Are you interested in how the City of Charlottesville is using carbon offsets?

Join us for a panel discussion featuring local experts in carbon offsets and decarbonization pathways. We will discuss how carbon offsets work, their benefits and challenges, and when/how they should be used - a topic that has come up locally as part of Charlottesville's municipal gas utility’s recently completed decarbonization study.  This panel will offer a forum to continue exploring whether/how carbon offsets should be used in the context of the City's climate goals, and the potential for redirecting carbon offset funds towards local climate mitigation projects. 

*If you would like to attend this event in person or virtually, you will receive the link to join after registering* 

More About The Panelists 

Cale Jaffe 

Cale Jaffe is a Professor of Law at the University of Virginia and the director of UVA's Environmental Law and Community Engagement Clinic. Prior to joining the faculty at UVA in 2016, Cale was director of the Virginia office of the Southern Environmental Law Center.

Deborah Lawerence

Dr. Deborah Lawrence is Chief Scientist and Director of Forest and Land at Calyx Global, a carbon credit rating agency whose mission is to bring integrity to the voluntary carbon market. She is a Professor Emerita of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia, where her research focused on the links between tropical deforestation and climate change.