WISeKey Brazil and the United Nations Association Brazil Launch the NetCarbonOffset Consortium at the U.N. Climate Conference in Copenhagen

GENEVA, Switzerland, December 7 - A private-public sector partnership led by the United Nations Association
Brazil (UNA-Brazil), the International Organization for Secure Electronic
Transactions, the Sustainable Development Forum and security software firm
WISeKey Brazil today launched the Digital Vote Against Carbon Pollution, a
pledge for the use of digitally authenticated ID software for citizens around
the world to signal their support for clean energy policies through the
Internet.

"Such a proposal is essential for improving public support of progressive
climate change policies," said Carlos Moreira, founder and CEO of WISeKey.
"The NetCarbonOffset Consortium will smartly use the Internet and digital
identification to rally commitments to offset carbon footprints. The final
objective of this Brazilian project is in line with the Copenhagen
conferences's baseline goal to promote policies for greenhouse gas
reduction."

As United Nations delegates, activists, and government negotiators from
around the world meet in Copenhagen today to hammer greater commitments of
resources from developed countries in the fight to prevent future climate
change disasters, this new Brazilian-Swiss private-public sector partnership
promises to marshall popular support to help improve the fate of regions
seriously threatened by the forces of climate change, like the Amazon.

"The project signals a new leadership model to tackle global climate
change that may be worth replicating in other communities around the world,"
Moreira said.

The summit in Copenhagen will be a great opportunity for delegates to
agree on reforms to the US$33 billion trade in carbon offsets, he added. We
would welcome an agreement on major reforms that include the scaling up of
the Kyoto framework, which rewards clean energy projects in developing
nations like Brazil, he said.

For more information please visit the site of the NetCarbonOffset
Consortium at: www.netcarbonoffset.com

    Contact:
    Dimitry Leger
    WISeKey corporation communications director
    Tel: +41-22-594-30-08
    E-Mail: dleger@wisekey.com

Contact: Dimitry Leger, WISeKey corporation communications director, Tel: +41-22-594-30-08, E-Mail: dleger at wisekey.com