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Unlocking nature-based solutions through carbon markets: Global analysis of available supply potential

Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Time: 10 – 11:00 a.m. EDT | 15:00 – 16:00 p.m. CET
Format: Zoom
Language: English

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Description

Over the next three decades, an effective and efficient transition to low-carbon economies is required to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. To limit warming to 1.5°C or 2°C by 2100, it will be necessary to both half greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions each decade and to ramp up efforts to actively remove carbon from the atmosphere.

Nature-based solutions (NbS) – actions that protect and enhance carbon stored in natural ecosystems and reduce GHG emissions – are essential climate strategies, yet only receive a fraction of global finance.

This webinar will focus on the findings from ‘Unlocking nature-based solutions through carbon markets: Global analysis of available supply potential’. A report which takes a quantitative evaluation of the potential of nature-based solutions (NbS) addressing important knowledge gaps—including critical implementation barriers—and examines the role that carbon markets may play in unlocking NbS mitigation potential in the short-term, mid-term, globally, and at the country-level. The presentation of findings will be followed by an in-depth discussion of opportunities and gaps of accessing carbon markets in general and, specifically the voluntary carbon market (VCM), to unlock the mitigation potential of NbS.

Speakers

Moderator

  • Luis Cote, Consultant

Climate Focus Speakers

  • David Landholm, Senior Consultant
  • Charlotte Streck, Co-founder and Lead Consultant
  • Szymon Mikolajczyk, Lead Consultant
  • Ivan Palmegiani, Consultant
  • Felipe Bravo, Consultant

Agenda

15:00 – 15:02  | Welcome and housekeeping rules

15:02 – 15:06  | Introduction and Background

15:06 – 15:50 | Unlocking NbS through VCM

  • Comparison of cost-effective climate mitigation potential of NbS and actual mitigation delivered by NbS through carbon markets
  • Outlook on the NbS supply potential of carbon markets
  • Conclusion and recommendations

15:50 – 15:58 | Q&A

15:58 – 16:00 | Concluding remarks