ICAP-IETA Carbon Market Virtual Pavilion session recordings available

Find recordings of all sessions from ICAP and IETA's Virtual Carbon Market Pavilion on the Pavilion website

ICAP and the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) have partnered to organize a Carbon Markets Virtual Pavilion. Held 11-12 November 2020, the Virtual Pavilion featured a two-day program of high-level discussions, side events, and interactive sessions, along with an informal carbon markets networking arena for people to connect and stay in touch. Check out the recordings of all sessions on the Pavilion website.

The postponement of COP26 in Glasgow to November 2021 risks delaying climate negotiations but may also affect momentum of carbon pricing in recent years. IETA and ICAP want to create an opportunity to engage stakeholders from the international community and ETS jurisdictions in discussions and exchanges centered around carbon markets and priorities for carbon pricing in the years ahead.

ICAP had a number of events scheduled throughout both days of the pavilion, including side events  focused on topics such as border carbon adjustments, CORSIA, and the role of emissions trading in achieving net-zero targets, as well as interactive ‘In Conversation With’ events.

For more information and recordings of all sessions, please visit the website.

Keynote speakers included:

• Kevin Rudd, President of the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) & Former Prime Minister, Australia
• Mary Nichols, Chair, California Air Resources Board (CARB)
• Rohit Talwar, CEP - Fast Future
• Bertrand Piccard, Solar Impulse Foundation

Other speakers at high-level plenary discussions included:

• Jonathan Grant, Council Chairman (IETA)
• William Acworth, Head of Secretariat (ICAP)
• Joan MacNaughton, Chair of the Board - Climate Group
• Frank Rijsberman, Director General - Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
• Gustavo Fontanele, Coordinator of Green Economy, Brazil Ministry of Economy
• Carolina Urmeneta, Head of the Climate Change Office in the Ministry of Environment of Chile
• José Francisco Charry, National Director of Climate Change, Colombia Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
• Marco Heredia Fragoso, General Director, Climate Change Policies, SEMARNAT
• Dirk Forrister, President & CEO - IETA
• Karen Palmer, Senior Fellow and Director, Future of Power Initiative, Resources for the Future
• Anthony Hobley, Executive Director Mission Possible Platform - World Economic Forum
• Rajinder Sahota, Chief Industrial Strategies Division - California Air Resources Board 
• Beatriz Yordi, Director of European and International Carbon Markets, DG CLIMA, European Commission

Speakers in the 'In Conversation With' series included:

• Mark Lewis, Global Head of Sustainability Research - BNP Paribas
• Adam Berman, EU Policy Director - IETA
• Bianca Gichangi, Eastern Africa Alliance 
• Ousmane Fall Sarr, West African Alliance
• Karsten Neuhoff, DIW, lead of the Climate Policy Department at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
• Andrei Marcu, Founder and Executive Director, ERCST
• Andrew McKeon, Executive Director - RGGI
• Justin Johnson, RGGI+ Representative - IETA
• Todd Croad, New Zealand Ministry for the Environment
• Monique Page, New Zealand Ministry for the Environment
• Jos Delbeke, European University Institute (EUI)
• Mike Azlen, Founder and CEO, Carbon Cap Management
• Eron Bloomgarden, Founder and Partner, Climate Finance Partners
• Sandra Greiner, Lead Consultant - Climate Focus
• Stephan Hoch, Managing Director - Perspectives Climate Group
• Michael Berends, Managing Director, Origination - ClearBlue Markets
• Chelsea Bryant, Managing Director Global Markets & Strategy - Radicle
• Dr. Simone Locatello, Instituto Mora