Michael J. Walsh
Executive Vice President
Chicago Climate Exchange

The Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) is the world's first and North America's only active, voluntary, legally binding integrated trading system to reduce emissions of all six greenhouse gases, with offset projects in North America and worldwide.

CCX's affiliated companies European Climate Exchange and Chicago Climate Futures Exchange host markets for futures products based on European Union carbon dioxide emission allowances and US sulfur dioxide emission allowances.

In his prior position with Environmental Financial Products (the predecessor company to CCX), Walsh arranged several international carbon credit transactions and served as liaison and lead writer for a series of five technical papers on international emissions trading prepared for the Government of Canada.

Walsh will address his role as well as the role of the Chicago Climate Exchange in reducing emissions, the important role that forestry plays in attaining this goal, and the unique challenges we all face in this ever-shifting "Climate of Change."