Carbon Confidence: Unlock Carbon Market Potential with Insurance

November 14, 2024/inClimate & Sustainability, Conferences, Economic Empowerment, Green Economy Forum - Financing the Green Transition

Carbon Confidence: Unlock Carbon Market Potential with Insurance

November 14, 2024/inClimate & Sustainability, Conferences, Economic Empowerment, Green Economy Forum - Financing the Green Transition

The voluntary carbon market was set to grow from $2 billion in 2020 to $250 billion by 2050, but recent slowdowns and complex risks threatened this forecast.

The voluntary carbon market was set to grow from $2 billion in 2020 to $250 billion by 2050, but recent slowdowns and complex risks threatened this forecast. Could insurance have mitigated diverse risks and unlocked the market’s full potential? This session featured market leaders discussing how businesses leveraged carbon credits for sustainability, exploring insurance’s critical role in building confidence and driving growth in this evolving market.

Sara Stefanini

SARA STEFANINI

EMEA Climate Policy Editor, Carbon Pulse

Sara Stefanini is EMEA Climate Policy Editor based in London. She has 15 years’ experience in journalism, mostly covering energy, climate change, and environmental news. Prior to joining Carbon Pulse, she worked for four years as a strategic communications advisor for climate action and clean air campaigns, writing and advising on narratives, writing speeches, and op-eds, also working with media.

Before that, Sara worked as a journalist, including as senior energy and climate policy reporter at Politico Europe in Brussels, senior reporter at Climate Home, freelance reporter for the Financial Times’ special reports, and marketsreporter at ICIS.

Greg Lowe

GREG LOWE

Director, Sustainability, Deloitte

Greg is a Director in Deloitte’s UK Sustainability practice, and leads the firm’s sustainability work with insurance clients across the value chain. He brings over 15 years of sustainability experience in insurance and financial services, with a particular focus on strategy, innovation, risk, regulation, and reporting. Greg was Managing Committee chair of ClimateWise and on the Board of the UN Principles for Sustainable Insurance. Prior to joining Deloitte in January 2021, he was Global Head of Resilience and Sustainability at Aon, having started his career in investment banking. Greg holds an MSc from the London School of Economics.

Thomas Merriman (1)

THOMAS MERRIMAN

Co-Founder, Kita

Tom Merriman is the Chief Product Officer and co-founder of Kita, the carbon insurance specialist. Kita’s purpose is accelerating investment in high quality carbon sequestration projects through the provision of insurance that reduces transaction risk and safeguards the performance of carbon credit investments. Prior to founding Kita, Tom spent 15 years in capital markets working for the financial technology companies Bloomberg and Nasdaq. During this time, Tom also completed three master’s degrees: Finance (Cranfield), Information Systems (LSE), and Climate Change (Birkbeck).

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