Building the Next Generation of Carbon Removal Practitioners: Youth, Skills and Policy in Action

​Delivering credible carbon removal requires people who can translate scientific methods and carbon-market requirements into practical project delivery. This session will explore how young professionals can develop the skills needed for project assessment, monitoring, reporting and verification, stakeholder engagement and carbon-market governance.

​Bringing together parliamentary, youth, project-development and education perspectives, the discussion will identify training gaps and accessible pathways through applied learning, mentoring and field experience. Kalyani Inampudi’s recent CDM-to-PACM guide will provide a reference for lessons on documentation, project readiness and evolving crediting requirements, examining their relevance to training carbon-removal practitioners.

​Key topics

• ​Practical skills needed across the carbon-removal project lifecycle.

• ​Entry routes for young professionals through training, mentoring and project experience.

• ​Lessons from the CDM-to-PACM transition for practitioner development.

• ​Parliamentary and policy support for inclusive skills development.

• ​Partnerships between developers, education providers and public institutions.