Carbon Markets Driving Collective Climate Action
IETA's North America Climate Summit 2024 (NACS 2024) is the premier gathering of carbon market practitioners, experts, and governments from across North America and beyond.
Attending NACS 2024 presents a unique opportunity to learn from experts, enhance your carbon market expertise, and expand your network of leaders to collaboratively move the needle on delivering climate action and transition finance at scale. Gain insights on the evolving carbon pricing landscape, latest market trends, most relevant regulatory developments and “what to watch” through COP29 Baku and beyond.
Organized by IETA, in collaboration with the International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP), NACS 2024 is an in-person event with recorded plenary and breakout sessions. The program features high-level plenaries, inspirational keynotes, topic deep-dives, cross-cutting breakouts, interactive side events, exclusive roundtables and unmatched networking opportunities to foster meaningful connections.
Daily Snapshot
24 September – DAY 1: Open Side Events, Closed Meetings & NACS Welcome Reception
25 September – DAY 2: Plenaries and Breakouts, Open Side Events & IETA Nightcap Party
26 September – DAY 3: Plenaries and Breakouts, Open Side Events
Summit Agenda Overview (subject to updates)
TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER – DAY 1
8:00-17:30 Registration & Welcome Coffee
8:00-15:00 Closed Meetings & Events, and Press Briefing
12:00-13:00 Welcome Lunch
15:00-16:00 Open Side Event Sessions 1 & 2
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:15-17:15 Open Side Event Sessions 3 & 4
17:15-17:30 Short Break
17:30-19:00 North America Climate Summit (NACS) Welcome Reception
WEDNESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER – DAY 2
8:00-9:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee
8:30-9:00 Opening & Keynote Addresses: Carbon Markets Driving Collective Climate Action
9:00-9:15 Short Break
9:15-10:30 Plenary 1 – Climate Crossroads: Where Action, Carbon Markets and Geopolitics Intersect
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Plenary 2 – CEO Roundtable on Navigating the Energy Transition
12:00-13:00 Networking Lunch
13:00-14:00 Side Event Sessions 5 & 6 & 7
14:00-14:15 Short Break
14:15-15:15 Breakout 1 – Analysts’ Roundtable: North America Carbon Market Pricing, Forecasts and Outlooks
Breakout 2 – Sky’s the Limit: Aviation’s Net Zero Journey Through Carbon Markets
15:15-15:45 Coffee Break
15:45-16:45 Breakout 3 – States Leading the Charge: Spotlight on US Compliance Carbon Markets (California, Washington State, New York State, RGGI)
Breakout 4 – Carbon Code: Navigating the Digital Landscape of Carbon Markets
16:45-17:00 Short Break
17:00-18:00 Plenary 3 – North America Subnational Climate Leadership & Cooperation
20:30-23:30 IETA 25th Anniversary Nightcap Party (ticketed)
THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER – DAY 3
8:30-16:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee
8:30-9:30 ICROA Breakfast Roundtable
9:00-10:00 Side Event Session 8 & 9
10:10-11:10 Plenary 4 – Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCMs) Leadership Dialogue
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:30 Breakout 5 – Legal Eagles: Lawyers’ Roundtable on Climate and Carbon Market Disclosures
Breakout 6 – Maple Leaf Markets: Spotlight on Canada Carbon Markets
12:30-13:30 Networking Lunch
13:30-14:30 Side Event Session 10 & 11 & 12
14:30-14:45 Short Break
14:40-15:30 Breakout 7 – Trade Tensions: Carbon, Competitiveness, and Border Adjustments
Breakout 8 – Removals Revolution: Supercharging Carbon Removal through Nature and Technology
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:00 Plenary 5 – Trillions for Transition: Mobilizing Private Capital for Climate Action & Closing Addresses
Practical Information
- Interested in speaking opportunities, hosting your own side event session or closed meeting, partner sponsor visibility, contact Lisa Spafford, spafford@ieta.org. Visibility Packages available HERE
- Attend as a delegate, contact Christian Mosquera, mosquera@ieta.org. Register HERE
- For media, contact Badr Maallem, maallem@ieta.org
- Summit venue: Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel - 811 7th Avenue (at West 53rd Street) - New York, NY
- NACS Delegate Discounted Preferential Room Rate at USD 449 (limited vailability) - Book HERE