Michael Mathres '96, director of Climate Capital Network, will present a lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 4:10 p.m. in the College's Fillius Events Barn. The lecture, sponsored by the Levitt Center, is free and open to the public.
Mathres will speak on the topic of "Carbon Trading," an administrative approach to lessening pollution via economic incentives. By offering carbon "credits," the government places a cap on how many pollutants companies can emit during a certain span of time. Those who produce pollutants beyond their limit must buy credits from those who produce pollutants below their limit – this is the "trade." In essence, people who pollute less are monetarily rewarded, while people who pollute more are charged for their excess.
Mathres received his bachelor's degree from Hamilton in 1996, and in 2004 founded Susten8, a network of more than 2,000 entrepreneurs and investors who organized the first climate change conference in London. In 2006 he was responsible for Climate Change Now, the first renewable energy switching tool, which has been supported by the United Nations Energy Programme, the European Environment Agency, Ben & Jerry's and Aveda. Now director of the Climate Capital Network, Mathres is responsible for the largest network of companies and investors to have ever focused on accelerating capital flow in a low-carbon economy.
Mathres will speak on the topic of "Carbon Trading," an administrative approach to lessening pollution via economic incentives. By offering carbon "credits," the government places a cap on how many pollutants companies can emit during a certain span of time. Those who produce pollutants beyond their limit must buy credits from those who produce pollutants below their limit – this is the "trade." In essence, people who pollute less are monetarily rewarded, while people who pollute more are charged for their excess.
Mathres received his bachelor's degree from Hamilton in 1996, and in 2004 founded Susten8, a network of more than 2,000 entrepreneurs and investors who organized the first climate change conference in London. In 2006 he was responsible for Climate Change Now, the first renewable energy switching tool, which has been supported by the United Nations Energy Programme, the European Environment Agency, Ben & Jerry's and Aveda. Now director of the Climate Capital Network, Mathres is responsible for the largest network of companies and investors to have ever focused on accelerating capital flow in a low-carbon economy.
