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Jun 2, 2026
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For more information, please contact Victor Alejandro Ortiz Rivera, victoralejandro.ortizrivera@icapcarbonaction.com
For more information, please contact Christina Irven, cirven@verra.org.
What does it mean to be a member of IETA? Designed for curious, strategic organizations looking to join a global network of carbon market leaders, this session is an opportunity to gain insight into how members engage in IETA’s work, contribute to policy dialogue, and help shape market-based climate solutions. For more information and interest in participating, please contact Valeria Campos, campos@ieta.org.
Facilitator: Valeria Campos, Membership Program Assistant - IETA
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Amy Kessler, Director of Latin America - Climate Action Reserve (CAR) Carlos Cordova, Director of Environmental Solutions for the Americas - S&P Global Energy
Felipe Avilan, Head of Carbon - ACT Group
A discussion on the evolving social dimension of carbon projects and programmes. The session explores advances in social metrics and methodologies, their interaction with national regulations, and experiences from Latin America on integrating social outcomes into high-integrity carbon markets.
Moderator: Carlos Aragón, Country Director Brazil - Governors' Climate and Forests (GCF) Task Force
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As carbon markets expand, border measures emerge, and disclosure regimes advance, 2026 marks a structural shift in global carbon accounting. Reforms and partnerships across standards spur debate on measurement and comparability. IETA’s popular workshop convenes experts to explore evolving frameworks, convergence versus flexibility, and Latin America’s role shaping this landscape.
Moderator: Katie Sullivan, Managing Director - IETA
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Legal uncertainty can emerge at multiple points across the carbon chain, from authorization and corresponding adjustments to registry treatment, labels, and the credibility of use claims. This workshop will explore how those risks are allocated in practice, who may bear responsibility, and how market actors are seeking to manage them.
Moderator: Agustina Cundari, International Policy Advisor - IETA
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For media representatives only. The workshop will explore the evolving carbon market landscape, and discussions will help distinguish between criteria pollutants and emissions that drive climate change, while also examining the main sources of greenhouse gas emissions and the types of projects and policies that can help prevent or reduce them. In addition, the session will provide a platform to discuss pathways toward low-carbon economic development and the role that carbon markets, innovation, and environmental policy can play in supporting sustainable growth across the region.
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This side event will bring together governments, private sector actors, academia, and financial institutions to discuss how Latin American countries are preparing for participation in PACM. The session will explore institutional readiness, carbon pricing instruments, investment opportunities, and enabling conditions for high-integrity mitigation activities.
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This session explores how to originate, structure, and scale community-based carbon projects across Latin America — connecting producers to buyers, investors, and climate finance. Real-world case studies examine AI, satellite monitoring, and field data as tools for transparency and high-integrity nature-based credits.
Moderator: Calvin Funez, Hispanic America Director - Dimitra
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As carbon markets evolve, clarity on Article 6 and CORSIA implementation is increasingly important. This side event will present Verra’s updated guidance for VCS projects and buyers, reflecting recent UNFCCC and ICAO decisions. A panel of market experts will discuss implementation challenges, corresponding adjustments, and high-integrity credits in international markets.
Moderator: Susana Velez Haller, Regional Representative, Latin America and the Caribbean - Verra
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Organiser Welcome Address: Dirk Forrister, President & CEO - IETA
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Ministerial Address: Alicia Bárcenas, Secretary - SEMARNAT
Institutional Partner Address: Miguel Treviño, Director, Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública - Tecnológico de Monterrey
This panel convenes ministerial representatives from the LAC region to examine carbon pricing within the regional policy mix. Participants will address critical implementation challenges and the innovative strategies deployed to navigate them. Leaders will explore cross-border cooperation to unlock climate finance, harmonise regional markets, and ensure a just transition toward a low-carbon economy.
Moderator: Luis Fernández Carriel, IPCC Author - Tecnológico de Monterrey
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Following a presentation on decarbonization pathways to navigate technological and regulatory shifts, a high-level panel will examine industrial strategies to accelerate emissions reductions. Experts will explore policy innovation and how companies navigate local complexities. The discussion highlights private-sector leadership in scaling implementation, ensuring corporate strategies align with evolving regulations to drive impactful, long-term climate action.
Moderator: Alicia Galindo Program, Director Master in Finance - Tecnológico de Monterrey - EGADE Business School Scene Setting
Presentation: Edmundo Molina, Director of the Decision Science Research Center Tecnológico de Monterrey - School of Government and Public Transformation
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Representing 20% of global operational carbon pricing instruments, LAC is a leading force shaping the new carbon order. This panel brings together public and private-sector experts to share regional regulatory updates, market trends, and innovations in policy design. The discussion will also address the importance of governments setting clear frameworks for corporates deploying capital and innovation to deliver a high-growth, low-carbon future.
Moderator: Dirk Forrister, President & CEO - IETA
Scene Setting Presentation: Victor Alejandro Ortiz Rivera, Carbon Market Expert - ICAP
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Carbon markets are entering a pivotal phase of growth and scrutiny. This session will examine how key stakeholders — from governments and standards organizations to project developers, brokers, and traders — are shaping the market’s evolution. Panelists will explore how policy frameworks, credit integrity, supply development, and market liquidity intersect, and what is needed to move from fragmented activity to a more mature, trusted, and efficient global market.
