September 21, 2026 · New York City
The Future of Carbon Finance: Scaling Finance for Nature-Based Climate Solutions
New York Climate Week
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The Future of Carbon Finance: Building the legal and financial infrastructure for nature-based climate solutions.
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From bespoke projects to a financeable asset class.
The Future of Carbon Finance is a practitioner's guide written by leading lawyers, structured finance experts, market infrastructure providers, ratings agencies, developers, and insurers.
It maps the end-to-end financial infrastructure required to turn high-integrity nature-based projects into investable, scalable assets — from rights and risk transfer to governance and capital structures.
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Where we're taking this conversation
The book, in the room
The Future of Carbon Finance was shaped in working sessions with the practitioners who structure and close these deals.
June 2026 · London
The Future of Carbon Finance — Practitioner Working Session
London Climate Action Week 2026
Inside the book
Six pillars for scaling high-integrity carbon finance
Ownership and Rights
Clarifying legal title to carbon credits as foundational asset infrastructure.
Standardized Underwriting
Frameworks for assessing project quality and investment readiness at scale.
Bankable Revenue Contracts
Structuring revenue agreements that provide predictable cash flows and de-risk capital.
Carbon Financing Contracts
Standardized contracting that makes transactions easier to price, negotiate, and repeat across projects and jurisdictions.
Insurance and Risk Allocation
Innovative instruments that protect investors, developers, and communities against uncertainty.
Project Finance Structures and Governance
Special purpose vehicles (SPVs) and governance models that align incentives across stakeholders.
Acknowledgements
A book built by the market itself
The Future of Carbon Finance is a deeply collaborative effort, built from a blueprint for the financial, legal, contractual, and institutional infrastructure needed to finance nature-based carbon projects at scale.
Practitioners across carbon markets, conservation, finance, law, insurance, project development, and market infrastructure tested ideas and shaped practical recommendations for what still needs to be built.
Primary authorCheri Sugal
Chapter co-authorsSam Lampert, Benoît Clément, Matthew Brady, Tim Duehrkoop, Peter Mayer, James Kench, Anna Hickey, and Thomas Hou
Case studiesChris Canavan, Shi Min Tan, Greg Adams, Peter Mayer
Chapter reviewsSophie Whitehead, Erika Anderson, Natalia Dorfman, and Lynn Riley
Technical Review and ForewordSimon Puleston Jones
Research and coordinationConnor Nolan
Many others contributed by reviewing drafts, joining workshops, and sharing transactions and ideas. These lessons should not remain locked within individual organizations. They should become the foundation upon which the next generation of the market builds. Thank you to everyone who made this possible.