Global Carbon Market Investment Forum
- DAY 1: December 11(THU), 2025
- 10:00-10:15
Opening Ceremony
- Opening Remarks Jisung Moon, Director General, Development Finance Bureau, Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF), Korea
- Congratulatory Remarks 1 Sanghyup Kim, Director General, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
- Congratulatory Remarks 2 Noura Hamladji, Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (Recorded Video)
- 10:15-10:35
Coffee Break
- 10:35-12:00
Session 1. Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and the International Carbon Market
- ChairJie-Ae Sohn, Professor, Ewha Womans University
- PresentationInternational Carbon Market under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement① Perumal Arumugampillai Kalyani, Manager, Mitigation Division, United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - Governing International Carbon Markets: Supporting Integrity Across Voluntary and Compliance Markets② Lena Wiest, Economist, Environment Directorate, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD) - Q&A
- 12:00-14:00
Luncheon
※13:00-13:40 GKEDC Guided Tour: Korea’s Economic Development Experience Exhibition - 14:00-14:50
Session 2. Global Voluntary Carbon Market (GVCM)
- Chair Sang-kee Min, Director General, Green Growth Bureau, Presidential Commission on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth
- Presentation Introduction to the GVCM Initiative① Do Ik Kim, Director of Green Climate Policy Division, Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF), Republic of Korea
- GVCM Operation Plans and Key Considerations② Tae Hoon Kim, Head, GVCM Unit, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
- Q&A
- 14:50-16:30
Session 3. Enhancing Liquidity and International Investment in Carbon Finance Markets
- ChairJongmin Yu, Associate Professor, Economics, Hongik University
- PresentationEnhancing Liquidity and International Investment in Carbon Finance Markets① Henri de Branche, Managing Director/APAC Head, Corporate Advisory - Sustainable Solutions,
J.P. Morgan (Online) - KRX Carbon Credit Market: Creating a Globally-and-Locally Trusted Market② Seung-tae Son, General Director, Commodities Market, Korea Exchange (KRX)
- History Made: The Switzerland-Norway CDR ITMO Deal – Setting the Global Precedent for Article 6.2 Implementation ③ Thomas Bellec, Head of Market Development, ClimeFi (Online)
- Challenges in Korean Private Carbon Investment and Practical Solutions for Market Activation④ Donghyuk Lee, Managing Director/Head of Department, Global Market Trading, Hana Securities
- Q&A
- 16:30-16:50
Coffee Break
- 16:50-18:10
Session 4. Digitalization and AI in Carbon Markets: Leveraging Technology for MRV Innovation and Reliability
- Chair Youngjun Cho, Executive Director, Sustainable Management Institution, Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI)
- PresentationGlobal Opportunities and Challenges of Digital MRV: A Verification Body's Perspective① Seung Keun Choi, Senior Verifier, Energy & Environment Center, Korea Standards Association (KSA)
- AI-enabled Digital MRV: Digital Transformation of Carbon Reduction Projects② Kwangnam Ryu, Member, Presidential Commission on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth
- Digital MRV for Countries and the Operationalisation of Article 6: Experience from Ampere for Renewable Energy③ Ahmad Bani Ahmad, General Manager, Ampere for Renewable Energy
- Q&A
- 18:10-20:00
Dinner
- DAY 2: December 12(FRI), 2025
- 09:30-10:30
Session 5. Discussion on Issued Carbon Credits or ITMO Projects and Cooperation Opportunities with Partner Countries
- Chair Perumal Arumugampillai Kalyani, Manager, Mitigation Division, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- Presentation Fiji’s Article 6 Implementation Framework and Lessons from Carbon Credit Generation① Prashant Rajput, Climate Mitigation Officer, Department of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment and
Climate Change, Fiji - Australia’s Carbon Markets and the Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCU) Scheme② Mei Zi Tan, Manager, International Research & Projects, The Carbon Market Institute
- Carbon Credits from Waste: Lessons from be'ah's Methane Mitigation Projects③ Saba Al Subhi, Senior Executive – ESG & Decarbonization, Sustainability & Circular Economy,
Oman Environmental Services Holding Company - be’ah, Oman - Panel Discussion
- (Panels) ① Ho-chul Shin,Team Leader, International Cooperation Division, Korea Energy Agency (KEA)
② Youngae Jung, Deputy Director, Climate Change Mitigation Division, Sudokwon Landfill
Site Management Corporation (SLC)
- 10:30-11:45
Session 6. Introducing Carbon Mitigation Technologies and Identifying Cooperation Opportunities
- Chair Sanghyup Lee, President, National Institute of Green Technology (NIGT)
- PresentationOverview of the Korea Forest Service’s REDD+ Projects & Private Sector Support① Woo-sub Lee, Deputy Director, Global Forest Resources Division, Korea Forest Service (KFS)
- Exploring H₂-CCUS Business Opportunities with Malaysia Linked to POSCO’s Future Low Carbon Steelmaking② Myung-gyun Shin, Research Fellow, Future Steel R&D Center, POSCO
- Carbon Reduction Power Generation Technology through Clean Hydrogen Utilization③ John Pak, Vice President, Doosan Enerbility
- Panel Discussion(Panels) ① Duc Chien Pham, Director, Project and Program Division, Asian Forest Cooperation Organization
(AFoCO) - ② Muhamad Ridzwan Bin Ali, Senior Assistant Secretary, Climate Change Division, Ministry of Natural
Resources and Environmental Sustainability, Malaysia - ③ Rolando Jr. Abad, Senior Environmental Management Specialist, Climate Change Service, Department
of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippines
- 11:45-14:00
Luncheon
※13:00-13:40 GKEDC Guided Tour: Korea’s Economic Development Experience Exhibition - 14:00-15:45
Session 7. Carbon Finance Strategies of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs)
- Chair Hyungna Oh, Professor, International Studies, Kyung Hee University
- Presentation World Bank’s Carbon Finance Initiatives① Zhuo Cheng, Senior Climate Finance Specialist, Climate Finance Mobilization Unit, World Bank (WB) (Online)
- Carbon Finance for Catalyzing Climate Investments② Virender Kumar Duggal, Unit Head, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department,
Asian Development Bank (ADB) - AIIB’s Approach to Carbon Finance③ Guoping Zhang, Principal Investment Solutions Specialist, Sectors, Themes and Finance Solutions Department,
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) - AfDB’s Carbon Market Strategies④ Olufunso Somorin, Regional Climate Officer, Climate Change and Green Growth, African Development Bank
(AfDB) - Q&A
- 15:45-16:10
Coffee Break
- 16:10-17:40
Session 8. Public Climate Finance for De-risking and Catalyzing Private Investment in Carbon Markets
- Chair Hyungna Oh, Professor, International Studies, Kyunghee University
- Presentation The Role of the Private Sector in Tackling Climate Change: Examples from IFC① Jae Hyung Kwon, Representative, Korea Office, International Finance Corporation (IFC), World Bank Group
- Political Risk Mitigation Mechanisms for Carbon Reduction Projects② Hoonhee Park, Underwriter, Operations Group, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA),
World Bank Group - GCF’s Support for Article 6-based Programmatic Mitigation Initiatives③ Jan-Willem van de Ven, Head of Policy, Strategy, Policy and Innovation, Green Climate Fund (GCF)
- Q&A
- 17:40-18:00
Closing Ceremony
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