Summit Agenda 2027
DAY 2 — Building Bankable Carbon Markets: Assets, Demand and Climate Capital
8:30-9:00
(30 mins)
Registration & Networking
9:00-9:05
(5 mins)
Welcome by the Conference Chair
9:05-9:15
(10 mins)
Opening Keynote: From Policy to Action: Implementing Carbon Strategy Across the Enterprise
9:15-10:05
(50 mins)
Panel: Carbon Credits as Legal Assets: Who Owns the Risk When Deals Fail?
- Carbon credits are becoming strategic assets — but what legal rights, obligations and risks actually sit behind each tonne?
- When credits fail due to invalidation, reversal, regulatory change or delayed authorisation, who should bear the financial and contractual risk?
- How can buyers, developers and financiers structure contracts to manage carbon risk before committing capital?
- Can insurance, guarantees and contractual innovation unlock greater confidence in carbon-market transactions?
- What legal foundations are needed for APAC carbon markets to scale from individual transactions into investable market infrastructure?
10:05-10:35
(30 mins)
Coffee Break
10:35-10:50
(15 mins)
Keynote (Reserved For sponsor): Case Study
10:50-11:40
(50 mins)
Panel: The Carbon Project Bankability Gap: Is Blended Finance Reaching the Markets That Need It Most?
- Blended finance keeps growing, yet carbon projects still struggle to convert concessional capital into bankable finance.
- The mobilization paradox: capital flows easily to stable markets, but not to the highest-risk, highest-need ones.
- From the developer's side: what it takes to access finance with a limited track record and uncertain carbon revenue.
- From the buyer's side: what offtake terms and risk-sharing structures actually help a project get financed.
- FAST-P as a live test case: what Singapore's model can teach the region — and what's still unproven at scale.
- What makes projects genuinely bankable: first-loss capital, credible offtake, political risk cover, and Article 6 clarity.
11:40-12:30
(50 mins)
Panel: Nature Carbon 2.0: Who Pays for Integrity in Bankable APAC Supply?
- Dynamic baselines, leakage controls and jurisdictional nesting mean fewer credits per project — and different project economics.
- Who pays the integrity premium: will buyers accept differentiated pricing for CCP-labelled, Article 6-authorised credits?
- Floor prices, volume bands, milestone payments and replacement provisions can protect both buyers and developers.
- How host governments preserve NDC value and community benefit while giving investors predictable authorisation pathways.
- Can biodiversity and livelihood outcomes add commercial value without creating an unmanageable stack of claims?
12:30-13:30
(60 mins)
Lunch & Exhibition
13:30-13:50
(20 mins)
Key note: Scaling Carbon Projects through Climate Finance & Digital Monitoring
13:50-14:40
(50 mins)
Panel: Transition Credits Under Scrutiny: Can APAC Coal Retirement Become Bankable?
- Emerging transition-credit methodologies and pilot structures are testing whether early coal retirement can attract credible private finance.
- Can these credits fund early retirement without overpaying owners or subsidising closures that would have happened anyway?
- Which baseline and additionality tests can give buyers real confidence in claimed emissions reductions?
- What enforceable safeguards are needed to protect workers and communities in a credible just transition?
- Which buyer commitments, guarantees and blended-finance structures could make these coal-retirement projects bankable?
14:40-15:40
(60 mins)
Panel: SBTi's Billion-Tonne Question: Will Net-Zero Standard V2.0 Move Carbon Credit Demand?
- OER recognises climate contributions separately from inventory and target progress—will that distinction still motivate corporate buyers?
- Engaged, Advanced and Leadership tiers cover 1%, 10% and up to 100% of ongoing emissions.
- Recognition remains optional before 2035—will companies act before future Category A removal requirements begin?
- If credits do not count toward targets, what business value will justify procurement, assurance and public disclosure?
- How should SBTi recognition and VCMI-style claims interact without confusing target progress, climate contributions and offsetting?
15:40-16:10
(30 mins)
Coffee Break
16:10-17:10
(60 mins)
Panel: Beyond Accounting Rules: Will New Data Standards Reprice RECs, EACs and Carbon Credits?
- GHG Protocol's Scope 2 revision isn't final, but it's already reshaping how the market prices clean energy attributes.
- Hourly, deliverable matching could create premium markets for higher-quality EACs and reshape buyer strategies.
- As accounting rules evolve, how should companies compare environmental attributes across RECs, EACs and carbon instruments?
- Will rising MRV expectations push carbon markets toward differentiated quality tiers and stronger price signals?
- What should APAC companies secure now, as climate data becomes a commercial asset in its own right?
17:10-17:15
(5 mins)
Closing Address