Carbon Markets, Nature, Rights and Climate Justice
HOSTED BY The Climate School, Columbia University, WE ACT For Environmental Justice, NAMATI, Grassroots Justice Network, Columbia World Projects
MODERATED BY Sheila Foster, Climate School Visiting Professor _____________________________________________________________________________________
On behalf of the Columbia University Climate School, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Namati, the Grassroots Justice Network, and Columbia World Projects, you are invited to participate in an intimate and closed-session Climate Week roundtable alongside public sector, community, industry, NGO's, the funding community, and academic leadership.
This dialogue aims to discuss shared learning and realities of policy and practice for communities living on land and sea assets valuable in the context of carbon- and biodiversity-credit markets.
Now is the time to ensure community and local jurisdictional risks and realities are included in the design and implementation of complex projects and market rules. A historic and rapid transformation of these markets is underway and expected to increase 15-fold by 2030 and 100-fold by 2050. Meanwhile, rulemaking continues around Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement, third-party standards evolve, and national governments react with new policies and projects. This discussion will inform our collective practices as well as ongoing global and national policy negotiations, including at the upcoming COP28.
MODERATION AND CONVERSATION
- Climate School Visiting Professor Sheila Foster - Moderator
- Peggy Shepard, Co-Founder and Executive Director of WE ACT for Environmental Justice
- Vivek Maru, Founder and CEO, Namati
- Jeff Shaman, Interim Dean, Columbia Climate School
- Shamiso Mtisi, Deputy Director, Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association
- Eileen Wakesho, Director Namati Kenya
- Marcelo Furtado, Principal at Nature Finance and Co-lead of Taskforce on Nature Markets, Head of Sustainability at ITAUSA
- Ariadne Gorring, Co-CEO Pollination Foundation
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HIGH LEVEL AGENDA
9:00 - 9:15 | Coffee and Light Refreshments
9:15 - 9:30 | Opening Remarks and Welcome
9:30 - 11:30 | Roundtable Discussion*
- Lessons in Land Tenure and Sovereignty
- Opportunity and Access to Complex Markets
- Approaching Future Climate and Applying Lessons to Coastal and Ocean-Based Markets
11:30 - 12:00 | Closing Discussion and Wrap Up
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This is a closed session round table event to foster open dialogue amongst organizational leadership. In order to preserve the objectives of the event, this invite is a non-transferable invitation without contacting organizers. Chatham House Rules will be observed.
Final agenda to be shared in the coming weeks.
