Webinar: Carbon Accounting in Oceans
Wednesday 15th March, 2023
5pm – 6:30pm AEDT
Blue Economy CRC, Blue Cluster and Deloitte are running a deep dive on a blue carbon credit system.
Today, onshore carbon accounting schemes are an incentive to implement carbon reduction techniques in several industries worldwide. However, there is currently no marine carbon credit system in place.
A blue carbon credit system will have to be based on a solid carbon accounting model. It is known that marine carbon accounting has large knowledge gaps today. This is related to the controversial character of developing ocean NETs today. As a consequence, CO2 reduction is not yet a major driver for the development of a sustainable blue economy.
Applying the onshore GHG protocol for ‘anthropogenic’ carbon accounting in a marine context and taking into account best available knowledge on marine carbon accounting may constitute a step forward.
This deep dive hosted by Blue Cluster explores the need to develop such a carbon accounting system and what it could look like.
Presentation 1: Sustainable Ocean Ambition
Angela Williamson, BE CRC
Presentation 2: Scientific challenges in closing regional carbon budgets
Peter Landschützer, Flanders Marine Institute
Presentation 3: Which tools are fit-for-purpose to apply in marine carbon accounting?
Jim Smart, Griffith University
Presentation 4: Indigenous approach to natural capital valuation
Marni Oaten and Rick Shaw, Deloitte Australia
This presentation will be followed by a Q&A.
FACILITATORS
Name: Marijn Rabaut
Affiliation: Marine Policy Manager, Blue Cluster
As an independent expert, Marijn collaborates with various companies/institutes as a team/business partner. Trained as a PhD, he works as senior advisor, business developer, MSP expert and international marine policy manager.
Marijn works in the field of marine science, renewable energy, high level policy, environmental issues, aquaculture, spatial planning, sustainable development, international marine policy and business development.
Name: Kristien Veys
Affiliation: Innovation Manager, Blue Cluster
As Innovation Manager at Blue Cluster, Kristien assists business-driven innovation projects within the ocean economy by bringing science & business together. After graduating as a Bioscience engineer, she achieved an additional master’s degree in Marine Sciences. Kristien entered the world of work in a maritime dredging business and, after exploring the environmental impact of dredging activities, became specialised in environmental dredging and the remediation of polluted sediments.
Kristien’s work within Blue Cluster covers a broad range of aspects (from multi-use to coastal defence and ecosystem approach) which allows her to link issues such as climate change, sustainable development and (new) blue technologies.
PRESENTERS
Name: Angela Williamson
Affiliation: Director of Blue Policy and Planning, Blue Economy CRC
Angela Williamson recently joined the Blue Economy CRC Co Ltd as Director of Blue Policy & Planning. She brings a passion for sustainable oceans development and a wealth of experiences in government, political and private sector gained over the past two decades. Ange is also a representative on the Seafood Industry Australia’s (SIA) Aquaculture Advisory Committee and Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) Course Advisory Committee. Her experiences include marine spatial planning, oceans policy, ocean and fisheries focused international relations in the Asia Pacific region and the design and deliver ESG and sustainability work programs.
Name: Peter Landschützer
Affiliation: Research Director, Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in Ostend, Belgium
Peter Landschützer is research director at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in Ostend, Belgium and has worked for the Max Planck Institute for eteorology in Germany and the Swiss federal institute for Technology in Switzerland in the past. While being interested in many aspects of the ocean in the Earth system, Peter´s research focus is set on ocean biogeochemistry and the marine carbon cycle. His expertise ranges from CO2 measurements through big data modelling using artificial neural networks. Peter´s research is focused on natural and man-made changes in the air-sea CO2 exchange on climate relevant temporal and from local to global spatial scales. Peter has coauthored many important assessment studies, such as the annually released Global Carbon Budget and he served as contribution author of chapter 2 of the 6th assessment report (AR6 WG1) of the IPCC
Name: Jim Smart
Affiliation: Associate Professor, Griffith University
Jim is an environmental economist and has published more than 60 peer reviewed research papers on ecosystem services, nonmarket valuation, and mechanisms for incentivising improvements in environmental quality – particularly improvements in water quality. Jim’s current research interests include Environmental Economic Accounting and Ocean Accounting. With colleagues from Griffith University, as part of a Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre project, Jim is compiling a set of Ocean Accounts for south-eastern Tasmania.
Name: Marni Oaten
Affiliation: Emissions Solutions, Deloitte Australia
Marni joined Deloitte as a partner driving emissions solutions and carbon advisory services and considers herself a Intrapreneur and Climate Change Leader. As an experienced Sustainability executive, Marni brings an energetic and pragmatic approach to developing and delivering Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategies to enable industry stakeholders to move forward on their decarbonisation programs. As a power electrical engineer with over 25 years of experience in business and engineering roles, she is drawn towards cross – sector collaborations to drive industry – defining solutions. Especially passionate about leveraging natural capital opportunities for a sustainable ocean.
Name: Rick Shaw
Affiliation: Partner Actuarial Services, Consulting, Deloitte Australia
Rick is a partner of Consulting and part of the Actuaries practice. He has extensive overseas and Australian experience, and is recognised internationally for his work on capital modelling, regulatory systems and pricing and valuation. Rick’s primary focus is developing management information systems and integrating capital models into companies’ decision making. He has also advised regulators on actuarial valuation standards and capital model approval.
