Derisking Carbon Offset Projects: Lessons from Nature-Based Solutions to Super Pollutants in the VCM+

​Carbon markets are at a critical inflection point. As scrutiny around permanence, additionality, and integrity intensifies buyers and investors are reassessing how climate impact is designed, verified, and trusted. This session explores how carbon offset projects can be effectively derisked by applying hard-won lessons from nature-based solutions (NBS), the (re)emergence of Super Pollutants, and other established approaches to impact delivery.

​Through real world examples and candid discussion, we’ll examine what restores confidence, accelerates measurable impact, and enables credible, scalable climate action in the market’s next phase. Join SCS Global Services, Cool Effect, and Unity for a dynamic conversation and first-hand insights. 

​Learning Objectives / Key Takeaways

​Participants will leave with:

1. ​A practical framework for carbon project risk
   – Technical, environmental, financial, regulatory, and reputational risk

2. ​Lessons from NBS successes and failures
   – What improves permanence, additionality, and long-term value

3. ​Why super pollutant projects are attracting capital
   – Faster impact horizons, higher confidence in permanence, and stronger MRV

4. ​Tools to derisk procurement and investment
   – Contract structures, buffers, insurance, data, and independent verification

5. ​A forward-looking view of market convergence
   – How high-integrity NBS and super pollutant solutions can coexist in buyer portfolios

​Speakers

• ​Christie Pollet-Young, Vice President, Climate Division, SCS Global Services, Speaker & Host

• ​Jodi Manning, Chief Executive Officer, Cool Effect

• ​Scharl Scott, Global Corporate Sustainability Lead for Unity

​Format: Interactive session + case-based discussion (60–75 minutes)

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