The Builder, the Analyst & the Financier: Carbon Markets Roundtable
January 21, 2026
Carbon markets tend to trigger strong reactions. For some, they’re a vital bridge – a way to fund climate action at scale while the harder work of reducing emissions catches up. For others, they feel like a distraction, or worse, a way of outsourcing responsibility. So rather than arguing for or against them, we wanted to ask a different question: What would it take for carbon markets to actually work – with credibility and scale?
In the latest Impact Equation roundtable, Shannon Smith, Chestnut Chief Commercial Officer, joins experts from Sylvera and Terra Natural Capital to discuss.