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  <title>How trade mechanisms, AI and innovation will influence global carbon markets in 2026</title>
  <description> We kick off the 8th&amp;amp;nbsp;season of the&amp;amp;nbsp;All Things&amp;amp;nbsp;Sustainable podcast&amp;amp;nbsp;by diving into&amp;amp;nbsp;the outlook for carbon markets.&amp;amp;nbsp;   For the first episode of&amp;amp;nbsp;the new&amp;amp;nbsp;season&amp;amp;nbsp;we sit&amp;amp;nbsp;down with several guests on the sidelines of the&amp;amp;nbsp;S&amp;amp;amp;P Global Energy Global Carbon Markets Conference, which&amp;amp;nbsp;took place in Barcelona in December 2025.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;   We hear&amp;amp;nbsp;how the latest regulatory&amp;amp;nbsp;developments are expected to boost demand in&amp;amp;nbsp;2026. We&amp;amp;nbsp;learn&amp;amp;nbsp;about the impact of&amp;amp;nbsp;innovation and AI on the market’s development. And&amp;amp;nbsp;we&amp;amp;nbsp;hear&amp;amp;nbsp;how carbon markets can act as a tool for companies in developing their decarbonization strategies.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;   We&amp;amp;nbsp;speak to:&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;   Mandy&amp;amp;nbsp;Rambharos,&amp;amp;nbsp;the CEO of Verra, the world's largest issuer of carbon credits and a standard setter for voluntary credits. She&amp;amp;nbsp;explains how key rules and guidelines for international carbon trading under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement on climate change&amp;amp;nbsp;are&amp;amp;nbsp;affecting&amp;amp;nbsp;the market;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;   Euan McDougall, the CEO of&amp;amp;nbsp;DelAgua,&amp;amp;nbsp;a Rwanda-based developer of carbon projects.&amp;amp;nbsp;He&amp;amp;nbsp;discusses other frameworks overseeing the issuance of carbon credits, including CORSIA, the&amp;amp;nbsp;Carbon&amp;amp;nbsp;Offsetting and&amp;amp;nbsp;Reduction&amp;amp;nbsp;Scheme for&amp;amp;nbsp;International&amp;amp;nbsp;Aviation;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;   Tomas&amp;amp;nbsp;Thyblad,&amp;amp;nbsp;Vice&amp;amp;nbsp;President of&amp;amp;nbsp;Carbon&amp;amp;nbsp;and&amp;amp;nbsp;Sustainability Solutions at&amp;amp;nbsp;Nasdaq. He&amp;amp;nbsp;tells us how he expects innovation and AI&amp;amp;nbsp;to&amp;amp;nbsp;impact&amp;amp;nbsp;carbon markets;&amp;amp;nbsp;   Juan Carlos&amp;amp;nbsp;Gómez, Principal Manager at ACCIONA Carbon Technologies,&amp;amp;nbsp;a&amp;amp;nbsp;division of&amp;amp;nbsp;Spanish infrastructure firm&amp;amp;nbsp;ACCIONA. He&amp;amp;nbsp;explains the role carbon markets play in ACCIONA’s decarbonization strategy;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;   Olivia Albrecht, CEO of carbon investment management firm&amp;amp;nbsp;Artemeter,&amp;amp;nbsp;which&amp;amp;nbsp;worked with football club FC Barcelona&amp;amp;nbsp;on a project using carbon offsets to reduce emissions&amp;amp;nbsp;related to a stadium rebuild;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;   And&amp;amp;nbsp;Ingo Ramming,&amp;amp;nbsp;Head of&amp;amp;nbsp;Carbon&amp;amp;nbsp;Markets at Spanish bank BBVA. He&amp;amp;nbsp;explains how the&amp;amp;nbsp;EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism&amp;amp;nbsp;(CBAM)&amp;amp;nbsp;will&amp;amp;nbsp;impact&amp;amp;nbsp;carbon markets&amp;amp;nbsp;after becoming fully applicable Jan. 1.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;   Listen to our&amp;amp;nbsp;previous&amp;amp;nbsp;coverage on carbon markets:&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;   What to expect from carbon markets in 2025&amp;amp;nbsp;   After COP29,&amp;amp;nbsp;what’s&amp;amp;nbsp;next for carbon markets&amp;amp;nbsp;   Exploring the role of carbon markets in reaching climate targets&amp;amp;nbsp;   What's&amp;amp;nbsp;next for voluntary carbon markets&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;   Copyright ©2026 by S&amp;amp;amp;P Global &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;   DISCLAIMER &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;   By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that S&amp;amp;amp;P GLOBAL makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation as to the accuracy or sufficiency of the information featured in this Podcast. 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