon neutral," resulting in no net increase in 
 greenhouse gas emissions.  One option they suggest is the purchase of 
 certified greenhouse gas offsets.  For example, they might pay others to 
 plant trees.\n\nLearn more about greenhouse gas offsets and how they work 
 in the real world. Join Barbara Haya, Ph.D, Stanford Environmental Law 
 Clinic and Kathleen McAfee, Ph.D, Associate Professor International 
 Relations, SFSU, for an informative evening.\n\nKathleen McAfee's research 
 focuses on "selling nature to save it", carbon-offset trading, payments for 
 ecosystem services, and other market-based and alternative approaches that 
 link climate change, conservation, agriculture and development. She 
 received a PhD in Geography from UC Berkeley after a career in 
 international development.  She has been a consultant to UN agencies and 
 has ties with NGOs in different world regions.\n\nBarbara Haya's research 
 focuses on providing grounded analysis of the ways the incentives created 
 by carbon trading programs affect actual decisions within the particular 
 economic, political and cultural contexts in which these programs are being 
 implemented.\n\n\n$10 donation requested\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/08/13/18741492.php
SUMMARY:Desal Alternatives Presents, Carbon Offsets: Myth & Reality
LOCATION:Quaker Meetinghouse, 225 Rooney Street, Santa Cruz
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/08/13/18741492.php
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