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Webinar Recording – Market Consultation Group

When

6 March 2024

What

Webinar of the Market Consultation Group. Find a recording of the event here.

Who

Moderator:

Andrea Abrahams, ICVCM Strategic Advisor

​Speakers include:

​Annette L. Nazareth, ICVCM Board Chair  

​Chris Leeds, Market Representative, ICVCM Board

Sonja Gibbs, ICVCM Board

Jeff Swartz, Market Representative, ICVCM Board

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Webinar Recording – Market Consultation Group

When

8 February 2024

What

Inaugural webinar of the Market Consultation Group. Find a recording of the event here.

Who

​Speakers include:

​Chris Leeds, Head of Carbon Markets Development, Standard Chartered

​Alexia Kelly,  Managing Director of the Carbon Policy and Markets Initiative (CPMI)

Amy Merrill, Interim CEO

Tara Burke, Director of Communications 

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COP28 Recording – How Can Carbon Finance Work for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPs&LCs)?

When

3 December 2023

What

Find full details of the event here.

Who

​Speakers include:

​Mere Takoko, Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau a Apanui, Rongowhakaata, Aotearoa (New Zealand)

​Isack Bryson, Hadzabe, Yaeda Valley, Tanzania

Navy Kroeung, Bunong, Cambodia

​Melena Pollard, Toshao (leader) of River’s View, Guyana

​Annette Nazareth (Chair) and Kanyinke Sena (Board member) representing the ICVCM. Patricia de Matta representing Nature4Climate.

 

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COP28

When

30 November – 12 December 2023

What

Find a full list of our public events here.

Who

Find a full list of our speakers here.

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Progress Update Webinar

When

27 November 2023

What

A recording of our latest Progress Update webinar.

Who

Chair Annette Lazareth is joined by ICVCM colleagues including: Chris Leeds, Jeff Swartz, Kelley Kizzier, Farrukh Khan, Amy Merril and Tara Burke.

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Spanish public briefing on the Core Carbon Principles and Assessment Framework

When

13 September 2023

What

Our virtual Spanish language briefing on the full Core Carbon Principles and Assessment Framework.  

Watch the Spanish public briefing here

Who

Daniel Ortega-Pacheco, Co-Chair of ICVCM

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IP & LCs public briefings on the Core Carbon Principles and Assessment Framework

When

14 September 2023

What

The briefing covered how the CCP Assessment Framework is relevant for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, followed by a Q&A session.

Watch now in:

English

Français

Español

Português

 

You can find slide for the public briefings here in:

English

Français

Español

Português

Who

William McDonnell, COO of ICVCM

Annette Nazareth at Sylvera’s Carbon Markets Summit

When

30 June 2022

What

Our Chair Annette Nazareth joined the “Sustainability Leaders in 2022: Accelerating Climate Ambitions” panel to discuss whether regulators should demand the disclosure of carbon credit quality, and more.

Who

Margaret Mistry; Equinor and Torsten Lichtenau; Bain & Company

 

 

Annette Nazareth at TED

When

16 June 2022

What

Our Chair Annette Nazareth participated in the TED Dilemma Series where she discussed the potential the voluntary carbon market and the important role of the Integrity Council in establishing robust standards that will bring much-needed transparency and integrity to the VCM. The video will be released later in the year.

(Photo disclaimer: Annette L. Nazareth speaks at TED Countdown Dilemma Session. June 16, 2022, TED World Theater, New York. Photo: Gilberto Tadday / TED)

 

Annette Nazareth at Economist Impact’s annual Sustainability Week

When

6 – 9 June 2022

What

Our Chair Annette Nazareth joined a fireside chat with journalist and executive editor at the Economist, Anne McElvoy, to discuss how scaling the voluntary carbon market can impact climate change.

 

Integrity Council at CFTC Voluntary Carbon Market Convening

When

2 June 2022

What

Our Governing Board member, Sonja Gibbs, presented at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) first ever Voluntary Carbon Markets Convening to discuss the supply and demand of high-quality carbon credits, and the important role of the VCM.

Who

Sonja was joined by fellow Integrity Council colleagues, including: Kelley Kizzier, Mark Kenber, David Antonioli, Alexia Kelly, Jeff Swartz, and Nat Keohane.

 

Nathaniel Keohane senior advisor for Integrity Council speaks in Global Returns Project’s webinar

When

26 May 2022

What

Carbon Offsets: Solution or Scam?

