EVENTS
(2026)
SEPTEMBER
9 - 10
september
Nordic Climate Finance Summit
Oslo, Norway
The Nordic Climate Finance Summit is a high-level gathering focused on mobilizing finance to meet global climate and nature goals. It brings together leaders from finance, government, and industry to explore innovative climate finance mechanisms, investment in nature-based solutions, and the development of scalable carbon and capital markets. The summit aims to position the Nordic region as a Climate Finance Capital of the World.
16
september
Carbon Removal Policy Summit
Brussels, Belgium
09:00 - 19:00
On 16 September, in Brussels, we will host our Carbon Removal Policy Summit, a seminal event that addresses these central questions. As we dive into the different policy levers needed to get CDR to scale, we are bringing leaders from across international, EU, national and local governments to explore how to build a distinct, durable CDR pillar within Europe’s climate architecture. We invite you to join us as we set forward a roadmap for Europe’s role in scaling high-quality removals by 2040 and beyond.
21
september
Puro.earth CDR Summit 2026
New York, USA
Join Puro.earth at One World Trade Center for a full-day summit bringing together the leaders and organizations building the next chapter of the carbon removal market. As the world’s leading crediting platform for engineered carbon removal, Puro.earth convenes the market across supply, demand, finance, policy, and infrastructure. The Puro.earth CDR Summit 2026 will gather carbon removal suppliers, corporate buyers, investors, intermediaries, policymakers, and market builders for a day of insight, debate, and strategic connection. Hosted in collaboration with our flagship partner, Exomad Green, and supported by our event partners, the summit will feature expert panels, roundtable discussions, fireside chats, and networking opportunities designed to support trusted market growth and accelerate the scale-up of durable carbon removal. The day will conclude with a cocktail reception overlooking New York City.
22 - 23
september
IETA North America Climate Summit (NACS)
New York, USA
The North America Climate Summit (NACS) is the final conference of IETA’s regional Climate Summit series for 2026, and is an important stepping stone on the road to COP31 in November. Taking place alongside Climate Week NYC and UNGA 2026, the Summit will serve as a key platform for connecting regional leadership with global carbon market momentum. Held at a pivotal moment for carbon pricing, carbon removals, clean investment, and industrial decarbonization, NACS 2026 will provide a premier forum for advancing dialogue on the policies, market mechanisms, and financial innovations shaping the next generation of climate action in the United States, Canada, and beyond. As in previous years, the NACS will feature hundreds of delegates from North America and beyond to exchange insights, foster collaboration, and help drive practical, market-based solutions to the climate challenge. The Summit will include high-level plenaries, technical workshops, interactive discussions, and networking opportunities focused on evolving compliance and voluntary carbon markets and emerging regulatory frameworks.
OCTOBER
12 - 16
october
6th International Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World
Wellington, New Zealand
The local organising committee warmly invites you to join us for Mā te kōrero, kia mārama. Mā te mārama, kia mahi tahi. Mā te mahi tahi, kia mōhio. The 6th International Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO₂ World. Moving from Understanding to Action using Multiple Knowledge Systems. Held in Wellington, New Zealand, at Tākina Convention & Exhibition Centre. Join researchers and other thought leaders from across the globe to explore the impacts of rising CO₂ and help shape future ocean science solutions. Experience Wellington through ecosanctuary tours, SCUBA dives in Taputeranga Marine Reserve, and a wide range of technical workshops. Ngā Uri o Taranaki Whānui have generously gifted the Symposium's name in recognition of the partnerships that have collectively developed this symposium. A networking session with international mCDR experts on 14 October 2026
13 - 15
october
Carbon Forward Expo London
London, UK
Now in its 11th year, we are in a larger more dynamic venue with a completely revamped format – a two-day high intensity, multi-streamed conference, with more content than ever before. We again bring together industry leaders across the global compliance and voluntary carbon markets in plenaries, panel discussions, focus rooms, deep-dive workshops, targeted streams. This is all around a central networking hub where attendees, speakers, sponsors can meet, greet, and make deals. For 2026, the event reflects today’s global financial and energy crisis and responds to your feedback. We are maximising your time, cutting your costs of attending and giving you more content. A more dynamic and efficient experience, designed to deliver great impact.
NOVEMBER
16 - 18
2026 North American Biochar Conference
november
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
The North American Biochar Conference is the leading gathering of the global biochar industry and the flagship event for advancing biochar innovation, collaboration, and deployment. Hosted by the American Biochar Institute (ABI), the conference has served as the central meeting point for the biochar industry since the first event in 2009—where research meets commercialization and collaboration drives real-world deployment. As the industry continues to grow, the conference remains the place where leaders across the field come together to share knowledge, build partnerships, and shape the future of biochar.
DECEMBER
1 - 3
DeCarbon Tokyo
december
Tokyo, Japan
As Asia enters a new phase of carbon compliance, industrial decarbonisation & carbon management, DeCarbon Tokyo returns to Tokyo on 1–3 December 2026 as the region’s leading platform connecting carbon markets, carbon capture, carbon removals & corporate net-zero strategies. The conference comes at a defining moment for Japan & the wider Asia-Pacific region, as GX-ETS enters its first full compliance year, Article 6 mechanisms accelerate post-COP30, & industries face growing pressure to secure credible pathways for emissions reduction, carbon management & long-term net-zero alignment. Across 3 focused days, DeCarbon Tokyo 2026 will bring together policymakers, regulated industries, carbon project developers, technology providers, investors, trading houses & corporate buyers to examine how carbon value chains are evolving from reduction & compliance to carbon capture, storage & removals.
PAST EVENTS
(2026)
AUGUST
11
august
Carbofource CF-1000 Price Facility Opening
Price, Utah, USA
Join us in Price, Utah on Tuesday, August 11 for the launch of the Carboforce CF-1000, a next-generation pyrolysis machine and one of the most advanced on the market. A rare chance to see a complete, high-tech carbon removal operation running end to end: CO2 Sync's operations on the ground, The CF-1000 in action, Dürr's ORC converting waste heat into power, Cula's MRV system automating 90% of the data collection. We'll also be joined by Myles Gray, Executive Director of the American Biochar Institute. A lot of high tech coming together to scale biochar in the US, and we'd love to have you there.