Briefing Afternoon: Forestry, Agriculture and Sustainable Land Use

Date: 7th September 2021

Time: 1pm BST

Forestry land management and investment has paved the way for initiatives that preserve carbon, biodiversity, soil quality and ecosystems. Agriculture and food will be in the hot seat next and there are calls for immediate action and investment. Join us to hear the key debates and ideas for how sustainable land use than continue to develop.

South Pole's Sue Helen Nieto Hernandez will be speaking on the following panel:

14:35 Panel: The rapid evolution of voluntary carbon markets

• Priorities for the simplification and automation of voluntary carbon markets as they mature
• What infrastructure is needed as voluntary markets scale? Can projects be aggregated?
• How are the recommendations of the Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets being received and understood by industry participants?
• As other environmental crediting markets develop, how will carbon markets align?

Moderator:

• Elizabeth Small, General Counsel and Head of Policy, CDP North America

Speakers:

• Pat Snowdon, Head of Economics and Woodland Carbon Code, Scottish Forestry
• Toby Janson Smith, Chief Innovation Officer, Verra
• Peter Boyd, Advisor, REDD.plus, Resident Fellow, Yale School of the Environment
• Sue Helen Nieto, Deputy Practice Lead, Agricultural Value Chains, South Pole