Publications
EcoSecurities' Global Consulting Services staff have authored hundreds of publications, client reports, and presentations. A small number of these works are listed here, organised by topic. Many are available upon request from


Corporate Strategy

2006. “Going for the Green! Best Actions in Climate Change,” Natural Gas and Electricity Journal. Trexler, M.C. and Pienovi, J.

2003. Incorporating Offset Projects into Corporate GHG Strategies Under Conditions of Policy and Market Uncertainty: Risk Management Under Conditions of Policy and market Uncertainty. Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, Report #1005246 (2003). Trexler, M.C., Kosloff, L.H., and Broekhoff, D.J.

1998. “Climate Change: Positioning Yourselves and Your Clients for Environmental Regulation in the New Millennium,”. Calif Envtl. L. & Remed. Kosloff, L.H., and Trexler, M.C.

1998. “Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions: Are You Tracking This New Financial Asset?,” Envtl. Compliance Advisor (July 1998). Trexler, M.C., and Kosloff, L.H.


Carbon Markets and Market Forecasting


2007. "Market Sentiments on International Climate Change Policy Post-2012". Tippmann, R and Kaiser, M.

2007. "CER pricing and risk" - As featured in Fair Price Carbon. Ascui, F. and Moura Costa, P.

2006. “Going Carbon Neutral: How the Retail Carbon Offsets Market Can Further Global Warming Mitigation Goals,” Ecosystem Marketplace EM Market Insights: Carbon. Trexler, M.C., Kosloff, L.H., and Silon K.

2006. “Selling Carbon Neutrality,” Environmental Forum, March/April 2006, at 34-39. Trexler, M.C. and Kosloff, L.H.

2005. “Clean Development Mechanism Market Situation.” Paper submitted to and presented at the International Second Conference on Energy Efficiency and Conservation, 15 to 16 December, Hong Kong, China. Arderiu, E., Tippmann, R., and Blodgett, C.

2005. “The Shape of Markets to Come,” Environmental Finance. Trexler, M.C.

2005. “Of Crystal Balls and Market Fundamentals - Anticipating GHG Prices,” Green Trading. Trexler, M.C., 2005. “Carbon Defies Commodity Pricing,” Environmental Finance.

2003. “Making Small-Scale CDM Projects Competitive on the GHG Market - Focus Africa,” in: CDM Investment Newsletter, Nr. 1-2/2003. Tippmann, R. and Medina-Gomez, S.

2003. “Current Developments under the CDM - Project Examples in the Brazilian Energy Sector,” in: REFOCUS, January/February 2003. Tippmann, R. and Moura-Costa, P.


Climate Change Mitigation Law and Policy


2007. “Stakeholder views on approaches and instruments for continued and future climate change mitigation efforts post-2012,” in: The Kyoto Protocol and Beyond – Legal and Policy Challenges of Climate Change. T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague, Netherlands. Tippmann, R.

2007. “Stakeholder Views on Future Climate Change Mitigation Efforts,” in: Joint Implementation Quarterly, Vol. 13 – No. 1. Tippmann, R.

2007. “Adaptation to Climate Change – an Opportunity for Multiple Benefits,” in: The Environmentalist - Magazine of the IEMA, September 2007. Henders, S. and Tippmann, R.

2006. “Déjà vu All over again – considering the post-2012 era,” in: Carbon Market Monitor, 8 December 2006. Stuart, M., Tippmann, R. and Ratton, M.

2006. “Fictional Credits or Progressive Action? Seattle Utility's Greenhouse Gas Offset Program Goes to Court,” Environmental Law Reporter. Kosloff, L.H. and Hawkins, S.

2006. “Climate Change Law: Evolutionary or Revolutionary Implications for Corporate Compliance.” Managing Environmental Performance. Kosloff, L.H.

2004. “Carbon Mitigation in the Power Sector and Its Implications for Power Plant Siting,” in American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, Proceedings of the 12th Section Fall Meeting, held in San Antonio, Texas, October 6-10, 2004. Trexler, M.C., and Smith, O.B.

2005. “Looking at Climate Change Mitigation Policies and Measures Through an Implementation Lens,” Policy Matters. Trexler, M.C.

2005. “U.S. Climate Policies: Implications for the Carbon Market?” Carbon Market Analyst

2004. “Developing Project-Level Emissions Reductions Policy at the State Level,” 14 Widener Law Review. Trexler, M.C., Kosloff, L.H., Hu, C.

2004. “Outcome-Oriented Leadership: How State and Local Climate Change Strategies Can Most Effectively Contribute to Global Warming Mitigation.” Widener Law Review. Kosloff, L.H., Trexler, M.C., and Nelson, H.

