COP31: Making Nature Investable under Article 6: From Policy to Investment at Scale
As countries move from Article 6 agreements to implementation, a critical question is emerging: how can international carbon markets mobilise private capital for high-integrity nature-based climate solutions at scale?
Nature-based solutions have significant potential to contribute to global climate mitigation while supporting biodiversity, ecosystems and local communities. Yet translating this potential into investable opportunities requires more than carbon accounting frameworks and bilateral agreements. It demands enabling national policies, credible project pipelines, effective market infrastructure and financing models capable of attracting capital at scale.
Hosted by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) at the COP31 Singapore Pavilion, this high-level discussion brings together government representatives, project developers, carbon-market practitioners and financial institutions to examine what it takes to move from policy commitments to investment on the ground.
Drawing on practical experience across buyer and host countries, project development and financing, speakers will explore emerging approaches, lessons from implementation and the policy, market and financial conditions needed to unlock investment in nature under Article 6.
Moving beyond familiar discussions of market barriers, the session will focus on what is already working, where critical gaps remain and what needs to be designed differently to mobilise investment in high-integrity nature-based solutions.
Speakers
Benedict Chia — Director General, National Climate Change Secretariat (NCCS), Government of Singapore
Bulganchimeg Bayasgalant — Advisor to the Prime Minister of Mongolia
Dr. Sylviana Andhella — Founder and President Director, DASSA
Pablo Fernandez — Chairman and Chief Technical Officer, EcoSecurities
Stephen Gill — Managing Director, Terra Natural Capital
Chris Leeds — Head of Carbon Markets, Standard Chartered
Moderator
Kristina Anguelova
Policy & Partnerships Advisor, Article 6
The Nature Conservancy
Event Details
Date: Monday, 16 November 2026
Time: 15:30–16:30 (Türkiye time, GMT+3)
Venue: Singapore Pavilion, Blue Zone, COP31, Antalya, Türkiye
Organised by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Singapore