VCMI at London Climate Action Week 2026
The VCMI team is looking forward to attending London Climate Action Week 2026 where we will be participating in and speaking at various events.
London Climate Action Week (LCAW) brings together leaders from government, business, finance, and civil society to accelerate climate action and advance practical solutions for a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy, with a strong focus on collaboration, policy development, and scaling high-integrity carbon markets.
The VCMI team will participate to contribute to these discussions and help shape the future of credible carbon markets, with Mark Kenber, Executive Director, taking on multiple key roles across the programme, including delivering remarks, speaking on panels, and hosting a high-level Coalition session alongside VCMI Chair Usha Rao-Monari, who will also speak at a senior-level event.
Our team will be participating in a range of events, including:
22 June
14:30-16:30
Guildhall, Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7HH
Carbon Markets Policy Forum
Hosted by Ernst & Young | Mark Kenber will give remarks
Discussions at this event will explore practical policy levers to build credible demand, improve legal and accounting certainty, strengthen market infrastructure, and unlock investment, while preserving integrity in claims and transition plans.
Attendance to this event is by invite only.
22 June
15:00-16:30
KPMG, 15 Canada Square, E14 5GL
Scaling Carbon Markets: A Public-Private Agenda for Decarbonization, Nature, and Innovation
Hosted by World Economic Forum and KPMG | Usha Rao-Monari will speak
This session convenes leaders from public and private carbon market coalitions to ensure carbon markets evolve as credible tools for competitiveness, innovation, resilience, and nature protection.
Carbon markets are increasingly being reframed as a strategic tool to accelerate decarbonisation, mobilise private capital, and support nature and competitiveness goals amid constrained public finance. Yet scale remains limited by fragmented policy signals, uncertainty around credit quality, and weak buyer confidence. This session provides a platform for governments, corporates, and market coalitions to exchange lessons, address barriers, and identify practical pathways to scale high-integrity carbon markets.
Attendance to this event is by invite only.
23 June
09:30-12:00
Kita Earth Limited, Lloyd’s of London, Tower 1, One Lime Street, London
The Future of the Global Carbon Markets
Hosted by Business Alliance for Climate Action (BACA) | Mark Kenber will speak
Discussion at this event will focus on the future of the global carbon market, interoperability between compliance and voluntary markets, and buyer perspectives.
Topics such as the future of the carbon market from the perspectives of buyers, standard setters, policy, nature, and insurance will be discussed.
Senior Industry leaders will gather to analyse the interoperability between compliance and voluntary carbon markets and share vital buyer perspectives.
Attendance to this event is by invite only
23 June
12:30-17:00
The Clermont London, Charing Cross, WC2N 5HX
VCM+ Coalition Global Convening
Hosted by VCM+ Coalition | Mark Kenber will speak
This event will bring together senior leaders from global initiatives shaping the future generation of verified carbon markets and Green House Gas accounting standards to reaffirm a shared commitment to collaboration and to explore how we can drive greater harmonisation and alignment across the ecosystem.
Attendance to this event is by invite only
23 June
15:30-17:00
London Stock Exchange
Policies to Unlock Carbon Credit Demand
Hosted by The Coalition to Grow Carbon Markets | Mark Kenber will be the MC
This high-level Coalition event will bring together senior leaders from governments and businesses around the world, to explore the Coalition’s next steps to accelerate the development of clear, consistent, and stable guidance, policies, and incentives, to build corporate confidence and drive demand for high-integrity carbon credits. Speakers include Climate Envoys and Ministers from across the Coalition membership, and business and financial sector leaders.
Discussion will explore how clear, consistent, and stable guidance, policies, and incentives, can build corporate confidence and help to de-risk investment, and the next steps the Coalition will take to boost finance for ambitious climate action.
Attendance is by registration only via this registration link
24 June
13:00-17:00
The Clermont London, Charing Cross, WC2N 5HX
Working Session: Financial Infrastructure for Carbon Markets
Hosted by VCM+ Coalition | Mark Kenber will speak
Hosted by VCM+ Coalition and partners, this invitation-only working session convenes VCM+ partners and collaborators to advance key topics on the financial infrastructure of verified carbon markets. The agenda progresses across foundational issue areas identified by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Markets (ICVCM) Continuous Improvement Work Program (CIWP 7) report, including legal title, data integrity, registry interoperability, accounting, and dispute resolution.
Attendance is by invitation only
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