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Webinar overview:
This interactive webinar will bring together leading experts to explore the imminent reforms to the EU and UK Emissions Trading Scheme and the development of new carbon credit schemes across the aviation and shipping sectors. The session will look at the likely impact on carbon markets and carbon credit developers, as well as how the reforms will affect corporate net zero strategies.
The discussion will include:
- An introduction to the imminent reforms to the EU and UK Emissions Trading Scheme, the next phase of the UN-backed aviation and shipping carbon credit regimes, and wider efforts to enhance carbon market integrity.
- An overview of how these developments are likely to impact carbon markets and prices, and how businesses will have to respond.
- A look at the potential impact on global trade through Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms.
- An assessment of how the nascent carbon removal sector, including both nature-based and engineered removals, may be affected by the proposed changes.
- Advice on how both carbon credit developers and corporate offtakers can navigate changes to the market and develop an optimal strategy to advance their net zero ambitions.
Panellists
James Murray
Editor-in-Chief, BusinessGreen
James Murray is Editor-in-Chief of BusinessGreen, having launched the site in October 2007. He is responsible for BusinessGreen's leading news, opinion and analysis, and also contributes to the brand's expanding events' programme. James is one of the UK's leading commentators on the low carbon economy. He writes occasionally for The Guardian newspaper and has also reported for BBC Radio on a number of green technology stories. James reports daily on a wide range of green business issues, with a particular focus on low carbon policy, economics and technology. In March 2011, James was voted number eight in the Press Gazette's list of the top 50 environmental journalists in the UK. Prior to launching BusinessGreen, James spent five years as a technology journalist working on a variety of IT titles.
Ben Field
Climate Strategy Manager, Patch
Ben is the European Climate Strategy Lead at Patch, the platform scaling unified climate action. Ben works as a climate solutions engineer, helping companies navigate the complexities of the VCM and matching their climate targets up with Patch's diverse project network, with a particular focus on developing catalytic long-term offtake agreements. Prior to Patch, Ben worked for ECOM Trading's coffee division in Nicaragua followed by the Natural Capital team at Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, where he spent 4 years sourcing, managing and monitoring early stage carbon projects.
Lorna Ritchie
Director of Public Affairs at the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM)
Lorna Ritchie is Director of Public Affairs at the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM). Over the last ten years, Lorna has worked as a policy advisor on climate change for the UK government.
Lorna led the UK Presidency's Adaptation Negotiations at COP26 and, prior to that, led the UK's carbon markets negotiations including on CORSIA and Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.
Lydia Sheldrake
Director of Policy and Partnerships
Lydia is the Director of Policy and Partnerships at VCMI. She leads the team working on engagement and collaboration with companies, governments, civil society and other initiatives involved in carbon markets to develop high integrity standards for voluntary carbon markets.
Lydia has worked on climate finance and carbon markets across private, public, non-profit, and philanthropic organisations. Prior to joining VCMI, she advised on programmes and tools designed to raise the bar on corporate climate action at the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF). In the UK Government, Lydia was Head of Voluntary Carbon Markets, managed c.£250 million climate finance investments, and represented the UK in international negotiations on climate and trade. Ahead of COP26, Lydia led UK Presidency’s efforts to establish VCMI as an independent multi-stakeholder initiative.
In private and non-profit sectors, Lydia has advised multinational corporations on environmental reporting and sustainable supply chains. She has degrees from Imperial College London and the University of Oxford.
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