Carbon Buyers Breakfast at the National Gallery: How CSOs Can Position Carbon Removal as Strategic Value - London Climate Action Week 2026
By kind permission of the Trustees and Director of the National Gallery, you are invited to a private breakfast salon and curated cultural experience during London Climate Action Week 2026.
As carbon markets evolve, the conversation is shifting beyond tonnes and price per credit toward a broader question: what does high-quality carbon removal make possible beyond carbon itself?
Hosted by InPlanet, Carboneers and ClimeFi, Beyond Carbon brings together a select group of leaders across sustainability, finance, policy, science, and procurement for an intimate morning of discussion and cultural immersion inside the National Gallery.
Held within one of London’s most iconic cultural landmarks overlooking Trafalgar Square, the gathering is designed as a highly curated experience rather than a traditional climate-week panel. Guests will move through private networking, strategic discussion, and a curator-led exploration of art, land, agriculture, and systems change inside the Gallery itself.
The event explores how the next generation of carbon removal is increasingly tied to themes of regenerative agriculture, food resilience, fertilizer dependence, geopolitical stability, compliance, and long-term market trust.
Speakers
Dr. Christina Larkin (Chief Science Officer, InPlanet)
Maarten de Lange (Commercial Director, Carboneers)
Ella Hughes (Technical Program Manager, Carbon Removal, Google)
Eduardo Bastos (Chairman of the Innovation Board, Center for Carbon Research in Tropical Agriculture; President, Brazilian Chamber of Agrocarbon)
Victoria Harvey (Head of CDR, ClimeFi)
Moderator: Christopher Neidl (Carbon Removal Lead, UNFCCC High-Level Climate Champions)
Engineering Nature Beyond Carbon
The next generation of removal credits will be judged not only on carbon tonnes, but on what comes with them: regenerative agriculture, resilient supply chains, lower fertilizer dependence, community benefit, and credibility in an increasingly scrutinized market.
The discussion unfolds across four interconnected themes:
Law & Policy: The opening of international carbon markets, Brazil’s evolving regulatory landscape, and the growing role of compliance frameworks in shaping demand.
Food Resilience: How enhanced rock weathering and biochar are reshaping conversations around soil health, agricultural resilience, and fertilizer geopolitics.
Integrity & Market Confidence: Why buyers are increasingly prioritizing transparency, delivery credibility, and long-term issuance performance.
Proven Delivery: How operational execution and multi-vintage issuance are emerging as defining differentiators in the next phase of carbon markets.
The Experience
Guests will be welcomed beneath the National Gallery’s historic porticos for a private breakfast overlooking Trafalgar Square, creating space for high-level conversations before the start of the day’s public programming across London Climate Action Week.
The morning continues with an intimate panel discussion featuring voices across policy, science, and market development, followed by a second networking session and a private curator-led gallery tour themed around Engineering Nature Beyond Carbon.
Rather than treating art as backdrop, the experience uses culture as a bridge between climate science, markets, agriculture, and humanity’s evolving relationship with the natural world.
From Constable’s agricultural landscapes to the Impressionists’ fascination with weather, atmosphere, and seasonality, the collection offers a distinctive lens through which to explore resilience, extraction, regeneration, and systems thinking.
Who This Is For
Beyond Carbon is designed for senior leaders shaping the future of sustainability, procurement, climate strategy, and carbon markets.
The guest list is intentionally curated across:
Sustainability and climate leaders
Carbon market buyers and procurement teams
Policy and regulatory stakeholders
Food, agriculture, and supply-chain leaders
Investors and strategic partners
Scientists and carbon removal innovators
The format is designed to encourage meaningful conversations between decision-makers across business, policy, and science in a setting that feels both intimate and interdisciplinary.
Agenda
08:30 – 09:00
Private breakfast & arrival networking beneath the Gallery porticos
09:00 – 09:10
Opening keynote
09:10 – 09:55
Panel discussion: Beyond Carbon
09:55 – 10:45
Coffee, networking & executive conversations
10:45 – 11:30
Private curator-led National Gallery tour
📍 National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London
📅 Thursday, 25 June 2026
👥 Invitation-only | Limited capacity
Hosted by InPlanet, Carboneers and ClimeFi, with support from Isometric