Facilitator: Carlos Cordova, Director, Environmental Solutions - S&P Global Energy
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ssuing offsets is often treated as the finish line. In practice, it is just the beginning. This session uses Mexico's NbS landscape as a case study to explore what highintegrity project development looks like beyond the issuance date. Drawing on direct field experience, panelists will address how these elements connect to what buyers, standards and compliance frameworks are increasingly demanding, making the case that Mexico is not an emerging supplier, but a benchmark for high-integrity NbS.
Moderator: Marco Adrián Hernández, CEO - Carbonof
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Border carbon measures are now reshaping global market access and redefining industrial competitiveness based on product-level, data-driven carbon performance. This session convenes experts to assess Europe’s CBAM definitive period, responses from non-EU producers, policy reactions via ETS and alignment, and emerging climate-trade platforms, highlighting key developments to watch through COP31.
Moderator: Mariana Tavares, Policy Advisor, Brazil - IETA
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Removals will play a key role in corporates and countries transition to net zero. This breakout brings a practical discussion on how to unlock capital flows for naturebased carbon removals, including Afforestation, Reforestation, and Revegetation (ARR), blue carbon and regenerative agriculture. The session explores current state and challenges, scale projections, case studies, and innovations that strengthen integrity, measurement and investability.
Moderator: Amy Kessler, Director, Market Development - Climate Action Reserve (CAR)
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With Article 6 moving from rulemaking to execution, this session examines where Latin America stands on authorizations, bilateral agreements, and Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMO) transactions. Speakers will share early lessons from implemented deals, remaining bottlenecks, and what is needed to scale demand-driven international cooperation with integrity and host-country benefits.
Moderator: Agustina Cundari, International Policy Advisor - IETA
Scene Setting Presentation: Carolina Grangeia, Managing Partner - EOS Consulting
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Separate paid ticket required for entrance, purchased online in advance of the Reception. Limited capacity. Tickets are sold on a first come, first serve basis - www.ieta.org/events/latin-america-climate-summit.
Join us for a dedicated networking roundtable hosted by the Women in Carbon and IETA, celebrating the leadership and growing impact of women in carbon markets and sustainability across the region. As carbon markets expand and diversify, promoting visibility and inclusion is essential for shaping a more equitable and effective climate finance landscape.
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Discussion panel on the future of carbon markets and carbon pricing instruments in Latin America and the Caribbean. The session will bring together representatives from governments, international organizations, and regional cooperation initiatives to discuss emerging trends, implementation, integrity, transparency, and opportunities for regional collaboration to strengthen climate action across the region.
Moderator: Itzel Alcérreca, Regional Advisor - GIZ Euroclima
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Corporates remain the largest and most dynamic source of demand in the VCM. Despite challenges, carbon credits remain a critical bridge for companies on the path to net zero. Restoring and scaling corporate demand, however, will depend on the establishment of a credible “safe harbour” that provides clarity and integrity in how credits are used. This plenary will examine what an effective safe harbour should look like, and the roles governments, standard setters and market actors play.
Moderator: Katie Sullivan, Managing Director - IETA
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Innovations linking waste streams to carbon markets in LAC countries: methane extraction from landfills for renewable gas production and organic waste pyrolysis yielding biochar for durable removals. This session analyzes project feasibility, regulatory alignment, market crediting mechanisms, and strategies to accelerate deployment across urban and rural contexts.
Moderator: Jorge Plauchu, Programme Director - Cercarbono
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The year 2026 marks the end of Phase 1 for CORSIA, and the eligible supply gap is a material risk for airlines. Speakers will discuss the current situation among LAC countries and governments, the need for clear positions and policies, authorization pathways and predictable issuance timelines, and how airlines are screening projects (integrity, delivery risk, pricing) and integrating SAF and credits into compliance strategies.
Moderator: Agustina Cundari, International Policy Advisor - IETA
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Mexico has the opportunity to implement the first ETS in LAC, serving as a pillar for long-term decarbonization and cross-sector innovation. This panel presents and discusses design elements, and regulatory progress to ensure proper implementation. Policymakers and technical experts will analyze opportunities to harmonize federal and subnational carbon pricing instruments, safeguarding industry competitiveness while streamlining market operations.
Moderator: Camilo Trujillo, LAC Policy Advisor - IETA
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As REDD+ enters a moment of renewed confidence, this panel offers a multiperspective discussion on its current role and future direction. We will look at how companies are using REDD+ credits in their decarbonization strategies, how subnational entities are integrating REDD+ into public policies, and how it is being reflected in domestic carbon markets as well as in emerging international mechanisms such as CORSIA and Article 6 under the Paris Agreement.
Moderator: Pedro Venzon, Brazil Lead - IETA
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Experts will analyze strategic investment frontiers within carbon markets, identifying the core criteria for capital deployment and the enabling conditions required to mobilize large-scale institutional finance. Simultaneously, the panel will examine the evolution of innovative insurance instruments designed to mitigate delivery, reversal, and political risks, ensuring project bankability in alignment with emerging market demands for high-integrity assets.
Moderator: Dirk Forrister, President & CEO - IETA
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