Enabling and Ensuring a Paris Aligned and Net-Zero Compatible Carbon Market for Ukraine

Ukraine is developing one of the world’s first carbon markets designed under conditions of ongoing war. This session will present the Ukraine Framework for Net Zero-Aligned Carbon Market Regulation, building on the Oxford “Roadmap to Net-Zero Aligned Carbon Market Regulation” (2025). It will explore how high-integrity carbon markets can become a cornerstone of Ukraine’s green recovery, EU integration, and energy transition.

Key topics: pathways to integrate Ukraine’s domestic ETS, voluntary markets, and Article 6 cooperation; how carbon markets in high-risk zones (such as war-affected or climate-vulnerable regions) can serve as a model for global resilience; opportunities for bilateral Article 6 agreements, EU ETS linkage, and Green Recovery financing mechanisms.

Moderator: Carbon Brief (TBC)

Speakers:

• Pavlo Kartashov, Ministry of Economy, Agriculture and Environment of Ukraine
• Thomas Hale, Professor of Global Public Policy, University of Oxford
• Kaya Axelsson, Oxford Net Zero, University of Oxford
• Injy Johson, Oxford Net Zero, University of Oxford
• Frank Joshua, CEO Climate Investment Partnership
• Heather Buchanan, Bankers for Net Zero (UK)
• Representative, Voluntary Carbon Market Integrity Initiative (VCMI)
• Representative, UNDP / Green Climate Fund TBC
• Representative, City of London Corporation / GFANZ Finance Sector