Who

Nathaniel Keohane, senior advisor to The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market and President of the Centre for Climate and Energy Solutions; Mark Stevenson strategic advisor to governments, NGOs and corporates; Dr Jose Maria Valenzuela, Research Fellow at Oxford Net Zero; Professor Andrew Macintosh, former Chair of the Australian Government’s Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee; Natasha White, Bloomberg News journalist

Fireside chat for the World Bank Group’s Innovate4Climate with Integrity Council chair Annette Nazareth

When

25 May 2022

What

Annette Nazareth was interviewed by Reuters’ editor-at-large, Axel Threlfall

Dirk Forrister President and CEO of IETA attends European Climate Summit

When

24 May 2022

What

Dirk Forrister President and CEO of IETA, who are part of the Integrity Council’s executive secretariat, attends the IETA-led European summit.

Laurent Segalen and Dirk Forrister attend the Mobilising Capital for Clean Energy event at Climate Council Disrupt

When

17 – 18 May 2022

What

Laurent Segalen member of the Integrity Council’s Distinguished Advisory Group, and Dirk Forrister, part of the Integrity Council’s executive secretariat, joined the Carbon Market panel at the Climate Council event.

Doris Honold Governing Board member of the Integrity Council speaks at PRMIA’s ESG Virtual Forum

When

17 May 2022

What

Doris Honold joined PRMIA’s ESG Virtual Forum 2022: The New Era and Frontier of Risk Management to discuss what the future may hold for the voluntary carbon market.

Sonja Gibbs Governing Board Member to the Integrity Council joins an episode of the Smarter Markets podcast

When

29 April 2022

What

Sonja Gibbs joined the season finale of the Smarter Markets podcast to discuss the importance of brining integrity to the voluntary carbon market.

Chris Leeds Elected Market Representative for the Integrity Council attends Institute of International Finances’ Sustainable Finance Roundtable

When

21 April 2022

What

 IIF’s Sustainable Finance Roundtable: Alignment, Integrity and Transition Finance brought together public and private sector participants to discuss key policy and market priorities for sustainable finance.

Nathaniel Keohane Senior Advisor to the Integrity Council speaks at Bloomberg NEF Summit

When

20 April 2022

What

Nathaniel Keohane joins panellists for the BNEF summit: Voluntary Carbon Markets: Boom, Bust, Boom? What Comes Next? To discuss the markets shortfalls as it rises in popularity, and how these shortfalls can be
overcome.

Memorial service for Hugh Sealy, Integrity Council Co-Chair, on 1 April 2022

A memorial service will be held on 1 April for Hugh Sealy, Integrity Council Co-Chair. The service will take place at White Hall Lodge, Barbados at 10am local time (10am ET, 3pm UK, 4pm CET, 10pm SGT) and will be live streamed here

We have lost a great friend and leader. May his soul rest in peace.

 

Annette Nazareth Integrity Council chair speaks at The Economist Sustainability Week

When

24 March 2022

What

Fireside Chat with Annette Nazareth

Integrity Council Board Member Chris Leeds speaks at Edie Sustainability Leaders Forum

When

8 March 2022 @ 3:25 p.m. GMT

What

The Big Debate: Carbon offsetting to reach net-zero emissions – who’s right, who’s wrong?

Who

Chris Leeds, Board Member of the Integrity Council & Head of Carbon Markets Development, Standard Chartered Bank; Solitaire Townsend, Co-Founder, Futerra; David Riley, Head of Carbon Neutrality, Anglian Water; Matt Gorman, Head of Sustainability, Heathrow; Nicholas Daniel, Head of Commercial Sustainability, ClimatePartner; Lisa Bolin, Climate Lead, Polestar

 

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market Co-Chair Dr. Hugh Sealy speaks at Financial Times Climate Capital Live

When

8 March 2022 @ 3:15 – 3:55 p.m. GMT / 10:15 a.m. – 10:55 a.m. ET

What

The New Agenda Debate: Carbon Offsetting A Solution or a Con?

Who

Dr. Hugh Sealy, Co-Chair of the Integrity Council; Dr. Thomas Hale, Founder & CEO, Blavatnik School of Governance; Constance Chalchat, Head of CIB Company Engagement & Global Markets Chief Sustainability Officer, BNP Paribas