2004. “State and Local Climate Change Initiatives: the Need to Think Locally, Act Globally,” Natural Resources & Environment. Kosloff, L.H., and Trexler, M.C.


Forestry and Climate Change Mitigation


TDB 2008. Risks and Criticism of Forestry-based Climate Change Mitigation and Carbon Trading. In Forests and Climate Change. Will Emission Trading Make a Difference?, Ebeling, J., edited by Streck, C. and O’Sullivan, R.

2007. Evolving markets for the environmental benefits of forestry. Quarterly Journal of Forestry, Vol 101, no. 2: 135-144. Neeff, T., Fehse, J., Ebeling, J. and Henders, S.

2007. "Update On Markets For Forestry Offsets", Neeff, T., EichlerImme Deecke, L. and Fehse, J.

2007. "Guidebook to Markets and Commercialization of CDM Forestry Projects", Neeff, T. and Henders, S.

2006. “An exemplary insight into forestry CDM investment opportunities and prospects for sustainable development,” in: CDM Investment Newsletter, Nr. 1/2006. Neeff, T. et al.

2006. Similarities and Differences in Climate Change Mitigation: Fossil Fuel Reduction and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation & Degradation (REDD) in Developing Countries. Paper prepared for the Coalition for Rainforest Nations. Ebeling, J., Neeff, T., Fehse, J.

2006. Carbon sequestration as a forestry opportunity in a changing climate. Proceedings of the OECD Conference “Forestry: a sectoral response to climate change”, Sussex, November 2006. Burley, J., Moura-Costa, P., Ebeling, J.

2006. Tropical deforestation and carbon markets. Presentation at the Cambridge Conservation Forum, Cambridge, October 2006. Ebeling, J.

2005. Carbon budget estimation in Central Amazonia: successional forest modeling from remote sensing data. Remote Sensing of Environment 94(4):508-522. Neeff, T and Graça, PMA, and Dutra, LV and Freitas, CC.

2005. Power spectrum analysis of SAR data for spatial forest characterization in Amazonia. International Journal of Remote Sensing 26(13):2851-2864. Neeff, T and Dutra, LV and Santos, JR and Freitas, CC and Araujo, LS.

2005. “Management of carbon assets as a contribution towards improving the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities and the rural poor.” Paper submitted to and presented at the 17th Commonwealth Forestry Conference 28 February - 5 March 2005, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Tippmann, R.

2004. “Opportunities and Challenges for the Timber Industry to Participate in CDM Activities,” in: Climate Change and Forest Sector: Clean Development Mechanism in Tropical Countries. Seoul National University for ITTO international workshop. Seoul National University, Korea. Robeledo, C. and Tippmann, R.

2003. “The Role of the Greenhouse Gas Market in Making Forestry Pay,” Unasylva. Trexler, M.C.

1991. “Minding the Carbon Store: Weighing U.S. Forestry Strategies to Slow Global Warming.” World Resources Institute, Washington, DC. Trexler M.

1995. “Keeping it Green: Global Warming Mitigation Through Tropical Forestry.” World Resources Institute, Washington, DC. Trexler, M.C., and Haugen, C.A.

1994. “Carbon Pools and Flux of Global Forest Ecosystems,” Science 263:185-90. Dixon, R.K., Trexler, M. et al.

1995. “Management of Forests for Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions,” in IPCC Working Group II, Scientific Assessment Report, Cambridge University Press. Brown, S. et al.

Emissions Trading Design and Implementation


2007. Guidebook to Financing CDM Projects. Roskilde: UNEP Risoe Centre. Ascui, F. et al.

2006. “Financing CDM Projects: Approaches and Lessons Learned.” UNEP Risoe Centre Side Event on CDM, United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 12), Nairobi, Kenya. Ascui, F.

2006. “A Statistically-Drive Approach to Offset-Based GHG Additionality Determinations – What Can We Learn?” Sustainable Development Law & Policy. Trexler, M.C., Broekhoff, D.J., and Kosloff, L.H.

2004. “Back to the Future: Looking for a New Solution to Additionality,” Carbon Finance, Sept. 2004, at 12-13. Trexler, M.C., and Shipley, J.

2003. “How Additionality Could Drive the Carbon Market,” Environmental Finance, Broekhoff, D., and Trexler, M.C.

2007. The Clean Development Mechanism: Current Status, Perspectives and Future Policy Environmental Change Institute Oxford, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research UK.

2003. “Has the Executive Board Killed the CDM?” Environmental Finance, September 2003, 16-17. Trexler, M.C., Kubo, T., and
Smith, O.

1996. Carbon Offset Project Selection and Design: Anticipating Future Public Policy. Paper prepared for Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, CO2 Sequestration Workshop, Vancouver, BC., Trexler, M.C.
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