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North America Climate Summit (NACS) 2024: 24-26 September in New York City

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The IETA-led North America Climate Summit 2024 (NACS 2024) is the premier gathering of carbon market practitioners, experts, and governments from across North America and beyond.

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New York City, United States 

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The IETA-led North America Climate Summit 2024 (NACS 2024) is the premier gathering of carbon market practitioners, experts, and governments from across North America and beyond.

Attending NACS 2024 presents a unique opportunity to learn from experts, enhance your carbon market expertise, and expand your network of leaders to collaboratively move the needle on delivering climate action and transition finance at scale. Gain insights on the evolving carbon pricing landscape, latest market trends, most relevant regulatory developments and “what to watch” through COP29 Baku and beyond.

Organized by IETA, in collaboration with the International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP), NACS 2024 is an in-person event with recorded plenary and breakout sessions. The program features high-level plenaries, inspirational keynotes, topic deep-dives, cross-cutting breakouts, interactive side events, exclusive roundtables and unmatched networking opportunities to foster meaningful connections.

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DAILY SNAPSHOT

– 24 September – DAY 1: Open Side Events, Closed Meetings & NACS Welcome Reception

– 25 September – DAY 2: Plenaries and Breakouts, Open Side Events & IETA Nightcap Party

– 26 September – DAY 3: Plenaries and Breakouts, Open Side Events

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Summit Agenda Overview (subject to updates) 

TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER – DAY 1

8:00-17:30     Registration & Welcome Coffee

8:00-15:00     Closed Meetings & Events, and Press Briefing

12:00-13:00   Welcome Lunch

15:00-16:00   Open Side Event Sessions 1 & 2  

16:00-16:30   Coffee Break

16:15-17:15   Open Side Event Sessions 3 & 4  

17:15-17:30 Short Break

17:30-19:00 North America Climate Summit (NACS) Welcome Reception

 

WEDNESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER – DAY 2

8:00-9:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee

8:30-9:00 Opening & Keynote Addresses: Carbon Markets Driving Collective Climate 
Action

9:00-9:15 Short Break

9:15-10:30 Plenary 1 – Climate Crossroads: Where Action, Carbon Markets and Geopolitics 
Intersect 

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-12:00 Plenary 2 – CE Roundtable on Navigating the Energy Transition 

12:00-13:00 Networking Lunch

13:00-14:00 Side Event Sessions 5 & 6 & 7

14:00-14:15 Short Break

14:15-15:15 Breakout 1 – Analysts’ Roundtable: North America Carbon Market Pricing, 
Forecasts and Outlooks

Breakout 2 – Sky’s the Limit: Aviation’s Net Zero Journey Through Carbon Markets

15:15-15:45 Coffee Break

15:45-16:45 Breakout 3 – States Leading the Charge: Spotlight on US Compliance Carbon 
Markets (California, Washington State, New York State, RGGI)

Breakout 4 – Carbon Code: Navigating the Digital Landscape of Carbon Markets

16:45-17:00 Short Break

17:00-18:00 Plenary 3 – North America Subnational Climate Leadership & Cooperation

20:30-23:30 IETA 25th Anniversary Nightcap Party (Ticketed) 

 

THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER – DAY 3

8:30-16:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee

8:30-9:30 ICROA Breakfast Roundtable

9:00-10:00 Side Event Session 8 & 9 

10:10-11:10 Plenary 4 – Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCMs) Leadership Dialogue

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break

11:30-12:30 Breakout 5 – Legal Eagles: Lawyers’ Roundtable on Climate and Carbon Market 
Disclosures

Breakout 6 – Maple Leaf Markets: Spotlight on Canada Carbon Markets

12:30-13:30 Networking Lunch

13:30-14:30 Side Event Session 10 & 11 & 12

14:30-14:45 Short Break

14:40-15:30 Breakout 7 – Trade Tensions: Carbon, Competitiveness, and Border Adjustments

Breakout 8 – Removals Revolution: Supercharging Carbon Removal through Nature 
and Technology

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

16:00-17:00 Plenary 5 – Trillions for Transition: Mobilizing Private Capital for Climate 
Action & Closing Addresses 

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PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Interested in speaking opportunities, hosting your own side event session or closed meeting, partner sponsor visibility, contact Lisa Spafford,spaffordatieta [dot] org ( spafford[at]ieta[dot]org)

Attend as a delegate, contact Christian Mosquera, mosqueraatieta [dot] org (mosquera[at]ieta[dot]org)

  • Register for the summit HERE

For media, contact Badr Maallem, maallematieta [dot] org (maallem[at]ieta[dot]org)

Summit venue: Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel

  • 811 7th Avenue (at West 53rd Street) – New York, NY 10019