We're back with the second edition of Sylvera's Carbon Markets Summit!
Join us on Thursday, June 8th for a dynamic hybrid event that brings together corporate sustainability, policy and financial market leaders to discuss the state of Voluntary Carbon Markets. We'll explore the market's changing landscape, review best practices for risk management, evaluate the latest in policy and growing regulatory interest, and much more.
This half-day summit will kick off with a series of online sessions and continue with an afterparty at the Salesforce Tower in central London. You can reserve your spot for the online event now. More information about the in-person registration coming soon!
SPEAKERS
A.F
Allister Furey
Co-founder & CEO
Sylvera
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S.G
Samuel Gill
Co-founder & President
Sylvera
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D.S
Diego Saez Gil
CEO & Co-Founder
Pachama
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A.K
Alexia Kelly
Managing Director, Carbon Policy and Markets Initiative
IC-VCM & High Tide Foundation
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A.H
Ana Haurie
CEO & Co-Founder
Respira International
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S.P
Sophie Purdom
Co-Founder
CTVC
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S.J
Sam Jackson
Head of Impact
Ecologi
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H.H
Henning Huenteler
Expert Associate Partner
Bain & Co.
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A.D
Annalise Downey
Senior Technical Climate Consultant
Sylvera
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B.D
Brian DiMarino
Global Head of Operational Sustainability
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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N.M
Natalia Moudrak
Managing Director, Climate Resilience Leader
Aon
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S.B
Scarlett Benson
Beyond Value Chain Mitigation Lead
Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)
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M.K
Mark Kenber
Executive Director
VCMI
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I.M
Iain Mackay
Executive Director, EMEA
Morgan Stanley
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N.D
Natalia Dorfman
CEO & Founder
Kita Earth Limited
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F.H
Feisal Hussain
Senior Director, Innovative Finance
Clean Cooking Alliance
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C.S
Chris Slater
Founder & CEO
Oka, The Carbon Insurance Company
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S.H
Shachar Hatan
Ratings Program Manager
Sylvera
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P.R
Peter Reinhardt
CEO & Co-Founder
Charm Industrial
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B.R
Ben Rattenbury
VP Policy
Sylvera
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B.H
Ben Howarth
Chief Sustainability Officer
Association of British Insurers
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B.L
Beisit Luz Puma Vilca
Senior Field Scientist
Sylvera
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M.D
Miro Demol
Lidar Scientist
Sylvera
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S.C
Shona Crawford-Smith
Product Manager
Sylvera
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A.V
Ash Virji
Senior Account Executive
Sylvera
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J.C
Justin Cochrane
Director and CEO
Carbon Streaming Corporation
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E.A
Ed Agnew
Director, Climate
KOKO Networks
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B.B
Baroness Bryony Worthington
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T.O
Tracey Osborne
Associate Professo
University of California, Merced
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J.J
Jennifer Jenkins
Chief Science Officer
Rubicon Carbon
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T.V
Tom Vampola
Enterprise Account Executive
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AGENDA
12:00 PM - 12:10 PM UTC
Opening Keynote
Allister Furey
A.F
12:10 PM - 12:40 PM UTC
Avoiding buyer’s remorse: Increasing due diligence in the carbon markets
Increased scrutiny of climate claims, accusations of greenwashing and a lack of clear guidance on how to best participate in the VCMs seems to have left the market in limbo. The rapid rise in credit prices,...
Sam Jackson
S.J
Henning Huenteler
H.H
Annalise Downey
A.D
Iain Mackay
I.M
12:40 PM - 1:25 PM UTC
Solving for quality and scale from the start
Technology and nature are often pitted against one another when it comes to carbon projects. But technology is also enabling the development of a new generation of high-quality nature-based projects,...
Samuel Gill
S.G
Diego Saez Gil
D.S
Brian DiMarino
B.D
Shona Crawford-Smith
S.C
Justin Cochrane
J.C
1:25 PM - 1:50 PM UTC
Close-up on cookstoves
Improved cookstoves are gaining popularity in the voluntary carbon markets. While these technology-based avoidance projects offer a variety of benefits for buyers, users and developers, they aren’t...
Feisal Hussain
F.H
Shachar Hatan
S.H
Ed Agnew
E.A
1:50 PM - 2:15 PM UTC
Field notes: measuring carbon stocks in Mozambique
Understanding the true value of carbon stores in trees is essential to fighting climate change. However, today we lack reference data from many areas of the world’s forests due to inaccessibility...
Beisit Luz Puma Vilca
B.L
Miro Demol
M.D
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM UTC
Carbon credit insurance enters the scene
As carbon markets mature, buyers want to protect their assets, just like any other asset class. Now, a wave of providers, both emerging startups and traditional institutions alike, are stepping in to...
Natalia Moudrak
N.M
Chris Slater
C.S
Ben Howarth
B.H
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM UTC
Can Self-Regulation Suffice? Industry efforts to ensure high integrity VCMs
There are currently major initiatives underway in the VCMs to produce guidance, which will strengthen market integrity, boost confidence and unleash exponential growth. We need them to succeed, but it...
Alexia Kelly
A.K
Scarlett Benson
S.B
Mark Kenber
M.K
Ben Rattenbury
B.R
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM UTC
Tech vs Nature: Unpacking the removals vs avoidance debate
From the USA’s Inflation Reduction Act to major companies like Microsoft, H&M, Autodesk, and JP Morgan pledging investments to fund carbon removal technology, it’s clear that a removals-only...
Ana Haurie
A.H
Sophie Purdom
S.P
Peter Reinhardt
P.R
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM UTC
Strategies to mitigate risk and evolve the carbon markets
The Voluntary Carbon Markets have evolved greatly with the development of new approaches to increase quality, integrity and transparency. In this interview, Jen Jenkins, Chief Science Officer of Rubicon...
Jennifer Jenkins
J.J
Tom Vampola
T.V
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM UTC
Toward a more equitable approach to carbon markets