Beyond the Backlash - How Carbon Markets Are Evolving and Why It Matters

​Carbon markets have faced years of scrutiny over issues related to integrity, transparency and impact. Meanwhile a set of innovations has emerged to answer some of the market's most stubborn problems. This session moves past whether carbon markets should exist and asks something more useful: what is improving, what is working both in terms of how we manage risk and unlock opportunity, and what still has to happen for confidence and scale to follow?

​A series of short talks cover the following topics: innovations in science; permanence, durability and reversal risk; government-led policy; implementation and finance. The session looks at how measurement, policy, standards and governance shape the markets of tomorrow.

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This event is part of the Nature Hub, convened by the Nature4Climate Coalition and KPMG. To learn more about the full-day programme, visit: Nature Hub at Climate Week NYC 2026.

The Nature Hub is also hosted by ACR, ART, aDRYADA, American Forest Foundation, Arbor Day Foundation, Arizona State University (ASU), Audubon, Beyond Alliance, BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group, Chloris Geospatial, CAFI, Conservation International, Forest & Climate Leaders’ Partnership (FCLP), Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), IDH, Oceans 5/ORCA, Root Capital, Satelligence, Sustainable Forestry Initiative, The Nature Conservancy, Trust for Public Land, UNDP, UNEP-WCMC, UN-REDD, WCS, Weyerhaeuser, and Woodwell Climate.

The Nature Hub includes expertise and contributions from, CLUA, Interfaith Rainforest Initiative, LEAF Coalition/Emergent, SHIFT-CM, Yale University, WBCSD, Global Optimism, Tropical Forest Alliance, Tierra, Rockefeller Brothers Funds, Intrinsic Exchange Group, WRI, KFW DEG and Ocean and Climate Platform.