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From Carbon Funds to Carbon Markets: Mobilising Finance for Low-Carbon and Resilient Development
While COP29 finalised the Article 6 rulebook, operationalising carbon markets under the Paris Agreement, voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) experienced a significant decline in the market value of traded carbon. At the heart of this decline are growing concerns about environmental integrity and diminished trust in carbon markets.
For over two decades, the World Bank has led results-based carbon finance, leveraging donor-funded carbon funds to incentivise emissions reductions through performance-based payments. Most of these funds were created when carbon markets were almost non-existent. Today, while carbon markets are more established, they continue to grapple with environmental and social integrity challenges that affect both demand and price volatility. This presentation seeks to reimagine the role of carbon funds — advocating for a new public-private carbon partnership to mobilise finance for low-carbon, climate-resilient development.
Date:
24 June 2025, 13:00
Venue:
Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details:
Atmosphere Room, ECI
Speaker:
Dr Olivier Mahul (The World Bank)
Organising department:
Environmental Change Institute
Organiser:
Andrey Levitskiy (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
andrey.levitskiy@ouce.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/87925e66-c7a4-4d42-9f4a-f5ce018377a0@cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Andrey Levitskiy
