Events
Stay up to date on upcoming events, workshops, and public discussions as we work together to build the next-generation Verified Carbon Market.
Status: Open to all VCM+ Coalition Members
Date: Tuesday June 23rd, 2026, 12:30pm-5:00pm
with reception to follow
The VCM+ Coalition is convening its global membership during London Climate Action Week 2026 to launch the VCM+ Action Agenda and chart a path forward for the year ahead. Taking place on June 23rd at the Clermont Charing Cross in London, this half-day gathering will bring Coalition members together to celebrate progress to date, introduce the inaugural cohort of VCM+ Fellows, and explore how collaboration across leading global initiatives is shaping the future of carbon markets. Sessions will tackle the questions central to scaling the market with integrity — from the demand drivers and cross-sector partnerships needed to reach 5 billion cumulative tons by 2035, to the catalytic role philanthropy can play in accelerating progress.
The afternoon will close with a networking reception where pillar leads will host table discussions on key Action Agenda priorities and field questions from members. The convening is open to VCM+ Coalition members only, with attendance limited to two participants per organization to support broad representation across the Coalition.
VCM+ Global Convening
Status: Open to all VCM+ Coalition Members
Date: Tuesday June 23rd, 2026, 9:00am-12:00pm
As we build the next generation of verified carbon markets, much of the focus has rightly been on strengthening standards, building key infrastructure, and scaling demand. Yet a more fundamental question often goes unaddressed: who is able to participate in these markets, and on what terms? Participation is too often framed as a question of readiness or capacity when, in practice, it is shaped by how the system itself functions — by how rules are set, how demand is signaled, and how risks and value are distributed. Where these dynamics constrain participation, pipelines struggle to scale, supply remains uneven, buyer confidence weakens, and finance does not flow at the pace required. Equitable participation will not emerge automatically as markets grow; it needs to be deliberately enabled.
Convened by the VCM+ Coalition in partnership with Climate Action Platform Africa, this London Climate Action Week working session is designed to move from diagnosis to action. Across three hours of moderated discussion, participants will interrogate how rule-setting, demand signals, safeguards, and project-level realities interact to shape who reaches the market, drawing on the African experience to surface where current structures are not functioning as intended and where targeted changes could unlock more equitable participation at scale. The session will converge on a prioritized set of 3–5 concrete actions that can be progressed beyond LCAW.
Enabling Equitable Participation in Global Carbon Markets - From Access to Agency
Status: Open to all VCM+ Coalition Members
Date: Tuesday June 23rd, 2026, 9:00am-10:30am
The verified carbon market has changed substantially in recent years. Leading institutions have built and strengthened the infrastructure underpinning the market, raised the bar on project impact, and made meaningful progress on the criticisms that have been levelled at the market over the past decade. By many measures, the verified carbon market today is in a stronger position than it has been at any point in its history. Yet the global media and policy discourse has not kept pace with this work, and key decisions continue to be shaped by an outdated understanding of where the market is and where it is heading. Closing that gap is not a communications problem alone, but communications is a meaningful part of the solution.
Hosted by the VCM+ Coalition during London Climate Action Week, this interactive working session will bring Coalition members together to take stock of the communications work already underway across the Coalition, surface where additional coordination could strengthen its reach, and align on shared messages and talking points members can carry into their own work. The goal is to leave with a clearer collective picture of how the Coalition can more effectively tell the story of the market's progress to the audiences shaping its future.
What We Talk About When We Talk About VCM+: Communicating the Market’s Many Developments
Status: Open to all VCM+ Coalition Members
Date: Tuesday June 23rd, 2026, 10:30am-12:00pm
Artificial intelligence is already reshaping how the carbon market measures, monitors, verifies, and communicates, and the pace of change will only accelerate in the months ahead. The question is not whether the market will integrate AI, but whether it will do so thoughtfully, equitably, and in ways that strengthen rather than undermine its integrity and environmental impact. AI is not an uncomplicated good: concerns about algorithmic opacity, data sovereignty, environmental footprint, and equity — particularly for communities in the Global South whose lands and livelihoods underpin many carbon projects — are legitimate and must be engaged seriously.
This session is the first in a series of VCM+ Coalition conversations on AI and carbon markets, continuing through New York Climate Week and COP. Together, members will demystify what AI can do to strengthen carbon market integrity, surface early innovators and emerging trends, and take stock of the governance and safeguard challenges that come with rapid adoption. The goal is to leave with a clearer sense of where momentum is already building and where the Coalition should focus its engagement over the year ahead.