Carbon market conferences 2026

Compare the carbon-market rooms that match your project and target buyer, then research relevant organizations and contacts before attending.

For project developers, credit portfolios, intermediaries and market advisors. Separate compliance trading, voluntary procurement and project finance.

2 upcoming or in-progress events · 6 selected editions. Dates, ticket information and access notes are shown below.

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How to choose the right room

Match the market

EMA serves compliance and environmental certificate markets; Carbon Forward and the North America Climate Summit cover a broader mix. Qualify whether your target buys allowances, voluntary credits or project financing before selecting a pass.

Check procurement access

An advertised buyer workshop can have its own eligibility and registration. Ask whether sellers can attend, whether meetings are opt-in, and whether the full conference pass includes the session.

Plan around overlapping dates

Use main conference dates and optional workshop notes below to compare travel. Similar dates do not mean co-located events share admission; reserve enough time for meetings outside the program.

Voluntary carbon market conferences: check buyer access

Voluntary carbon market (VCM) procurement is distinct from compliance allowance trading. Corporate buyers may use dedicated or restricted sessions: admission to a conference does not establish access to those sessions or an interest in buying your credits. Check eligibility with the organizer, confirm the buyer’s procurement remit, and use removal-specific events when your offer needs a durable carbon removal conversation.

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Compare dates, prices and access

Upcoming events include editions ending today (UTC). Use past editions for historical comparison. Audience descriptions help you qualify fit; they do not guarantee attendance, introductions or access to restricted sessions.

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Month

Region

Price

Focus

2 conferences

Dec 2026

Dec

1–2

S&P Global Carbon Markets Conference 2026

Tickets

$1,500+

Paris, France · Europe · Dec 1-2, 2026 · $1,500+

The self-billed premier post-COP gathering for carbon markets, back in Paris after several Barcelona editions, covering compliance market trends, CBAM/EU ETS, VCM dynamics, and Article 6/PACM/CORSIA operationalization.

Who’s there: Policymakers, corporates, project developers, financiers and traders. Registration includes a networking app with delegate lists and meeting requests. Current buyer proportions and curated matching have not been established.
Go if: You want post-COP policy sensemaking with policymakers, financiers, and developers while Article 6 and CBAM decisions are days old, especially if you can pair the trip with the IETA workshop.

Skip if: Your decision requires a verified concentration of corporate buyers or guaranteed meetings; neither is established by the available evidence.
Scale: No official per-edition count. A third-party count (Net Zero Compare) reported over 200 for 2025. S&P's '400+ attendees from 40+ countries' is a cumulative across-years figure, not a single-edition count.
Tickets: USD, excluding local taxes/VAT. Conference / combined training / training only: by September 25, 1599 / 2994 / 1395; by October 30, 1799 / 3394 / 1595; by November 27, 1999 / 3798 / 1799.
Optional dates: November 30: optional training; welcome reception includes conference and training delegates.
Access & notes: November 30 welcome reception includes conference and training delegates. Registration includes networking app with delegate list, meeting setup and chat; this is not curated matching. No current attendee census or guaranteed buyer meetings established.

Carbon markets

Sources:Official date, price and access source

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Dec

1–3

DeCarbon Tokyo 2026

Tickets

$500-1,500

Tokyo, Japan · APAC · Dec 1-3, 2026 · $500-1,500

The APAC entry for carbon and CDR, at the Tokyo Marriott, covering Japan's GX-ETS and drawing trading houses, shippers, and removals technology companies.

Who’s there: Japan and APAC compliance and CDR crowd: METI, GX-ETS players, trading houses (Mitsubishi, Sumitomo), shippers (MOL, NYK procurement speakers in 2025), and CDR technology firms (Climeworks). Day 2 includes a complimentary Corporate Buyers Primer Forum on credit and removal procurement, restricted to qualified Japanese corporate buyers, speakers, and partners.
Go if: You sell to Japanese or APAC corporate buyers or GX-ETS-adjacent industries and can qualify the relevant conference sessions and networking opportunities.

Skip if: Your buyers are outside APAC, or your participation depends on admission to the restricted Japanese corporate buyers primer.
Scale: 350+ senior decision-makers, organizer target for 2026. No independent count exists for any edition.
Tickets: Through September 30: USD 1,195 three-day bundle; USD 995 group of 3+; USD 995 single REDUCE or REMOVE track. Local-company bundle USD 995 or single track USD 695 until November 2, by contact. Tax treatment unstated.
Access & notes: December 2 closed primer is for Japanese corporate buyers, forum speakers and partners. Programme separately lists a shared lunch with main-conference participants. Group discount requires same-company joint registration/invoice. Buyer guest-pass approval and individual access remain conditional. Shared lunch does not guarantee meetings. Registration also displays 1795 bundle and 1395 single-track reference amounts; avoid asserting future active rates without recheck.

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