A successful partnership: Ieta, The World Bank & Fira de Barcelona

IETA and The World Bank are two important agents in the carbon market. The World Bank was the first institution to develop global carbon funds as a public/private partnership - with the creation of the Prototype Carbon Fund (PCF) in 2000 -and has gone on to create a whole family of funds and facilities designed to expand the volume of carbon trade with its borrowing countries, reduce risk, and extend the reach of carbon finance into diverse niches in the market.

The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) is a non-profit business organization of major companies and the leading voice of this community on emissions trading, whose goal is to ensure that the objectives of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change and, ultimately, climate protection, are met. IETA upholds its principles by acting as a think tank, a facilitator of dialogues, an advocate, a market promoter and acting as a body that is able to implement market standards. IETA works for the development of an active, global greenhouse gas market, consistent across national boundaries.

To further ensure the success of the event, the World Bank and IETA have chosen to join forces with Fira de Barcelona, the leading organizer of Spanish industrial - professional trade shows 15 of the shows are among the three leading events in their specialty in Europe.