1. The Giving Tree Alliance Leonor Robles Jacqueline Gaskill Zhenia Marova Nganga Muchiri Khalid Mafton Danielle Barbeau Paula LeRoy-Antaki

2. Agenda: Big Idea

3. BIG IDEA CONNECTING COMMUNITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO CARBON MARKETS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE LIVLIHOODS IN AN EFFORT TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER AND A WORK TOWARD A LONG TERM SOLUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE

4. Powered by Powerful Competitencies Complimentary Competitencies: Ashoka: Specialists in Social Entrepreneurship. Conservation International: Specialists in Sustainable Use Practices-Forestry, Agriculture, Fishing; Biodiversity Assistance and Planning, Land Preservation, Carbon Market Experts Impact Alliance: Specialists in Networking, Brokering Donor-Recipient Relationships, Governance, Technology, Data-bases, Capacity Building.

5. Connecting Carbon Reduction to Hunger Alleviation Corporations, Cities and Countries further reduce carbon emissions Poor people in communities receive cash and resources from the carbon market to implement existing and new practices in sustainability and food abundance.

7. Mobilization of additional resources Carbon Market  $67 billion in 2007  Expected $400 billion by 2010 Community labor  Set up offset projects  Practice improved agricultural methods

8. The Partnership creates… Market Value: Scale up, connections, climate change mitigation. Sustainability potential: Long- & short-term hunger alleviation, project ownership, sustainable practices. Social Values: Change in empowerment, resource management, social economic status.