Yale Forest Forum – Frontiers in Forest Carbon Crediting Speaker Series

The Yale Forest Forum is excited to announce the Fall 2025 speaker series, “Frontiers in Forest Carbon Crediting." Webinars will take place on Tuesdays from September 2 through December 2, from 12:00-1:00 pm U.S. ET. Meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement—particularly limiting global warming to 1.5°C—requires reducing greenhouse gas emissions and removing excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Carbon markets have emerged as a central mechanism for mobilizing private funding toward these efforts, especially in forest management, protection, and restoration. However, forest carbon accounting faces scrutiny. In the past four years, carbon markets have expanded rapidly—only to stall due to concerns about how crediting methodologies measure, report, and verify carbon benefits. These concerns reflect scientific, political, economic, and social uncertainties. This fall 2025 speaker series will examine these foundational issues in forest carbon accounting and crediting, focusing on both major critiques and proposed solutions. Attendees will hear from researchers with emerging solutions and ideas to improve carbon accounting. They will also hear perspectives about the opportunities and challenges of incorporating evolving methods into existing crediting schemes from those engaged in financing and producing carbon credits. This fall 2025 speaker series is co-designed and co-hosted by The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment, Yale Applied Science Synthesis Program, Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture, The Nature Conservancy, and The Climate Trust. Join us every Tuesday from September 2 to December 2, from 12:00-1:00 p.m. U.S. ET. Note that there will not be webinars on October 14 and 21 and November 25.