Article 6 and the VCM, What Corporate Buyers of Carbon Credits Need to Know
The voluntary carbon market, vital for addressing emissions challenges and aiding climate efforts, could undergo significant change with Article 6 of the Paris Climate Agreement, aiming to establish an internationally regulated carbon credit market. However, concerns over credit quality and comprehension of Article 6 implications have hindered some companies from participating in carbon removal credit transactions.
Julio Friedmann, PhD
Julio Friedmann, PhD
Dr. Friedmann is one of the most widely known and authoritative experts in the US on carbon removal (CO₂ drawdown from the air and oceans), CO₂ conversion and use (carbon-to-value), hydrogen, industrial decarbonization, green manufacturing, and carbon capture and sequestration.He served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Fossil Energy at the Department of Energy during the Obama Administration, where he was responsible for DOE's R&D program in advanced fossil energy systems, carbon capture, and storage (CCS), CO₂ utilization, and advanced power generation. More recently, he was a Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia. He has held positions at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, including Chief Energy Technologist.
Greenman Award (Lifetime achievement in CCS), International Energy Agency: IEA
In This Session
- How high-profile carbon credit quality issues may affect future credit supply and oversight
- How emerging voluntary standards affect project quality and buyer risk, and how those might affect Article 6 structure and progress
- Best practices for corporate buyers to evaluate carbon projects to mitigate risk and maximize impact
