Voluntary Carbon Market Ecosystem & Market Dynamics

Workshop Content: 1.Buyer & Demand Side – corporates, SMEs, airlines, SBTi-linked demand 2.Supply Side – project types (renewables, cookstoves, forestry, rice, livestock methane) 3.Co-benefits & SDG Linkages – premium pricing through social and biodiversity benefits 4.Risks & Challenges – permanence, leakage, greenwashing, reputational risks, buffer pools, insurance 5.Pricing Dynamics – OTC vs exchanges (CBL, Xpansiv, AirCarbon), drivers of price differentiation 6.Monitoring, Reporting & Verification (MRV) – role of standards, verification bodies, and emerging digital MRV approaches 7.Innovations – blockchain/tokenization, satellite & AI integration, data transparency tools