Time and date: 12.15pm on Thursday, 28^th September

Session: Sell-side strategies: Developing carbon offsets that are fit for Paris

Overview: Incentives for investing in carbon-cutting projects have dried up under the Kyoto Protocol. In this session, Marion Verles and other panel members will discuss the road ahead under the Paris Agreement, the role for project developers, and where they can best find value for climate-friendly initiatives.

With the risk and impacts of climate change becoming more evident and the need to pay for carbon emissions emerging as a part of the cost of doing business, more organisations and governments are looking to put a price on carbon. According to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) there are more than 1000 companies reporting that they price carbon internally or plan to do so in the next one to two years.

What is carbon pricing?