This Symposium on Global Waste Management took place in the Copper Mountain Conference Center, Colorado, USA from September 8 to 10, 2008.

Charles Peterson, Senior Environmental Specialist, World Bank, moderated and was the presenter at a session on Carbon Finance and the World Bank.

The session topics were:

• Clean Development Mechanism and Municipal Solid Waste Management
  Prepared by Charles Peterson, Senior Environmental Specialist and Zarina Azizova,  Research Analyst, World Bank
• (excerpt from) Landfill Gas (LFG) Recovery Projects in Developing Countries: Performance Overestimation
  Prepared and presented by Charles Peterson, Senior Environmental Specialist, World Bank at Carbon Expo 2008 in Cologne, Germany. May 9, 2008
• Solid Waste Management in LAC
  Prepared by Horacio Terraza, Senior Environmental Specialist and Maria Catalina Ramirez, Junior Professional Associate, World Bank
• Mitigation of GHG through Solid Waste and Wastewater
  Prepared by Walter Vergara, Lead Chemical Engineer and Seraphine Marie Haeussling, Consultant, World Bank.

For questions or comments on this session, please contact Charles W. Peterson through Urban Help.